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Author: | Matthew Grieco [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 10:39 am ] |
Post subject: | No-save day |
The AP wrote: NEW YORK -- There was no saving baseball during a wild Saturday full of blowouts and walk-off wins.
It marked the first time in nearly three decades a full day of major league games were played without a save recorded. There were six blown saves in the 15-game schedule, including two each in Pittsburgh's 7-6 victory over Washington, and Cincinnati's 3-2 win against Colorado. The Nationals and Reds both won with ninth-inning rallies. The last time baseball went a complete day without a save was Sept. 15, 1978, when all 26 teams were in action during a 14-game schedule -- including a doubleheader, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Meaningless, but fun. |
Author: | SusanV [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 5:41 pm ] |
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Heh. And here I was thinking you were flagging the errors in there. I see two, not least of which is that the writer contradicts himself quite nicely. (He had it right and then screwed it up.) |
Author: | Editer [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 8:14 pm ] |
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I see one (arguable) error, but I don't see a contradiction. Can you enlighten me? |
Author: | SusanV [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 8:41 pm ] |
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You don't see the contradiction? Quote: There were six blown saves in the 15-game schedule, including two each in Pittsburgh's 7-6 victory over Washington, and Cincinnati's 3-2 win against Colorado. The Nationals and Reds both won with ninth-inning rallies.
Washington is the Nationals, who lost that game. |
Author: | Matthew Grieco [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 9:14 pm ] |
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SusanV wrote: Heh. And here I was thinking you were flagging the errors in there. I see two, not least of which is that the writer contradicts himself quite nicely. (He had it right and then screwed it up.)
Um, yeah! That's what I meant! "No save" by AP's copy editors. Glad someone got the joke. Cough. In my defense, I didn't really read the third graf. I only included it because I wanted to include the fourth. Good catch, though. |
Author: | Editer [ Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:56 pm ] |
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SusanV wrote: You don't see the contradiction?
Quote: There were six blown saves in the 15-game schedule, including two each in Pittsburgh's 7-6 victory over Washington, and Cincinnati's 3-2 win against Colorado. The Nationals and Reds both won with ninth-inning rallies. Washington is the Nationals, who lost that game. OK, I wasn't reading the team names closely enough. Whoops. Thanks for pointing it out. |
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