[BigSlick]

AJ Burnett has a no hitter through 6 at Tampa. I hope nobody mentions it and jinxes him.

:rolleyes:


Edit: Who am I kidding? He's got no shot. He'll probably be on the DL by the 8th inning.

This post has been edited by BigSlick: 14 April 2009 - 08:13 PM

[NJSoxFan]

Yankee announcers dont seem too worried about any jinx

[BigSlick]

I rule!!!!!

[NJSoxFan]

hahahahahaha base hit crawford

thats what you get for mentioning the yankee greatness he was about to obtain 900 times in the 7th

[BigSlick]

3 hits in a row to start the 7th.

[NJSoxFan]

yanks will still win, but man, listening to them ask cone about his no-no, and talking about the forthcoming greatness, only to see him give up the 3 straight hits, then let the game get tied up, was just very enjoyable

[jackson]

NJSoxFan, on Apr 14 2009, 09:44 PM, said:

yanks will still win, but man, listening to them ask cone about his no-no, and talking about the forthcoming greatness, only to see him give up the 3 straight hits, then let the game get tied up, was just very enjoyable

I want to alert you guys that Brett Gardner is turning into a pretty dangerous player for the Yanks. :mellow:

[yazgoesbacklooksupitsgone]

NJSoxFan, on Apr 14 2009, 09:15 PM, said:

Yankee announcers dont seem too worried about any jinx

I noticed that. Round about the 50th time that John Sterling mentioned Burnett had a no hitter going in the 6th, I thought it was kind of odd.
"I'm John Sterling - and I laugh in the face of baseball superstitions. Ha!"

[DCA]

yazgoesbacklooksupitsgone, on Apr 14 2009, 10:24 PM, said:

I noticed that. Round about the 50th time that John Sterling mentioned Burnett had a no hitter going in the 6th, I thought it was kind of odd.
"I'm John Sterling - and I laugh in the face of baseball superstitions. Ha!"

MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS!!!

(That will never get old)

[jackson]

Some people would argue it's the announcer's job to reveal what is happening in the game. Especially on radio where the listener cannot see the scoreboard.

[rominer]

jackson, on Apr 14 2009, 06:55 PM, said:

Some people would argue it's the announcer's job to reveal what is happening in the game.

Well that memo sure doesn't seem to have gotten around to those who do televised sports.

[jackson]

rominer, on Apr 14 2009, 10:58 PM, said:

Well that memo sure doesn't seem to have gotten around to those who do televised sports.

There have been a few announcers over the years who have refused to play the game and revealed no-hitters in progress. Red Barber was one of them. He used to make the WPIX cameras focus on the scoreboard as he read off no runs, no hits, no errors. Of course, Red had a lot of integrity. He got fired by the CBS owners of the Yankees in 1966 when he ordered WPIX cameras to flash on the stands, showing a crowd of no more than 800 people in the stands. Red was a former Dodgers announcer who only did the Yankees because he wouldn't go to the west coast.

This post has been edited by jackson: 14 April 2009 - 10:14 PM

[rominer]

I didn't mean no hitters. I meant in general. TV guys are always searching for anything to talk about that might not be the game at hand. In all sports.

[jackson]

rominer, on Apr 14 2009, 11:21 PM, said:

I didn't mean no hitters. I meant in general. TV guys are always searching for anything to talk about that might not be the game at hand. In all sports.

Can't argue with that. Most TV talking heads are nitwits. That's why the Will Ferrell movie was so funny. It was true.

[Edmund Dantes]

Michael Kay makes no bones about his belief that what he does as an announcer has no bearing on what goes on during the game. It'll be fun listening to the idiots call him up today and complain about him costing the AJ the no hitter. Kay actually revels in twisting the the superstition knife when it comes to stuff like this.

[Sox Sweep Again]

jackson, on Apr 14 2009, 09:31 PM, said:

Can't argue with that. Most TV talking heads are nitwits. That's why the Will Ferrell movie was so funny. It was true.

I don't know. 60% of the time, the talking heads are right all the time.

[rominer]

PawSox.

EDIT:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?g...pawaaa_lhvaaa_1

EDIT 2: My bad. Charlie Zink had a no-hitter going through 6. Gave up a solo HR to lead off the 7th. Nothing to see here.

This post has been edited by rominer: 25 April 2009 - 08:13 PM

[SteelSox]

GARZA IS THROWING A NO HITTER THROUGH 6 INNINGS.

[rominer]

PERFECT GAME.

[The Ghost of Ned Martin]

It's not a good idea to mention that Garza is pitching aPERFECT GAME because that could be bad luck.

So please, let'a atop talking about MATT GARZA'S PERFECT GAME out of respect for him and the game of baseball.