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Jayson Stark's "Strange but True Feats of 2012"
Posted on 12/27/12 at 9:41 am
Posted on 12/27/12 at 9:41 am
Some great ones in here.
• Aaron Hill: Two cycles in 10 games in June, all by himself. The San Diego Padres (all of them): 44 seasons, 7,004 games, 767 players who have made it to home plate at least once: Zero cycles.
• Ever heard of a team trading for a guy who was 3-for-43? The Red Sox did it this year, dealing for Marlon (3-for-43) Byrd on April 21.
• There wasn't much doubt about the Strangest But Truest Brother Act of the Year. Let's hear it for the fabulous Upton brothers. On Aug. 3, B.J. hit the 100th home run of his career. A mere 44 minutes later, Justin hit his 100th. So what were the odds of them both hitting No. 100 on the same day? Well, of the six brother acts to hit 100 apiece, there had only been one time before that that any of those brothers had hit any number on the same day. And that was the Uptons hitting their 99th with the synchronicity they were about to become so world-famous for.
Strange But True
• Aaron Hill: Two cycles in 10 games in June, all by himself. The San Diego Padres (all of them): 44 seasons, 7,004 games, 767 players who have made it to home plate at least once: Zero cycles.
• Ever heard of a team trading for a guy who was 3-for-43? The Red Sox did it this year, dealing for Marlon (3-for-43) Byrd on April 21.
• There wasn't much doubt about the Strangest But Truest Brother Act of the Year. Let's hear it for the fabulous Upton brothers. On Aug. 3, B.J. hit the 100th home run of his career. A mere 44 minutes later, Justin hit his 100th. So what were the odds of them both hitting No. 100 on the same day? Well, of the six brother acts to hit 100 apiece, there had only been one time before that that any of those brothers had hit any number on the same day. And that was the Uptons hitting their 99th with the synchronicity they were about to become so world-famous for.
Strange But True
This post was edited on 12/27/12 at 9:42 am
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Posted on 12/27/12 at 9:43 am to RedHawk
Aaron Hill 
Posted on 12/27/12 at 9:45 am to goldenbadger08
The Mets' Mike Baxter did something Aug. 4 that nobody has done in 40 years: He walked five times in one game -- against five different pitchers. Meanwhile in Baltimore, Cesar Izturis came to the plate 173 times this season, against 84 different pitchers -- and walked only three times all year.
On Sept. 19 in New York, the Phillies hit a home run to lead off the first inning (by Jimmy Rollins), hit another home run with two outs in the ninth (by Ryan Howard), never scored in between and still won.
On Sept. 19 in New York, the Phillies hit a home run to lead off the first inning (by Jimmy Rollins), hit another home run with two outs in the ninth (by Ryan Howard), never scored in between and still won.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 9:50 am to RedHawk
That article just confirms my theory that Adam Dunn is a windmill.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 9:51 am to ProjectP2294
• Strangest But Truest Relief Outing of the Year: Shawn Camp marched out of the Cubs' bullpen in an Aug. 1 game against the Pirates, faced seven hitters and allowed a hit to all seven of them. You can probably guess how many other relievers have done that in the live ball era. Yep. Not one.
• It was tough to top that outing, but 18 days later, Camp showed up in the ninth inning of a tie game against the Reds and threw two pitches. Xavier Paul hit the first for a triple. Ryan Hanigan hit the second for a walkoff single. So that went: 2 batters, 2 pitches, 2 hits, 1 loss.
• It was tough to top that outing, but 18 days later, Camp showed up in the ninth inning of a tie game against the Reds and threw two pitches. Xavier Paul hit the first for a triple. Ryan Hanigan hit the second for a walkoff single. So that went: 2 batters, 2 pitches, 2 hits, 1 loss.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 9:58 am to RedHawk
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• Strange But True Friday the 13th Hitting Feat of the Year: It was incredible enough that Jayson Werth got a 13th-inning walkoff hit on Friday the 13th (April 13). But wait. It gets better: After the Elias Sports Bureau figured out that he was the first hitter to do that on any Friday the 13th since Willie Stargell in 1963, Nationals media relations genius John Dever checked out Stargell's hit -- and was blown away to learn that the runner he drove in was Dick Schofield. Who was -- how cool is this? -- Jayson Werth's grandfather.
Whoa.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 11:44 am to ProjectP2294
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• Strange But True Friday the 13th Hitting Feat of the Year: It was incredible enough that Jayson Werth got a 13th-inning walkoff hit on Friday the 13th (April 13). But wait. It gets better: After the Elias Sports Bureau figured out that he was the first hitter to do that on any Friday the 13th since Willie Stargell in 1963, Nationals media relations genius John Dever checked out Stargell's hit -- and was blown away to learn that the runner he drove in was Dick Schofield. Who was -- how cool is this? -- Jayson Werth's grandfather.
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