Perfect game last night threw the Giants Matt Cain already is the second perfect game of the season. In addition, a large number of non-hitter thrown in this year and in the summer of 2012, none of the guys more than you need to have of superhero movies. Curious, while baseball has to wonder - what is wrong with this sudden outbreak of the NOS-not?
Seriously, folks, we saw five of the damn things this season and we are not even in the All-Star Game for the moment. Cain had his perfect game last night, White Sox and has a perfect game Philip Humber 21st April started.Eleven days later, Jered Weaver struck a non-hitter for the Angels. Less than a month later, Santana a Joan threw for the Mets. And then, combines a week after the Seattle Mariners six unspecified, throw another no-hitter.
It was the ball juice? They are influenced "All You Can Eat" section of the stadium cooked meal the size of the strike zone? Lt. Frank Drebin turns out to be a referee and marble pitcher-friendly phone calls to prevent an attack to make?
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There are more theories floating around that no-hitter was launched and this season. Let us look at a few.
Duh, less potent steroids - Well, here is the obvious and it is probably true to some degree. Major League Baseball does not test for steroids until 2002. Now they do not race, curious, unless otherwise indicated. Has, as Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated in his analysis, there was no longer hitters this year, when combined in the three seasons before the test was performed on steroids.
Punch Mode - When I say they are increasingly fashionable punch, I think the guys. In the culture of baseball, there is less of a stigma in the suppression in previous years. Stat geeks had their place with a fist is better than the earth into a double play, and boys are trained to swing for the fences, or find a field selectable but-not-deformable. This season we see an average of 7.5 per nine innings are blocked - the highest average in the history of the game
The data and adjust defensively - we are now seeing the first generation of managers who are / were often Stat Geeks, and this affects the efficiency defense. For many employers take the place of tables and statistics of the blocks of snuff, chewing in the clubhouse. Clubs can follow typical places the ball field hitter infield defense and change according to the tendency for boys. Bill James Online, the Bible every day stat geeks who speak in acronyms, notes that this season, twice as many changes within the defense table as the last two seasons. It is no coincidence.
The umpire Ted Barrett - Barrett worked the plate last night, Cain perfect masterpiece. He also called David Cone perfect game in 1999. Barrett is the sole arbitrator, the two perfect games called. In addition, the referee Brian Runge worked third base - and worked for three no-hitters and perfect games this season
Last night's perfect game tossed by the Giants' Matt Cain was already the second perfect game of this season. Add to that a slew of no-hitters thrown this year, and the Summer of 2012 will have more no-hitters than it has superhero movies. Inquiring baseball minds everywhere have to be asking themselves -- what is the deal with this sudden rash of no-nos?
Seriously, people, we've seen five of the damned things this season, and we're not even at the All-Star Break yet. Cain had his perfect game last night, and the White Sox' Philip Humber threw a perfect game on April 21.
Eleven days later, Jered Weaver tossed a no-hitter for the Angels. Barely a month after, Joan Santana threw one for the Mets. And then a week after that, six non-descript Seattle Mariners combined to throw another no-hitter.
Has the ball been de-juiced? Are "All You Can Eat" stadium section food binges affecting the size of the strike zone? Is Lt. Frank Drebin impersonating a home plate umpire and making pitcher-friendly calls to prevent an assassination attempt?
There are more theories flying around than there are no-hitters already pitched this season. Let's look at a few.Duh, Less Steroids -- Well, here's the obvious one, and it's probably to some degree true. Major League Baseball did not test for steroids until 2002. Now that they do, there are curiously fewer runs being scored. As Tom Verducci points out in his Sports Illustrated analysis, there have already been more no-hitters this year than in the three combined seasons before steroid testing was implemented.The Trendiness of Strikeouts -- When I say strikeouts are becoming trendier, I mean among batters. In baseball culture, there is less of a stigma in striking out than in previous years. Stat Geeks have gotten their point across that a strikeout is better than grounding into a double play, and hitters are being coached to swing for the fences, or to look a hittable-but-not-crushable pitch. This season we're seeing an average of 7.5 strike-outs for every nine innings pitched -- the highest average ever in the history of the game.Data and Defensive Adjustments -- We're now seeing the first generation of managers who are/used to be Stat Geeks, and this is affecting defensive efficiency. To many skippers, spreadsheets and statistics are taking the place of wads of chewing tobacco in the clubhouse. Clubs can track a hitter's typical groundball locations and shift their defensive infield according to that hitter's tendency. Bill James Online, the daily bible of Stat Geeks who speak in acronyms, points out that this season is seeing twice as many infield defensive shifts as the last two season. That's not a coincidence.Umpire Ted Barrett -- Barret worked the plate last night for Cain's perfect masterpiece. He also called David Cone's perfect game in 1999. Barrett is the only umpire who has ever called two perfect games. Also, umpire Brian Runge worked third base -- and he has worked three no-hitters and perfect games this season.
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