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FYI, this weekend MLB Network will air a block of All-Time Games highlighting high-strikeout games and featuring one that we have not aired before: Ramon Martinez’s 18-strikeout performance for the Dodgers vs. the Braves in 1990, airing at 3:30PM ET on Saturday, November 14.

Other games included in the block of All-Time Games this weekend are Ron Guidry’s 18 strikeouts for the Yankees against the California Angels in 1978; Roger Clemens’ 20 strikeouts for the Red Sox against the Mariners in 1986; David Cone’s 19-strikeout game for the Mets vs. the Phillies in 1991; Ben Sheets’ 18 strikeouts for the Brewers vs. the Braves in 2004; and Randy Johnson’s 20 strikeouts for the Diamondbacks against the Reds in 1997.

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i cant wait to see CK clayton kershaws

20 strike out game…

and his no hitter…

i know he will one day have a no hitter but i really cant wait to watch it..

by matthewmafa on Nov 12, 2009 6:36 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Looking forward to the Ramon game

I don’t remember watching it at the time.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN199006040.shtml

With 2 outs in the 8th, Ramon had given up just 2 hits and 0 walks, and already had his 18th strikeout! The next batters due were:

8) Gregg Olson C
9) Tommy Gregg PH
1) Oddibe McDowell CF
2) Jeff Treadway 2B

He didn’t get another strikeout, and allowed another hit and a walk, but Ramon was ohhhh so close to the record.

by Eric Stephen on Nov 12, 2009 6:53 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I was just about to link that!

The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Nov 12, 2009 6:54 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

20 strikeout games

through 7.2 innings:

Clemens 1996 – 19!!
Clemens 1986 – 18
Wood – 17
Unit – 17 (game went extras, but he had 20 K in 9 IP)

by Eric Stephen on Nov 12, 2009 6:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Your earlier comment about Gregg Zaun has given you superfluous G on the brain. The extra-G Olson was the pitcher, not the catcher. The only other double-G first name Gregg in the majors was Jefferies.

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by David Young on Nov 12, 2009 7:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Gregg Jeffries was a can’t miss who missed. I still remember the talk of him swinging a bat under water to improve his bat speed.

by Eric Stephen on Nov 12, 2009 7:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sorta missed

Couldn’t live up to the hype or stick at 2B, where his bat would have played. A few good seasons with the bat though.

The can’t miss I remember most is SI cover boy Clint Hurdle: “This Year’s Phenom”.

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by David Young on Nov 12, 2009 7:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

18 K games that have recorded pitch counts

Name Date Ks Pitches

Randy Johnson 1992-09-27 18 160
Roger Clemens 1996-09-18 20 151
Randy Johnson 1997-08-08 19 148
Sandy Koufax 1959-08-31 18 147
Sandy Koufax 1962-04-24 18 143
Randy Johnson 1997-06-24 19 142
David Cone 1991-10-06 19 141
Roger Clemens 1998-08-25 18 130
Ramon Martinez 1990-06-04 18 127
Randy Johnson 2001-05-08 20 124
Kerry Wood 1998-05-06 20 122
Ben Sheets 2004-05-16 18 116

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by David Young on Nov 12, 2009 7:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

116??

damn!

Leave Chad Billingsley alone!!!

by shaqfor3 on Nov 12, 2009 7:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

u mean

160?!?!?

wow 160 pitches is a lot

by matthewmafa on Nov 12, 2009 8:43 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My favorite Ramon game was a 2 hitter against the D-backs 11 years ago in Phoenix. He gave up a hit to the first batter, then retired the next 24 batters in a row before giving up a HR to start the 9th. I was there, w/my soon-to-be 5 year old son. Awesome game.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05230ARI1998.htm

by KellyStephen on Nov 13, 2009 8:56 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Offseason project

Do a post about favorite Dodger road games attended.

by Eric Stephen on Nov 13, 2009 8:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My Tampa game won’t make the list

by KellyStephen on Nov 13, 2009 9:00 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Dodger starting lineup for that game - SPOILER ALERT

J Gonzalez CF
M Sharperson 3B
K Daniels LF
H Brooks RF
M Hatcher 1B
M Scioscia C
J Samuel 2B
A Griffin SS
R Martinez P

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by David Young on Nov 12, 2009 7:01 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Ouch

Oddibe and Jose Gonzalez starting in CF and leading off!

by Eric Stephen on Nov 12, 2009 7:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

For awhile I had blotted out all memories of Juan Samuel, Dodger.

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by David Young on Nov 12, 2009 7:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I remember being fascinated by his “accomplishment” as a rookie to get 701 AB; that always stuck with me for some reason.

Also, I remember really liking him and thinking he was great because of his four straight double digit 2B/3B/HR seasons.

by Eric Stephen on Nov 12, 2009 7:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Unfortunately, the Dodgers signed him two years after that for 2/$2.925M for the 1990 season per B-R. Then they re-signed him for one more year at $2.325 only to release him at the end of July. Ouch. (Comparison: Strawberry got about 5/20 in 1991.)

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by David Young on Nov 12, 2009 7:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Juan Samuel was the first baseball player I didn't like

mostly because my grandmother taught me that he was a “bum”

by Michael White on Nov 12, 2009 8:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Your grandmother was wise. :)

I rather enjoyed watching the 1988 Dodgers with my grandma, who liked to keep score of games (sort of) on a steno notepad. I don’t specifically remember her favorites or least favorites from that era though.

by Eric Stephen on Nov 13, 2009 9:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Her favorite was me. Her least favorite was your other brother.

by KellyStephen on Nov 13, 2009 9:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The summer after seventh grade (I think)

my family took a trip up to Seattle. we went to a Mariners/Chi Sox game and I got to watch Johnson throw 19 K’s. it was pretty amazing.

by bearface on Nov 12, 2009 9:04 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Summer after 8th grade, I guess

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SEA/SEA199708080.shtml

crazy the power in that game – Griffey, A-Rod, Egdar Martinez, Belle, Thomas…

by bearface on Nov 12, 2009 10:59 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I saw Indians @ RedSox, Clemens vs. Swindell in April 1991. Both were in their prime.

Clemens threw a 3-hitter (I remembered it as a 2-hitter) and the Sox won 4 zip. First time at Fenway. Great red-hots, they carded me buying a beer, and i had to step over a passed out fan (and his vomit) getting to the aisle to exit after the game. Great fans, those Sox dudes!

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1991/B04130BOS1991.htm

by KellyStephen on Nov 13, 2009 9:51 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is going to be exciting tomorrow

I have never seen that game. I hope Vin is on the feed. Ramon was my favorite player at that time. I had a Nike “Hot Sauce” poster up in my room.

by delias man on Nov 13, 2009 8:03 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Any mention of Ramon Martinez

requires the reading of this excellent piece by Eric Enders, who wrote about his favorite player back in 2001.

http://www.ericenders.com/ramon.htm

by Eric Stephen on Nov 13, 2009 8:07 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Here is the complete list of arbitration eligible players, in case anyone wants to peek at some non-tender candidates.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thehotstoneleague/2010264404_the_complete_and_official_list.html

There are 210 players in all who are eligible for arbitration.

by Eric Stephen on Nov 13, 2009 8:38 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

These are not free agents; these are pre-free agency players who are eligible for arbitration.

Werth is signed through 2010

by Eric Stephen on Nov 13, 2009 9:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Just wondering if there will be any diamond in the rough non-tenders, like in 2006, where one came back after we let him go and bit us on the ass.

by Cool Dudes on Nov 13, 2009 12:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What is the modern record for Ks in 5 IP? The most I ever got in video games was 12. :)

by silverwidow on Nov 13, 2009 9:42 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

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