CC Sabathia - the former Cleveland Indians ace, now with Milwaukee Brewers, has been blazing away since he was traded. He was the Cy Young winner last year.
He almost had a no-hitter the last time he pitched, when what seemed like an error was recorded as a hit by the official scorer. The replays on TV seemed to indicate that it was an error on CC's part and the batter should not have been awarded the hit. It was one of those calls that would have had the likes of Bill Maher and Sean Hannity on the same page.
The scorer is sticking to his decision.
Why would it have been so difficult for the scorer to say, "Oops! I erred; it was an error to call it a hit and not an error!" - that for sure would have been a hit! (Sorry, couldn't resist the pun!)
Is it not ironical that, in a society that prides in giving the "second chance", the person committing the mistake would not "take" it unless s/he has absolutely no choice? In this case, if the scorer would have said "I blew it!", would it have been seen as a sign of weakness?
This goes all the way up. The example of the scorer and the error is very insignificant when we look at mistakes of greater magnitude.
I know one thing, it takes a lot of courage to say "I goofed up" ...
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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Followers of cricket wouldnt understand what the hullabaloo is about an error. Call it mis-fielding and move on. And even though I follow baseball, I look at it more as a cricket lover.
Anyway, tell me this - had it been recorded as an error but no other hit was scored before/after that, would CC have been credited with a no-hitter?
Well, too bad for the cricket followers then! :)
Yes, if that had been an error and not a hit, then he'd have got a no-hitter. As the name says - there would have been "no hits".
The perfect game is when a pitcher retires all the 27 batters without a walk or error (by him or anyone else).
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