Rave: Juan Nieves references

[JL21]

I was a kid living in 'Sconny when Juan Nieves threw a no-hitter for the Brewers. So when the Third Man referenced it over in Baseball, I thought I'd give a nod to ol' Juan.

He is to 'Sconny what Tito Landrum is to Missouri.

[The Third Man]

The best references are John Paciorek references.

[JL21]

Chris Bosio would be in there too but he had to ruin it by going to Seattle and having a somewhat decent career.

[The Third Man]

How about Mike Brumley?

[Hungary Jack]

What in the name of Teddy Higuera is going on here?

remember me?

[JL21]

What in the name of Teddy Higuera is going on here?

remember me?

Pffft. Not only do I remember Teddy Higuera. I've got his autograph at home.

He was like a Mexican Brewers' equivalent of Matt Morris.

[The Third Man]

Teddy Higuera is simply a rich man's Moose Haas.

[Hungary Jack]

What in the name of Teddy Higuera is going on here?

remember me?

Pffft. Not only do I remember Teddy Higuera. I've got his autograph at home.

He was like a Mexican Brewers' equivalent of Matt Morris.

LOL.

If Teddy Higuera doesn't float your boat, how about Don August? As a 24 year-old rookie in 1988, his performance was simply, well, august, winning 13 games with a 1.247 WHIP.

[JL21]

You'll think I'm insane for remembering this, but I'll always think of two things when I think of Don August.

The first is this game from August of 1988, which I attended:

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CarGm TmG Date       Opp DR GmReslt Pitcher Result  IP   H  R ER BB SO HR   ERA  BF Pit Str StC StS StL GB FB LD ?? GmSc IR IS SB CS Pk AB 2B 3B IW HB SH SF RE DP  WPA   LevI
+-----+---+---------+----+--+-------+--------------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+------+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+
    14 116 Aug 11     BOS  5 W  4-0  SHO9  ,W  7-5   9    6  0  0  1  4  0   2.44 31 108  69  44   5  20 14  9  3  0   78        0  1  0 30  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2   34%  0.88 

The 2nd is that he always craps all over my 1989 Brewers' Strat-O-Matic replays by running up ERA's north of 6.