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Bedard literally has the Best Pitched Game this season

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Nothing much...I'm just a stats kind of guy and a lot of you prolly saw this, but I think it is kewl that he has the 'best pitched game of the year' according to ESPN and its point system.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/bestgames

(Looking at Cy Young Candidates...can you believe Maine is ranked 3rd. No way he'll get it, but it is still amazing. I guess the amazing lineup of the Mets helps him a lot. I wonder what Bedard's record would be like if he were on the Mets)

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Nothing much...I'm just a stats kind of guy and a lot of you prolly saw this, but I think it is kewl that he has the 'best pitched game of the year' according to ESPN and its point system.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/bestgames

(Looking at Cy Young Candidates...can you believe Maine is ranked 3rd. No way he'll get it, but it is still amazing. I guess the amazing lineup of the Mets helps him a lot. I wonder what Bedard's record would be like if he were on the Mets)

We went over this - it's the highest game score since Randy Johnson's 13-strikeout perfect game in 2004. Easily the best-pitched game all year, and there's really little reason to believe that will change (Verlander allowed more baserunners in his no-hitter thanks to 4 walks, Buehrle got more help from his defense and only allowed one fewer baserunner.)

Of course, now that I've typed this, Santana's going to go out and pitch a 19 strikeout perfect game the first game after the ASB :P

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Nothing much...I'm just a stats kind of guy and a lot of you prolly saw this, but I think it is kewl that he has the 'best pitched game of the year' according to ESPN and its point system.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/bestgames

(Looking at Cy Young Candidates...can you believe Maine is ranked 3rd. No way he'll get it, but it is still amazing. I guess the amazing lineup of the Mets helps him a lot. I wonder what Bedard's record would be like if he were on the Mets)

I have not read the book, but my feeling is that the Neyer/James method tries to predict who the voters will name CY Young, not necessarily show who is the best pitcher. Accordingly, any CY predictor will be skewed by Wins/Losses as the voters bias them heavily.

Thus, Bedard (despite his impressive K's - he has 3 of the top 10 strikeout games in the AL this year) will not show up in the CY Predictor, whereas Maine and his 10 wins will.

Note: I just looked at the actual formula, and bonus points are given to players on teams that are division leaders. So Maine gets added points here too.

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Now see, what I heard is that Bedard pitched the best game of the year

Well wax my mustache! I had no idea. I had only heard faint rumblings and rumors that the game in question was the best pitched game of the year!

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Well wax my mustache! I had no idea. I had only heard faint rumblings and rumors that the game in question was the best pitched game of the year!

If only some thoughtful Hangouter were to post a link to a website that gives information about recent sporting events, that we might finally know the truth!

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If only some thoughtful Hangouter were to post a link to a website that gives information about recent sporting events, that we might finally know the truth!

That would be sweet. :)

obviously knew of the game, just didn't find that link of mine in my favorites til today. It originally was a double post, sorry if it inconvenienced anyone

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That would be sweet. :)

obviously knew of the game, just didn't find that link of mine in my favorites til today. It originally was a double post, sorry if it inconvenienced anyone

no biggie, looks like it got annexed by the huge thread anyhow

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THEY BETTER HOPE THIS ORIOLE DOESN'T MIGRATE SOMEWHERE ELSE

"If I throw a complete game, I throw a complete game. If I don't, I don't. Today we won, and that's all that counts."

--Orioles ace Erik Bedard, on his 15-K complete game against the Rangers.

"Finally, he threw a ball."

--anonymous Rangers hitter, in-game against Bedard to catcher Ramon Hernandez.

"One of the base hits came to me, but for the most part, I was useless out there in the outfield. It's a matter of trying to sit there and watch it. It's like, man, these guys don't have much of a chance. I don't care who was hitting tonight, it wouldn't have mattered much."

--Orioles outfielder Jay Payton

"It's as good of a night as I've ever seen a pitcher throw. I've never seen so many bad swings in my life. Guys didn't have a chance."

--A suspiciously unreflective Jay Gibbons, Orioles DH

"Leo told him, 'Well, we're getting to that point where it's about time.' Bedard just kind of shrugged his shoulders and said, "OK." That's how he is. The guy is amazing. He doesn't see himself like we see him. The guy is outstanding. You go talk to him, don't talk to me."

--Orioles manager Dave Trembley

"That's with some of the all-time great ones I've had the privilege of witnessing. Twenty seven up, 27 down. That's a two-hit perfect game."

--Orioles pitching coach Leo Mazzone, on Bedard.

"I've played with two good left-handers in the past with [barry] Zito and [Mark] Mulder, and you know what? Tonight he looked like one of them. It was unbelievable."

--Catcher Ramon Hernandez (Jeff Zrebiec, Baltimore Sun)

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"It's as good of a night as I've ever seen a pitcher throw. I've never seen so many bad swings in my life. Guys didn't have a chance."

--A suspiciously unreflective Jay Gibbons, Orioles DH

Hahahahaha, I guess he never watches his own at-bats?

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"It's as good of a night as I've ever seen a pitcher throw. I've never seen so many bad swings in my life. Guys didn't have a chance."

--A suspiciously unreflective Jay Gibbons, Orioles DH

Hahahahaha, I guess he never watches his own at-bats?

Hahaha thats the first thing I thought as well. Sad but oooo so true.

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