(The No-no didn’t help!)
Have you ever seen THIS happen?
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From the article,
(5th paragraph) …The situation probably came to a head after the Guardians were no-hit by Houston’s Framber Valdez on Tuesday night. Valdez was excellent, but the fact that Josh Bell was traded right before game time – just beating the 6 p.m. deadline – played a part in that no-no just as much as Valdez’s unhittable breaking ball did.
… With Bell traded and Josh Naylor injured, Jose Ramirez had no protection.
They pitched to Ramírez. He was 0 for 3.
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Saying that Bell was the difference in a no hitter is fucking insulting to Framber.
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No doubt Framber was magnificent. Their chances for the playoffs appeared crushed w/ a lineup with 5 sure outs:
The lineup manager Terry Francona used Tuesday night was begging to be no-hit. It featured rookies or near rookies Tyler Freeman, Oscar Gonzalez, David Fry, Will Brennan and Gabriel Arias.
Astro fans have seen a few WTF lineups so i have zero sympathy
Let’s take Matt Cain’s perfect game off the board.
This is idiocy.
Josh Bell, on the season, is hitting .233
6 of the 9 starters in Cleveland’s lineup were hitting at or above that, including 5 of them hitting WELL above .233.
ETA - Bell has faced Framber 5 times in his career, and has two hits off of him.
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