Tigers beat the Cardinals, tie Series 1-1
The big story is Kenny Rogers amazing post-season string of 23 consecutive scoreless innings. But the sportswriters keep mentioning the immortal Christy Matthewson as the record-holder at 27 innings.
But isn't this wrong?
Babe Ruth pitched for the Red Sox and beat Matthewson's record, pitching 29-2/3 consecutive scoreless innings in the 1918 World Series -- a feat so enormously memorable that the Sox showed their appreciation by selling him to the New York Yankees. But that's another story.
Ruth's record held for over 40 years until another Yankee, Whitey Ford, beat it in 1961when he ran his string to 32 consecutive scorelss innings.
Rogers's effort this year is awesome; Matthewson's is legendary. But let's not forget Ruth and Ford.
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Which sportswriters? Let us pounce with link-baiting scorn!
Keep this in mind. Unlike last night, Mngr. McGraw would have kept Christy throwing instead of ranking him in the 9th and letting someone like Jones give up a run, load the bases and almost throw the game. (And for that awful performance, Jones got a Save on his stats. But there's no room on a score-card for "Almost unbelievable fuck-up.")
Matthewson also threw a ball that was about as responsive as a Beanie Baby when hitters who really didn't take fitness all that seriously got ahold of it. They called it the "dead-ball" era, but it was more like mush.
(Disclaimer: My Great Grandfather was a teammate of Matthewson's.)
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October 23, 2006 01:17 PM