Be advised: Darvish pitching quite well.

[JDubs]

Good. I hate the Rangers.

You seem to hate a lot of teams. Just sayin.

[OrangeJerseys]

You seem to hate a lot of teams. Just sayin.

Only a handful really.

[JDubs]

Only a handful really.

Fair enough. I root against the Rangers om principle, since most of their fans are also Cowboys fans. I don't mind Darvish doing well as long as Chen gives us better value.

[bdlj0887]

We ought to just change the title of this thread to "Some pitcher has a no hitter/perfect game going against the Astros". I would be surprised if this didn't come up again.

I was watching it with my wife who doesn't know too much about baseball, and she said to me, "The Astros aren't very good, are they?" No, no they aren't.

[Scrat1]

Be advised: Bronson Arroyo is pitching quite well. Quite well.

[TheBorioles]

Be advised: Bronson Arroyo is pitching quite well. Quite well.

It is known. Tuning in now! Thanks

[TheBorioles]

It is known. Tuning in now! Thanks

Welp. Looks like I ruined it.

[Scrat1]

Not that throwing a no hitter or perfect game is every all that likely, but Arroyo throwing one against the Cards in St. Louis seemed particularly unlikely.

[OFFNY]

YU DARVISH O (vs. ASTROS, 4/02)

IP:O 8.67

H:o. 1

R:O. 0

BB:. 0

SO:. 14

Pitches: 111 (78 Strikes, 33 Balls)

2013 ERA: 0.00

Almost identical statistics ........ and against the same team (the Astros.)

YU DARVISH O (vs. ASTROS, 8/12)

IP:O 8

H:o. 1

R:O. 1

BB:. 1

SO:. 15

Pitches: 115 (74 Strikes, 41 Balls)

2013 ERA: 2.64

[Redskins Rick]

Almost identical statistics ........ and against the same team (the Astros.)

YU DARVISH O (vs. ASTROS, 8/12)

IP:O 8

H:o. 1

R:O. 1

BB:. 1

SO:. 15

Pitches: 115 (74 Strikes, 41 Balls)

2013 ERA: 2.64

Pretty tacky the Umpire ejected AJ and the Rangers were using a backup catcher later on in the game.

[Malike]

Pretty tacky the Umpire ejected AJ and the Rangers were using a backup catcher later on in the game.

It wasn't tacky at all. AJ could have said absolutely anything he wanted to that ump while he was walking to the mound and not been ejected. He decided to turn around and show the ump up and he got ejected.

[clapdiddy]

It wasn't tacky at all. AJ could have said absolutely anything he wanted to that ump while he was walking to the mound and not been ejected. He decided to turn around and show the ump up and he got ejected.

Yup. I think that umps are fine until you turn your face and bark at them. I'm sure all catchers probably do the "hey...you missed that one" with an ump every once in a while.

[Redskins Rick]

It wasn't tacky at all. AJ could have said absolutely anything he wanted to that ump while he was walking to the mound and not been ejected. He decided to turn around and show the ump up and he got ejected.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/umpire-ron-kulpa-ejects-catcher-j-pierzynski-yu-211549840.html

Usually, catchers in the middle of a no-no, get a bit more slack.

That last picture of the finger pointing to the catcher, was pretty significant in my mind that the ump was all about himself in the moment.

[JDubs]

It wouldn't take much for me to eject A.J. Pierzynski...and I would enjoy it immensely.