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Aníbal Alejandro Sánchez, Jr. [a-NEE-bal] (born February 27, 1984 in Maracay, Venezuela) is a starting pitcher with the Florida Marlins.
Joining the Florida Marlins
At the end of the season, Boston traded Sánchez along with Hanley Ramirez, Jesús Delgado, and Harvey García to the Florida Marlins, in the same transaction that brought Josh Beckett, Guillermo Mota, and Mike Lowell to the Red Sox. In addition to Beckett and Lowell, the Marlins traded several of their other star players after the 2005 season, including Carlos Delgado, Juan Pierre, Paul Lo Duca, and Luis Castillo, for mainly minor-league prospects. Baseball America ranked Sánchez third in the Marlins' system (after Jeremy Hermida and Ramirez) and 40th overall in the major leagues at the start of the 2006 season. [3] [4]
The Marlins started six rookies in their Opening Day lineup in 2006 [5], but elected to have Sánchez return to Class AA to start the season with the Carolina Mudcats. Sánchez made his first 15 starts in 2006 with Mudcats, for whom he posted a 3-6 record with a 3.15 ERA. While with Carolina, he pitched two complete games, one of which was a seven-hit shutout. [6] [7]
On June 25, he was called up to the majors to start the second half of a doubleheader in Yankee Stadium against the Yankees. Aníbal's major league debut was a strong one, as he allowed seven hits and no runs in 5 2/3 innings against the Yankees. He then turned the game over to his bullpen, which blanked the Yankees the rest of the way, shutting out the Yankees for the first time all year, 5–0. Sánchez became just the second visiting starter in the past decade to win his big-league debut at Yankee Stadium. (Fellow Venezuelan Gustavo Chacín of Toronto, who beat the Yankees in September 2004, is the other.) On July 14, the 22-year-old Sánchez started against and defeated Astros pitcher Roger Clemens, who made his MLB debut when Sánchez was just three months old.
[edit] No-hitter
On September 6, 2006, Sánchez threw a no-hitter for the Florida Marlins. In a 2-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, Sánchez went nine innings at home to record the feat. He walked four batters and struck out six, throwing only 103 pitches. The Marlins, who used 21 rookies during the 2006 season, started six in Sánchez's no-hitter, setting the record for most rookies to play for the winning team in a no-hitter.[8]
Sánchez's no-hitter against Arizona ended the longest no-hitter drought in Major League Baseball history; there had been 6,364 consecutive major-league games without a no-hitter since Randy Johnson's perfect game on May 18, 2004. The previous record was a 4,015-game streak without a no-hitter, which lasted from September 30, 1984, to September 19, 1986. On the same night that Sánchez recorded a no-hitter, Johnson nearly pitched another one, taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning for the New York Yankees against the Kansas City Royals.[9] Just two days earlier, Ramon Ortiz of the Washington Nationals nearly ended the no-hitter drought himself, taking one into the ninth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals.[10]
Sánchez became the 19th rookie pitcher since 1900 to pitch a no-hitter, and the first since Bud Smith of the St. Louis Cardinals no-hit the San Diego Padres on September 3, 2001.[11] His no-hitter was also the fourth no-hitter in Marlins history, after Al Leiter, Kevin Brown, and A. J. Burnett. Sánchez became the second Venezuelan pitcher to pitch a no-hitter in the major leagues, joining Wilson Alvarez, who pitched a no-hitter with the Chicago White Sox against the Baltimore Orioles on August 11, 1991.[12]
On September 27, Sánchez earned his tenth win against the Cincinnati Reds, joining teammates Josh Johnson, Scott Olsen, and Ricky Nolasco in the first set of four rookie teammates in MLB history to record ten or more wins in their rookie seasons. Marlins left-hander Dontrelle Willis had a record of 12-12, so with Sánchez's tenth win, the Marlins had their first set of five pitchers with ten or more wins in franchise history. [13] He finished his first season with the Marlins with a record of 10-3 and an ERA of 2.83 in 18 major-league games (17 starts).
Before their game against the Philadelphia Phillies on September 30, the Marlins presented Sánchez with the pitching rubber and home plate used in his no-hitter. The Miami-Dade County Office of the Mayor and Board of County Commissioners officially named September 30, 2006, Aníbal Sánchez Day. [14]
[edit] 2007
Sánchez suffered shoulder problems during spring training [15] but still started 2007 with the Marlins, going 2-1 with a 4.80 ERA in six starts. When reliever Jorge Julio returned to the team from the disabled list on May 4, the Marlins demoted Sánchez to Class AAA Albuquerque, citing his struggles with control.[16] As of May 29, he has not made any starts for Albuquerque due to shoulder injuries, which forced him onto the disabled list. On June 21, it was reported that his season was over after having Dr. James Andrews perform surgery to repair a tear in his labrum.
Listed at 6 feet tall and 180 pounds, he bats and throws right-handed. On September 6, 2006, in his 13th career Major League start, he threw a no-hitter against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Joining the Florida Marlins
At the end of the season, Boston traded Sánchez along with Hanley Ramirez, Jesús Delgado, and Harvey García to the Florida Marlins, in the same transaction that brought Josh Beckett, Guillermo Mota, and Mike Lowell to the Red Sox. In addition to Beckett and Lowell, the Marlins traded several of their other star players after the 2005 season, including Carlos Delgado, Juan Pierre, Paul Lo Duca, and Luis Castillo, for mainly minor-league prospects. Baseball America ranked Sánchez third in the Marlins' system (after Jeremy Hermida and Ramirez) and 40th overall in the major leagues at the start of the 2006 season. [3] [4]
The Marlins started six rookies in their Opening Day lineup in 2006 [5], but elected to have Sánchez return to Class AA to start the season with the Carolina Mudcats. Sánchez made his first 15 starts in 2006 with Mudcats, for whom he posted a 3-6 record with a 3.15 ERA. While with Carolina, he pitched two complete games, one of which was a seven-hit shutout. [6] [7]
On June 25, he was called up to the majors to start the second half of a doubleheader in Yankee Stadium against the Yankees. Aníbal's major league debut was a strong one, as he allowed seven hits and no runs in 5 2/3 innings against the Yankees. He then turned the game over to his bullpen, which blanked the Yankees the rest of the way, shutting out the Yankees for the first time all year, 5–0. Sánchez became just the second visiting starter in the past decade to win his big-league debut at Yankee Stadium. (Fellow Venezuelan Gustavo Chacín of Toronto, who beat the Yankees in September 2004, is the other.) On July 14, the 22-year-old Sánchez started against and defeated Astros pitcher Roger Clemens, who made his MLB debut when Sánchez was just three months old.
[edit] No-hitter
On September 6, 2006, Sánchez threw a no-hitter for the Florida Marlins. In a 2-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, Sánchez went nine innings at home to record the feat. He walked four batters and struck out six, throwing only 103 pitches. The Marlins, who used 21 rookies during the 2006 season, started six in Sánchez's no-hitter, setting the record for most rookies to play for the winning team in a no-hitter.[8]
Sánchez's no-hitter against Arizona ended the longest no-hitter drought in Major League Baseball history; there had been 6,364 consecutive major-league games without a no-hitter since Randy Johnson's perfect game on May 18, 2004. The previous record was a 4,015-game streak without a no-hitter, which lasted from September 30, 1984, to September 19, 1986. On the same night that Sánchez recorded a no-hitter, Johnson nearly pitched another one, taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning for the New York Yankees against the Kansas City Royals.[9] Just two days earlier, Ramon Ortiz of the Washington Nationals nearly ended the no-hitter drought himself, taking one into the ninth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals.[10]
Sánchez became the 19th rookie pitcher since 1900 to pitch a no-hitter, and the first since Bud Smith of the St. Louis Cardinals no-hit the San Diego Padres on September 3, 2001.[11] His no-hitter was also the fourth no-hitter in Marlins history, after Al Leiter, Kevin Brown, and A. J. Burnett. Sánchez became the second Venezuelan pitcher to pitch a no-hitter in the major leagues, joining Wilson Alvarez, who pitched a no-hitter with the Chicago White Sox against the Baltimore Orioles on August 11, 1991.[12]
On September 27, Sánchez earned his tenth win against the Cincinnati Reds, joining teammates Josh Johnson, Scott Olsen, and Ricky Nolasco in the first set of four rookie teammates in MLB history to record ten or more wins in their rookie seasons. Marlins left-hander Dontrelle Willis had a record of 12-12, so with Sánchez's tenth win, the Marlins had their first set of five pitchers with ten or more wins in franchise history. [13] He finished his first season with the Marlins with a record of 10-3 and an ERA of 2.83 in 18 major-league games (17 starts).
Before their game against the Philadelphia Phillies on September 30, the Marlins presented Sánchez with the pitching rubber and home plate used in his no-hitter. The Miami-Dade County Office of the Mayor and Board of County Commissioners officially named September 30, 2006, Aníbal Sánchez Day. [14]
[edit] 2007
Sánchez suffered shoulder problems during spring training [15] but still started 2007 with the Marlins, going 2-1 with a 4.80 ERA in six starts. When reliever Jorge Julio returned to the team from the disabled list on May 4, the Marlins demoted Sánchez to Class AAA Albuquerque, citing his struggles with control.[16] As of May 29, he has not made any starts for Albuquerque due to shoulder injuries, which forced him onto the disabled list. On June 21, it was reported that his season was over after having Dr. James Andrews perform surgery to repair a tear in his labrum.
Explore for 20 April 2009.
Felipe Paulino pitched his sixth game in the majors and gave the Astros six shutout innings against the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday, April 19, 2009.
Nothing like a gigantic fogbank to completely shutout the northern lights last night. The view was spectacular though.
After every practice the kids have a shoot out competition. The loosing team has to do push ups. Lane and his team didn't do push ups tonight. Lane stopped every forward from getting the puck into his net!!! Way to go Laner!!!!!!
The 2017 CCCAA/NCFC Football Season Opener for American River College and Diablo Valley College took place at American River College on Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 7:00pm. ARC took the victory with a 67-0 shutout of DVC.
Hirsch played major junior hockey with the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League for four seasons. He was named to the WHL Second All-Star Team in his second season with Kamloops, in which the team won the President's Cup (now the Ed Chynoweth Cup) and advanced to the 1990 Memorial Cup in Hamilton, Ontario, where the Blazers placed third. Hirsch was subsequently chosen 169th overall in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers.
Upon being drafted, Hirsch led the league in shutouts, with 5, and goals against average with 2.72 in 1991–92, he was named CHL Goaltender of the Year and the Del Wilson Trophy as the WHL Goaltender of the Year. As the Blazers again captured President's Cup in 1992, they advanced to the Memorial Cup in Seattle and defeated the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 5–4 in the final. Hirsch was additionally awarded the Hap Emms Memorial Trophy as the tournament's top goaltender.
In 1992–93, his first professional season, he played for the Binghamton Rangers, New York's AHL affiliate, and won the Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award as the league's top goalie.[2] At 2.79, he was also awarded the Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award for the lowest goals-against-average (shared with goaltending teammate Boris Rousson).
Hirsch started his first NHL game that season, a 2–2 tie against the Detroit Red Wings on January 19, 1993. He recorded his first win on his next start, an 8–3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on January 23.[3]
At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, Hirsch played all eight games for Canada and won a silver medal after losing in a shootout to Sweden in the gold medal game. The shootout-winning goal by Peter Forsberg was depicted on a Swedish postage stamp, featuring the image of a generic goalie because Hirsch refused to allow his likeness to be used.
Hirsch remained with Binghamton for three seasons until New York traded him to the Vancouver Canucks on April 7, 1995, in exchange for forward Nathan LaFayette.[3]
Hirsch split goaltending duties with Kirk McLean in 1995–96 and was named to the All-Rookie Team after posting a 2.93 goals-against average, .903 save percentage and a winning 17–14–6 record. He also finished fifth in Calder Memorial Trophy voting (won by Daniel Alfredsson). During the season, he recorded his first career NHL shutout on January 15, 1996, a 6–0 win against the Boston Bruins.[3]
On July 2, 1999, he was waived by the Canucks[3] and for the next few seasons, would bounce around the league between the Nashville Predators, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Washington Capitals, and Dallas Stars. Playing for minor league affiliates, he only appeared in a handful of NHL games for the remainder of his career. In 2002–03, he recorded AHL career highs with a 2.64 goals-against average and a .921 save percentage in 35 games with the Utah Grizzlies.
Before retiring, Hirsch played three seasons overseas in the Swedish Elitserien, and the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga.
Post-playing career
After retiring, Hirsch became a goaltending consultant for Hockey Canada. He worked with the national junior team as part of the 2007 and 2008 World Junior gold medal winning teams.[4]
On September 9, 2008, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced they had hired Hirsch as their goaltending coach.[4]
On June 18, 2010, the St. Louis Blues announced they had hired Hirsch as their Goaltending Coach.
On May 7, 2014, the St. Louis Blues relieved Corey Hirsch of his coaching duties.[5]
In 2015, Hirsch joined the NHL on Sportsnet as a freelance TV analyst.[6]
Personal
Hirsch is a divorcee after 15 years of marriage, with three children.[6] In the summer of 2015, Hirsch's son Hayden, who is a forward, attended hockey training camp with his father's old junior team, the Kamloops Blazers, but didn't make the regular season roster.[7] Hirsch has struggled with severe anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) for much of his life, and described his struggle in a Player's Tribune article on February 15, 2017.[8]
Barry Brust now holds the AHL record for longest shutout streak, an honour he took from noneother than Johnny freakin' Bower. He also sports one of the greasiest Movember staches in history.
Connor Creane pitched a one-hit shutout when the Jonathan Law baseball team opened its season with a 2-0 victory over visiting North Haven on Saturday.
The East girls played North at the James W. Cownie Soccer Park on April 4. The Lady Scarlets won with a shutout. Later that night the North boys hosted East at Grubb Stadium. After a close game, the Polar Bears snuck away with a 1-0 win.
The statue of Walter Johnson by husband and wife team, Omri Amrany and Julie Rotblatt, was erected in the Center Field Plaza of Nationals Park in 2009. The white bronze statue, along with those of fellow DC baseball heroes, Frank Howard and Josh Gibson, seeks to capture the fourth dimension of movement.
Walter Johnson, nicknamed "The Big Train" pitched for the Washington Senators from 1907 to 1927. One of the most celebrated players in baseball history, over his 21-year career, Johnson won 417 games--second only to Cy Young, and struck out 3,508 batters--a record which would stand for more than 55 years. His 110 career shutouts are still a record. There were no sophisticated measuring devices in the early 1900s, but in 1917, a Bridgeport arms laboratory clocked his sidearm fastball at 134 feet per second, or 91.36 miles per hour--a speed virtually unheard of at the time. Johnson was one of five players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame's inaugural class in 1936. In 1999, he ranked number 4 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, the highest-ranked pitcher. Later that year, he was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.
Nationals Park, located along the Anacostia River in the Navy Yard neighborhood, replaced RFK Stadium as the home for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball in 2008. The ballpark, designed by Populous (formerly HOK Sport) and Devrouax & Purnell Architects and Planners, seats 41,888 fans and cost $611 million to build. The park's name echoes the original name of the early-1900s ballpark used by the Washington Senators/Nationals, which was called National Park until it was rebuilt and renamed Griffith Stadium.
"ARMY NAVY GAME DAY 2020" WEST POINT ARMY BLACK KNIGHTS WON THE 121ST ARMY NAVY WITH A SHUTOUT WIN OF 15-0 AT MICHIE STADIUM.
Concordia-St. Paul baseball sweeps Minnesota Duluth with a pair of shutouts to open NSIC play at Veterans Field in Minnetonka. Photos by Josh Deer / Concordia Athletics
Axis deer buck arrowed off Kaena Road just below Keahiakawelo - Garden of the Gods, Lana'i City, Lanai island, Hawaii.
I first bowhunted on the island of Lana'i in 1985, the rookie amongst veterans over for a weekend jaunt. An archery tournament and awards banquet took place on Saturday, followed by the public axis deer hunt on Sunday. Bunked in the old plantation barracks, the excursion had the flavor of a time gone by.
Sunday morning I passed up a doe at twenty-yards, determined to hold out for a buck. Twenty years later now and but a dozen hard-earned axis deer in total I've certainly learned the folly of that approach. Good shots at any game animal can be tough to get on Lana'i, and rarely is it a cakewalk. Countless bowhunters depart Lanai with empty coolers; many get shutout, some having passed on chances at lesser game. Besides, axis deer have beautiful hides and the meat is 2nd-to-none.
My next trip to the former "Pineapple Island" was in 1987. Having rented a jeep, I pitched a tent on the beach at Manele Bay. That shoreline now comprises the ocean frontage for a luxury resort - the result of the islands economic shift from pineapple to tourism. Another even more luxurious hotel, the "Lodge at Koele", abuts the tall tree line behind quaint Lana'i City. The surrounding golf course used to be bowhunting terra-firma, however the adjoining forest remains an archery zone. It wouldn’t surprise me if someday a golfer's divot uproots a rusted arrowhead.
By my third day, this novice deer hunter showed signs of frustration. Traipsing after these jitterbugs only resulted in shrilling barks and bush rustling departures. Nevertheless, the foothills reflected a majestic quality as the late day sun turned the green to gold.
The first time I met Steve Gelakoski was not the first time he met me. I had spent the mid-afternoon hunting an isolated tract encompassed by a small gulch. A super set-up, I worked the edge and then hunted across the tree line. Poking out the other side, I was surprised to see a jeep across the gulch. I vigorously waved at the camo-clad guy, as it appeared he hadn’t seen me. He motioned me to come back over. Crossing the gulch, I felt jazz with anticipation of meeting a fellow bowhunter.
Steve was not initially pleased to meet me. Not only did I just trample his secret spot, but also I bungled it for him on the two previous evenings. Thank God that I didn’t sport a spotted hide, or I’d have been "camp meat" for sure. Let bygones be bygones, soon we were rambling off to a place called "Last Bench".
A slightly inclined plateau, this throwaway pineapple field melds into an ironwood hillside. Old roads and rows dissect this mile-wide expanse, and the prevailing breeze comes down the mountain. Steve headed left and I went right. At least this way I couldn’t ruin his sunset hunt. After hunting until dark, I returned to the jeep without even glimpsing a deer. When Steve said he saw about twenty-five deer, I was amazed. When I saw his dandy buck, I was astonished! That was his eighth axis deer taken with a bow and arrow, a count that now totals about three hundred.
An awesome bird hunter, Steve's a natural quick-draw McGraw. He's been a sponsored test pilot with Rocky Mountain Barrie Archery Broadheads for many years. A long time finger-shooter, about one third of his game was taken with a recurve bow. I've seen him arrow fowl at forty-five yards, although he usually sneaks in for a clean kill.
Desperate, I pleaded with my new mentor for help. The next evening he guided me up an overgrown road at Last Bench. Heavy gray clouds cast shadows over the land. The waist to head-high foliage made for ideal still-hunting conditions. We paused at a hedgerow and patiently listened. A few minutes later, two mid-size axis bucks thrashed the brush with their antlers just five yards away...! We tried for a simultaneous double-whammy which never quite culminated; however, an eye-to-eye impression remains etched in my memory. The following evening I bagged my first axis deer in similar fashion - from point-blank range under fading daylight. In fact, I took my first four deer in this same field, all within a hundred-yard radius.
Archery permits to hunt private land on Lanai are $100 purchased from Pūlama Lāna‘i. Valid from July 1st through June 30th, the tag offers unlimited deer. Some of the archery areas lie within walking distance of town, with other zones near the main roads. Axis bucks will be in various stages of antler development throughout the year, however most are polished by early summer. At dusk, the drawn-out husky bellow from the "big boy" reverberates through the mist-laden evergreens.
My inner voice said to veer right. A small ravine forking to the side seemed to beckon me. As I tried to skirt some shrubs, I couldn't have made much more noise. Dry wood crackled as it broke underfoot. Protruding twigs snapped and popped like a bowl of Rice Krispies. At last, I wedged through and stepped forward... You never know when that perfect shot will present itself, but if it does, it's likely when you least expect it.
Nose to the turf, the trophy buck seemed engrossed as he slowly emerged from behind the hale koa thicket. Two deer facing down the ravine never got the clue. The velvet antlers appeared luminous in the afternoon light as the fully exposed buck stood broadside on the opposite bank. It was hard not to look at his wineglass rack as I steadied for the twenty-yard shot... The island of Lanai has shipwreck beaches, elegant retreats, and a laid-back pace of life. The air is cool and the pineapple sweet. For a slice of Hawaiian style where the bowhuntin's cheap, Lanai could be just the ticket.
From Bomber Brewing in East Vancouver , “Shutout Stout” is the first in their limited release Bomber Series. This oatmeal stout pours an opaque black with a brown head. Aroma of coffee and pine, with a slight hop bitterness . Light at 6% with an IBU of 45
"ARMY NAVY GAME DAY 2020" WEST POINT ARMY BLACK KNIGHTS WON THE 121ST ARMY NAVY WITH A SHUTOUT WIN OF 15-0 AT MICHIE STADIUM.
(WPAOG photo by Erika Norton)
The Chaparrals are riding high from their Oct. 28 24-0 shutout against Lackawanna. The College of DuPage football squad is preparing for its final game of the regular season against Iowa Western.
Ed Belfour and the Blackhawks shutout the Bruins, 4- 0, with goals by Jeremy Roenick, Steve Larmer, Brian Noonan and Rob Brown. The game featured a fight between Lyndon Byers of the Bruins and Mike Peluso of the Hawks.
The Hawks would eventually lose to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Stanley Cup finals in four straight games. The Penguins had defeated the Bruins in the conference finals, the closest I got to seeing a Hawks-Bruins Stanley Cup final in person (brulelaker.blogspot.com/2013/06/chicago-blackhawks-vs-bos...).
Red Raiders Catie McNulty and Bulldogs Kendra Farrelly battle for puck during Barnstable's shutout win over Canton Saturday.
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#20th-ranked Concordia-St. Paul records its 15th shutout of 2019 with a 2-0 win over Wayne State in the 2019 NSIC Soccer Tournament quarterfinals at Sea Foam Stadium. It's the first playoff soccer game held at Sea Foam Stadium, which opened in 2009. CSP, 2019 NSIC regular season champions, were the top seed in the tournament while WSC was seeded eighth. Photos by Josh Deer/Concordia athletics
252/365 - Our Daily Topic - "In the Mood":
Clearly, Hannah was feeling a little wistful about closed doors on this day. It won't be long before she knows how to open them herself. Uh oh....
Can I just say how much I love that little bunny draped over her arm like that...and the overall legs rolled up...and let's don't forget the teeny tiny pigtails. ♥
Nikon D5000, 35mm
First career Liiga shutout for my buddy Kevin Lankinen last night in Lappeenranta. It took over two years and so many close calls, like last fridays 0-1 overtime loss to KooKoo, but finally he can check that out of his bucket list and just keep stopping those pucks. Congrats, Keke!
Pavel Datsyuk (13) and Mike Modano (9) face off in the first period of the Dallas - Detroit game on Sunday, February 17, 2007. Mike Modano won 61% of face-offs in the game, which the Stars won 1-0.
Michael Lisinichia of Westhill High delivers a pitch during Vikings' game against Jonathan Law Saturday.
Lisinichia threw 5 shutout innings as Westhill defeated the Lawmen, 10-1.
The 1955 Selinsgrove High School varsity football team, coached by Richard Smoker, top left. The team finished the season with a record of six wins and four losses.
Included in those wins were shutouts of Trevorton, Lewisburg, and Lewistown.
Army goalie Rob Tadazak posted his second consecutive shutout and four players scored goals to beat 19th ranked Robert Morris, 5-0, Friday night at Tate Rink. (U.S. Army photo by Tommy Gilligan/USMA PAO)
"Lockdown" to "Locked Out", the 18 months that I was shut out of my Flickr account. This is a very mild day in February 2018. My first sortie onto the old Langwith pit tip (AKA Poulter Country Park)to see Ewan Allinson's work, "Top of the World". A real "Photographers' sky! Look closely at the horizon in the second pic and you will see West Burton and Cottam power stations, still in business, now gone.
Gaylord Perry
San Francisco Giants: 1962-1971
Hall of Fame: 1991
Giants Retired Number: 36
San Francisco Giants All-Star: 1966, 1970
From the hills of North Carolina, Perry started spectacular 22-year career with 10 seasons as a Giant. He tied Franchise record for Consecutive Shutouts (4) in 1970 and ranks fifth on Franchise list for Strikeouts, Career (1,606). In 1970, Perry set San Francisco Giants records for Consecutive Scoreless Innings (40) and Innings Pitched, Season (328.2). He pitched a 1-0 no-hitter vs. St. Louis (Candlestick Park, September 17, 1968)
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The San Francisco Giants inaugurated the San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame, a perpetual tribute to their greatest stars, in September 2008 to celebrate their 50th Anniversary Season in San Francisco. The plaques along this wall recognize Giants players whose records stand highest among their teammates on the basis of longevity and achievements. Those honored have played a minimum of nine seasons for the San Francisco Giants, or five seasons with at least one All-Star selection as a Giant. As of Opening Day 2008, a group of 43 Giants legends qualified for this distinction, forming the charter class of honorees. As present and future generations of Giants players meet the criteria and make their marks in baseball history, plaques celebrating their careers will join this row of Giants immortals upon their retirement.
AT&T Park, located at 24 Willie Mays Plaza in San Francisco's South Beach, has been the home of San Francisco Giants since it was opened by China Basin Ballpark Corp on March 31, 2000. Originally named Pacific Bell Park, then renamed SBC Park in 2003, it was ultimately christened AT&T Park in 2006. Replacing Candlestick Park as the Giants' home, it was Major League Baseball's first privately financed ballpark since 1962.
"Lockdown" to "Locked Out", the 18 months that I was shut out of my Flickr account. This is a very mild day in February 2018. My first sortie onto the old Langwith pit tip (AKA Poulter Country Park)to see Ewan Allinson's work, "Top of the World". A real "Photographers' sky! Look closely at the horizon in the second pic and you will see West Burton and Cottam power stations, still in business, now gone.
RED SOX 8, RANGERS 7
In 10th, Sox drop Rangers
Renteria atones for two errors with winning hit
By Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff | August 10, 2005
They endured poor middle relief, coughed up a five-run lead, but in the end, Curt Schilling's two shutout innings and Edgar Renteria's redeeming moment produced a victory.
Renteria's single down the left-field line scored Bill Mueller and gave the Red Sox an 8-7 win over the Texas Rangers last night at Fenway Park. The marathon win lasted 4 hours and 13 minutes, and coupled with a 2-1 Yankee loss to Chicago, it allowed Boston to open a 4 1/2-game lead in the AL East over New York.
Renteria had committed two errors -- giving him 22 for the season -- and had gone 0 for 5 before working the count to 3-and-2 and pulling a Kevin Gryboski sinker down the line.
''I have a lot of confidence in that situation," Renteria said. ''I felt bad all game because I made two errors and I really wanted Matt Clement to get a win."
Renteria's clutch hit bailed out new reliever Mike Remlinger and Chad Bradford, who gave up five runs in the seventh inning, wiping out a 7-2 lead the Sox had built for Clement.
''I've seen him do that a lot in the National League," said Schilling. ''He's always been known for good at-bats after the seventh inning."
Mueller started the winning rally with a leadoff single to center field. A perfectly executed bunt by Alex Cora -- a play perhaps as important as Renteria's single -- moved Mueller to second. The Rangers didn't mess with Johnny Damon, who had a pair of hits to extend his hitting streak to 13 games, and walked him intentionally to get to Renteria.
''I battled him as best I could in that at-bat," said Renteria. ''Thankfully I got a sinker, and I got lucky on a 3-and-2 pitch and I was able to get the run in."
The Rangers had some good whacks at Schilling, including a double by Rod Barajas over Damon's head to the triangle in the 10th with one out. But Schilling got out of it. A long fly to center advanced the runner to third, but Schilling got Michael Young to chase a splitter in the dirt for strike three.
''I assumed I was going to stay in the game as long as it took," said Schilling. ''I was prepared to go out there again, and I feel I can go out there again tomorrow if I have to."
Remlinger, the Plymouth native acquired from the Cubs yesterday, came on to relieve Clement (six innings, two runs) to start the seventh. With the 7-2 lead, he threw 27 pitches, faced four batters, and didn't record an out.
He allowed a leadoff double to Dave Dellucci, then threw a wild pitch that advanced Dellucci to third. After Young walked, Mark Teixiera came through with an RBI single, making it 7-3.
''I actually thought [Remlinger] looked a little jumpy to me, which is understandable," said manager Terry Francona. ''Teixeira had one of the best at-bats you'll see. He hung a breaking ball to Dellucci to start the inning. It certainly didn't work the way we drew it up."
With two on and no outs, a controversial play came next. Mueller fielded Hank Blalock's grounder at third and threw to Renteria for the force at second. But the ball came loose as Renteria was trying to turn the double play, and umpire Bill Miller ruled the runner safe.
Francona argued long and hard that Renteria had possession long enough, but the umpire would have none of it. While on the field, Francona gave Remlinger the hook. Chad Bradford came on and allowed a single to Alfonso Soriano to drive in the second run of the inning. Ground-ball outs by Phil Nevin and Kevin Mench also produced runs. After Bradford walked Gary Matthews intentionally, Barajas doubled in the tying run.
The five-run rally matched the total the Sox had put up in the fifth inning, seemingly breaking the game open. Roberto Petagine had the big hit off reliever Doug Brocail, a two-out, bases-loaded double down the third base line that scored two runs and made it 6-2.
''I'm just looking to drive the ball somewhere," Petigine said. ''That's a big situation where you want to do somethging to help the team."
Prior to that, Manny Ramirez had stroked a RBI single to center off Rangers starter Joaquin Benoit to break a 2-2 tie. Damon had beaten out an infield hit and David Ortiz had walked.
After Ramirez's hit, Jason Varitek greeted Brocail with a double to the left-field corner that scored Ortiz. After Kevin Millar worked a walk (nearly hitting both foul poles, left and right), Petagine delivered.
The Sox weren't done, though. Mueller drew a walk and No. 9 hitter Alex Cora was hit with a pitch with the bases loaded, forcing in the seventh Boston run.
The Sox scored first on Mueller's home run to lead off the third inning. It came a day after he was scratched from the lineup because of back spasms.
The Rangers were able to tie it after a Renteria error on what should have been the third out in the fourth inning, on a routine grounder by Nevin. That gave the Rangers 13 extra swings against Clement, and they got a run when Kevin Mench singled Nevin to third and Gary Matthews reached on an infield hit.
Clement pitched his best game since the All-Star break, but there was one brief moment of concern. In the sixth inning, he was struck on the backside by Matthews's sharp one-hopper. Clement, who took a liner off the head in Tampa July 26, got up with a smile on his face, but the Sox medical staff came out anyway.
Clement took a warmup pitch, then struck out Barajas to end the inning. He did not come out for the seventh, but with a 7-2 lead and his pitch total well over 100, it was likely his last inning anyway.
THE CATCH THAT SAVED A SUMMER
Since winning its first Cape Cod Baseball League Championship in seventeen years yesterday, a lot has been written about the stellar pitching performance of William Tribucher (Michigan) who took the mound for the decisive pressure cooker game three of the Championship series and tossed 6.2 shutout innings with five strikeouts. He deserves the ink. But there was a moment that happened in an instant that saved the summer for the Brewster Whitecaps.
The never-say-die Bourne Braves, down 2-0 in the seventh inning, did what they had done so many times in the summer of 2017. They started a rally. They loaded the bases ahead of one of their best hitters, Lyle Lin (Arizona State). A base hit would likely tie the game with two Braves in scoring position. An extra base hit would likely give Bourne a lead. And when Lin worked the count to 3 balls and 2 strikes with two outs, the runners had the added advantage of starting their sprints around the bases as the pitch was delivered. Under those circumstances, it was not just possible, it was highly likely, that a single off the bat of Lin would give Bourne a late inning lead, and possibly the Cape League Championship. Lin stared out at the pitcher, and got what he was looking for. He blasted a deep line drive to left field that had the Bourne faithful ready to explode, and the Whitecaps faithful ready to cry. Enter Marty Costes (Maryland).
Costes was not playing terribly deep in left, with the right-handed Lin at the plate. So he had a lot of work to do to when the ball left Lin’s bat on a frozen rope. Costes broke perfectly on the ball, back and to his left, as it sailed toward the fence, sprinting with every ounce of his God given ability. As the ball arched back toward the field, its trajectory appeared destined for a landing at, or over, the left field fence. Costes did not give up. He tracked the ball as he ran with all his might without ever appearing to care about where the fence was. Miraculously, he hurled himself into to the air toward the fence, and snagged the ball in the webbing of his glove. He crashed to the ground and rolled up against the fence next to the 375 foot sign. A tremendous roar echoed across Stony Brook Field as the Whitecaps fans went wild. Heads bowed, and shoulders slumped, among the Bourne fans. During his crash into the base of the fence, Costes lost his (white) cap. He picked it up immediately after getting back to his feet, and for a moment, some in the crowd thought he was picking up the ball. But within seconds, it became clear that third base umpire, Rick Delvecchio, had seen the play properly, and called Lin out. Costes ran back to the dugout and was met with raw baseball passion from his appreciative teammates. Had Lin's liner landed on the grass, instead of in Costes' glove, it would have been extra bases for sure, and likely a bases clearing double to give Bourne a 3-2 lead. Costes' spectacular catch, on the Cape League’s biggest stage, saved the summer for the Brewster Whitecaps, and sealed a Championship that took 53 games (the most ever played by a Cape League team) and seventeen years to achieve. Congratulations to Costes and to the 2017 Cape Cod Baseball League Champions: Brewster Whitecaps!
Jhonas Enroth Game-Used and Autographed CCM Extreme Flex 2 Pro Stick used in a 2-0 Shutout win vs Buffalo Sabres February 27th, 2016. This was Enroth's final NHL shutout of his career.
Max Scherzer warmed up in the Citi Field outfield before his last start. Scherzer pitched 6 shutout innings and beat the Mets 3-0 for his 19th win.
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Jim Barr
San Francisco Giants: 1971-1978, 1982-1983
University of Southern California teammate of Giants outfielder Dave Kingman, hard-throwing right-hander ranks among San Francisco Giants career leaders in Wins (90), ERA (3.41), Innings Pitched (1,800), Complete Games (59) and Shutouts (20). In 1972, Barr set an ML record by retiring 41 consecutive batters over two games.
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Gary Lavelle
San Francisco Giants: 1974-1984
San Francisco Giants All-Star: 1977, 1983
Supreme Giants' left-handed reliever for more than a decade, Lavelle topped Christy Mathewson to set Franchise record for Most Games, Career (647). An intimidating closer, he led NL relievers in Wins (13) in 1978. He ranks in San Francisco Giants All-Time Top 10 in Wins (73) and Saves (127)
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The San Francisco Giants inaugurated the San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame, a perpetual tribute to their greatest stars, in September 2008 to celebrate their 50th Anniversary Season in San Francisco. The plaques along this wall recognize Giants players whose records stand highest among their teammates on the basis of longevity and achievements. Those honored have played a minimum of nine seasons for the San Francisco Giants, or five seasons with at least one All-Star selection as a Giant. As of Opening Day 2008, a group of 43 Giants legends qualified for this distinction, forming the charter class of honorees. As present and future generations of Giants players meet the criteria and make their marks in baseball history, plaques celebrating their careers will join this row of Giants immortals upon their retirement.
AT&T Park, located at 24 Willie Mays Plaza in San Francisco's South Beach, has been the home of San Francisco Giants since it was opened by China Basin Ballpark Corp on March 31, 2000. Originally named Pacific Bell Park, then renamed SBC Park in 2003, it was ultimately christened AT&T Park in 2006. Replacing Candlestick Park as the Giants' home, it was Major League Baseball's first privately financed ballpark since 1962.
Not even a well-timed screen by the HIFK captain Arttu Luttinen on a Yohann Auvitu shot could help the home team to break Pelicans goalie Sami Rajaniemi's shutout tonight.
HELSINKI, FINLAND 2015-11-01. Liiga: HIFK - Pelicans at Helsingin Jäähalli in Helsinki, Finland. (Photo: Riku Laukkanen/R1ku Exposures)