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Rave: Juan Nieves references
Posted: September 2 08, 8:31 am
by 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.
Re: Rave: Juan Nieves references
Posted: September 2 08, 9:06 am
by The Third Man
The best references are John Paciorek references.
Re: Rave: Juan Nieves references
Posted: September 2 08, 9:21 am
by JL21
Chris Bosio would be in there too but he had to ruin it by going to Seattle and having a somewhat decent career.
Re: Rave: Juan Nieves references
Posted: September 2 08, 9:38 am
by The Third Man
How about Mike Brumley?
Re: Rave: Juan Nieves references
Posted: September 2 08, 9:39 am
by Hungary Jack
What in the name of Teddy Higuera is going on here?
remember me?
Re: Rave: Juan Nieves references
Posted: September 2 08, 9:41 am
by JL21
Hungary Jack wrote: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.
Re: Rave: Juan Nieves references
Posted: September 2 08, 9:41 am
by The Third Man
Teddy Higuera is simply a rich man's Moose Haas.
Re: Rave: Juan Nieves references
Posted: September 2 08, 9:50 am
by Hungary Jack
JL21 wrote:Hungary Jack wrote: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.
Re: Rave: Juan Nieves references
Posted: September 2 08, 10:53 am
by 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.