Palehosefan Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Great story, former Texas Tech ace and #3 hitter as well, awesome to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 This being against Tampa is hilarious. Didn't expect another one so soon though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddy Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 love this Braden guy. He's just got an amazing makeup. congrats to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthshiner Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 well he is quickly becoming one of my favorite players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 I watched the last inning or so, and he reminded me a lot of Buerhle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 QUOTE (knightni @ May 9, 2010 -> 06:40 PM) I watched the last inning or so, and he reminded me a lot of Buerhle. Similar type of pitcher. Mediocre at best fastball with a very good straight change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 QUOTE (chw42 @ May 9, 2010 -> 07:49 PM) Similar type of pitcher. Mediocre at best fastball with a very good straight change. Yeah, also a lefty who works quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Looks like that's the type of pitcher that cripples the Rays. For whatever reason... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Lost his mom as a teenager, grandmother then raised him, and pitched a perfect game against currently the best team in the league (possibly the whole season) on mother's day. Doesn't get any sweeter than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Fangraphs for the mothertruckin win How unlikely was this performance? Dallas Braden, over the course of his career, had allowed 6.9 hits per 27 batters, 2.0 walks per 27 batters, and 0.2 reached on errors per 27 batters. Overall, that’s 9.1 runners allowed per 27 batters – his numbers for this season alone are similar. According to a basic binomial distribution, the odds of Braden allowing no runners in 27 batters, as he did on Sunday, are .00001517, or 0.001517%. Braden’s perfect game wasn’t quite one-in-a-million. It was more like 15.2 in a million. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/perfection-2/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share Posted May 10, 2010 Caught a neat stat on ESPN while at the gym. Paraphrasing, so I might have a number or two wrong, but the names are in the correct order. Fewest swings and misses in a no-hitter: Dallas Braden: 5 Mark Buehrle: 8 Jonathan Sanchez: 13 Mark Buehrle: ~15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Can we please stop interviewing grandma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 10, 2010 -> 03:13 PM) Can we please stop interviewing grandma. stick it, J4L! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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