Record Breaking Game

[Gantry]

We had quite the excitement last night here at the dee-nee.com, with 5 people competiting at some point in the night.  The most important was game two, with Potsie (det) vs myself (CA).  Here are the numbers:

Final Score - Ca 33, Det 26
Homers - Ca 25, Det 21
ABs - CA 63, Det 56
Hits - CA 36, Det 31

Set records for highest combined score (59 runs), homers in a game (me with 25), homers in a loss (Potsie) and total ABs (119)....

Unfortuately, I didn't pay enough attention to individual hitters, I'm sure I had a few 5 homer guys in there...

[Gwynn3k]

that would have been a great game to have a scorecard of...   did you happen to check the clock to see how long you were playing cause i am sure it would have been the longest game ever played as well.

[Gantry]

We all thought about it after the started the following game.  Very stupid of us, we have to get better with stats...

[B]

those are some incredible numbers....unheard of...me and t are gonna have to do a straight pitch contest and see what the outcome is....but hats off to the both of you...

[Gantry]

It was an awesome game, we just kept trading blows.  I even had a scoreless inning in there to boot!

Though I didn't keep actual track of time, between the first game with Lips (which he posted on, reset after 10) and this one I probably logged 90 minutes in the first two games....

Won game three and chose (in a drunken state) Houston in game 4 against a mediocre player.  Bad choice, my streak was over, lost 9-8.  All in all, a very good night...

[GPines]

Was that record setting game a death match?

[Gantry]

Yes it was, I was very good to go by the end of game four...

[Gwynn3k]

you guys must have downed a sixpack each... people watching probably did a beer each from all the socials.
WOW.

[Dill]

Two of my friends played an extremely long, but different, game.  They played 20 innings of low scoring ball.  Do you think the high scoring game lasted longer in RBI minutes than the 20 inning affair?  It went on forever.

[Gwynn3k]

how did they keep their pitchers fresh for that long...  probably by getting hitters to swing early in the count... which would probably mean that the low scoring game went faster... no pausing for fireworks.

[Dill]

Their pitchers were throwing 27 mph heaters, but the hitters arms were too tired from having like 8 at bats each to get good wood on many balls.  The game lasted at least 35 minutes though.

[Gwynn3k]

the 27 mph pitch was a question i posed to gantry and he had no idea what i was talking about... i am glad there is someone else who understands the degree of difficulty in hitting that pitch...  fyi   tonight i threw one that registered 26 mph on the gun,   a new low for me.  

[Dill]

I think that needs to be a question on the vast FAQ page:  Just how slow can you pitch, and who was it?  I would venture to say these guys can throw slower than that, only thing is everybody takes pitchers out when they get too slow.  Maybe sacrifice a game just to see how slow a pitch can be thrown.  

[Gwynn3k]

that's just the thing... i have a theory that if you can get by long enough to get down to 27 mph you have a good chance cause that is a tough pitch to hit if you aim for the corners...   i used viola for 2 innings tonight and he held on to a 3-1 lead....  its frustrating to hit off a guy when he is lobbing it up like that.  

[B]

i remember pitching against t and we got deep into games....either that or we had a pride contest and left our pitchers in too long...but i remember registering pitches of both 21 and 19 mph...those were the forkballs though..and thank you for defining why mike scott can throw the ball that good...cause he is almost unhittable....

[Gwynn3k]

i didnt know that it could get that low... and when they throw slow for me, they lose their forkball abilities... the ball just crawls up there,  who was throwing? do you remember?

[Gantry]

Wow, 19mph!  Are you sure that is right?  We've left some pitchers in for a very long time (had a brief spurt of Donnie Moore complete games) and never saw the pitch go that low.  You remember who was tossing?

[Gwynn3k]

i've used relievers for complete games as well and the slowest ball thrown was 26 mph.    as long as you move the ball in and out, the hitters have a miserable time adjusting.  

[Burnzky]

   I agree the 26 mph forkball is tough to hit, but it isnt impossible to hit.  I have hit a couple homers off it and so has Joe.  

[B]

if my memory serves me correctly, it was frank viola....he was playing the california angels and they were hitting the crap out of him..we went to extra innings, so on a lark, i left the guy in...we went into the 13th...and he held it together for a stunning win....teh computer is much much better at hitting the slowball than humans are.....