Monday, December 24, 2007

ESPN - The wild and wacky from 2007 - MLB

ESPN - The wild and wacky from Baseball 2007
The White Sox became the only team ever to lose a game in which the opposition never had a runner on base.

Speaking of the White Sox, Ozzie Guillen became the first manager we know of to use five different relievers on five consecutive pitches.

The Red Sox chose the World Series to score 11 or more in three straight games. In the entire history of the Red Sox - 16,500 games - they had only done that once before.

The NL pitchers really don't need teammates to face big Ryan Howard. The big fella made 20 consecutive plate appearances without hitting a ball to a fielder. 13 strikeouts, five walks, and two dingers.

Richie Sexon needed 78 plate appearances before he got his first single of the season in game 20.

Prince Fielder reached base seven times in a game without scoring a run.

"Kiko Calero marched into a July 12 A's-Twins game, threw just one pitch, gave up a hit and still worked 2/3 of an inning. So how'd he do that? Torii Hunter singled into a double play (Morneau thrown out at third, Hunter nailed trying to get to second)."

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