From: dxf12@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas Fowler)
Subject: MATT YOUNG TOSSES NO-HITTER, LOSES 2-1
Reply-To: dxf12@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas Fowler)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 92 21:03:21 GMT


     Okay, who's the wise guy who put the Twilight Zone hex on the Tribe-Red
Sox series?
     First, there's the 19-inning marathon before the only scheduled double-
header of the year, ending on a homer by Tim Naehring (sP?), the most unlikely
of BoSox homr run threats.
     Now, Matt Young just tossed a no-hitter and lost, 2-1.  Lofton looks good
for the Tribe.  His walk and steal helped lead to the first run for the Tribe,
and Mark Lewis scored the second, after he and Lofton walked.
     I knew the Indians were going to have trouble hitting for a while till the
youngsters got on track, but this is ridiculous.
     BTW, I should have been studying, but I kept the radio on low and turned
it up around the 7th inning.  It's the first no-no I've heard on the radio,
though I've seen 3 on t.v.  One was Morris' in '84, one was the last inning of
Dave Stewart's no-no against the Blue Jays, and one was Fernando's the same
night.  I watched 6 innings, then got too tired so I went out to the family
room and taped the rest.  I set my snooze button on my t.v. for 1 hour, but
was asleep before then, and it turned itself off.  No-hitters are exciting.

     While we're discussing them, though, I'd like to start a thread - what do
you think is the most thrilling personal achievment that could happen in a
season.  99% of us would say a no-no is the most phenominal single-game one,
but let's say you have season tickets to every game of your team's - would
you rather watch a fellow go for Maris' home run mark, DiMaggio's hitting
streak, a 30-win season, a .400 average, or soemthing else I haven't thought
of?
    I would choose the .400 season - partially because of my vision preventing
me from seeing exactly wehre balls hit 350+ feet land, home runs aren't as
exciting to me, and a home run hitter can be affected by things like wind,
etc.  A pitcher only goes every 4-5 days - if you got up around 35 wins with
a pitcher who threw every 4th day, maybe - especially if he was involved in
lots of great duels down the stretch of a pennant race. (He'd have to be
35-4 or something.)  The hitting streak only requires 1 hit every game, but
a .400 hitter must be on top of his game all the time.  He'd have no margin
for error.
     Gwynn could do it, Boggs could have a few years ago, and I don't
know who else, but I think it would just be a BIG career year, more than
anything.  Look at George Brett - did he ever hit above the .335 or so he
hit in 1985?  What did he hit in '76?  Seems he was about 50 points over his
next highest average when he hit .390.  My bet is someone will get it in the
mid-90s - perhaps Gwynn, perhaps Frank Thomas because he walks so much.
-- 
Doug Fowler: dxf12@po.CWRU.edu      :    "Every baby born into the world is
Real home: Canton, Ohio             :  finer than the last."--Charles Dickens
 Trying to follow in the path of our :     "A baby is an inestimable
Lord;anything close will be a success:  blessing and bother."--Mark Twain