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>
> Most recently, Josh Beckett.
>

Was that THAT easy? (players who touched the last baseball for a given
baseball season). WTG Don...

...thinking about this more, I wanted to find out the last game that ended in
strike shortened '94 to see who made the last play/touched the last ball;
that wouldve thrown a brutal curve into this list...
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In article <VHgQc.6107$Uh.230@fed1read02>, "Bubba" <1 RemoveThis @2.com> wrote:

> >
> > Most recently, Josh Beckett.
> >
>
> Was that THAT easy? (players who touched the last baseball for a given
> baseball season). WTG Don...
>
> ..thinking about this more, I wanted to find out the last game that ended in
> strike shortened '94 to see who made the last play/touched the last ball;
> that wouldve thrown a brutal curve into this list...

As I recall, the Mets game went into extra innings and was the last game
to end before the strike.

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[than] I *ever* want to know"
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>From: Alice Faber afaber.DeleteThis@panix.com
>
>In article <VHgQc.6107$Uh.230@fed1read02>, "Bubba" <1.DeleteThis@2.com> wrote:
>
>> >
>> > Most recently, Josh Beckett.
>> >
>>
>> Was that THAT easy? (players who touched the last baseball for a given
>> baseball season). WTG Don...
>>
>> ..thinking about this more, I wanted to find out the last game that ended
>in
>> strike shortened '94 to see who made the last play/touched the last ball;
>> that wouldve thrown a brutal curve into this list...
>
>As I recall, the Mets game went into extra innings and was the last game
>to end before the strike.
>

On that day (August 11, 1994) there was one west coast game (Mariners at A's),
and that was the last game to finish. (Randy Johnson pitched a complete game
for the Mariners, striking out 15, and the M's won 8-1)

It's still amazing to contemplate that at the time the season came to an abrupt
end, the Rangers were winning the AL West with a 52-62 record.
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sjim67.DeleteThis@aol.com (James Allen) wrote in message news:<20040805111843.04675.00000728.DeleteThis@mb-m21.aol.com>...
> >From: Alice Faber afaber.DeleteThis@panix.com
> >
> >In article <VHgQc.6107$Uh.230@fed1read02>, "Bubba" <1.DeleteThis@2.com> wrote:
> >
> >> >
> >> > Most recently, Josh Beckett.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Was that THAT easy? (players who touched the last baseball for a given
> >> baseball season). WTG Don...
> >>
> >> ..thinking about this more, I wanted to find out the last game that ended
> in
> >> strike shortened '94 to see who made the last play/touched the last ball;
> >> that wouldve thrown a brutal curve into this list...
> >
> >As I recall, the Mets game went into extra innings and was the last game
> >to end before the strike.
> >
>
> On that day (August 11, 1994) there was one west coast game (Mariners at A's),
> and that was the last game to finish. (Randy Johnson pitched a complete game
> for the Mariners, striking out 15, and the M's won 8-1)
>
> It's still amazing to contemplate that at the time the season came to an abrupt
> end, the Rangers were winning the AL West with a 52-62 record.

Maybe that was why Commissioner BS cancelled the World Series; he
didn't want his new and improved postseason to be blighted with a
sub-.500 team the first time out.

It's a lot less likely to happen now, with the unbalanced schedule.
We could still have a team as bad as those Rangers in the playoffs,
but not with a record that bad.
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On 05 Aug 2004 15:18:43 GMT, sjim67.DeleteThis@aol.com (James Allen) wrote:

>>From: Alice Faber afaber.DeleteThis@panix.com
>>
>>In article <VHgQc.6107$Uh.230@fed1read02>, "Bubba" <1.DeleteThis@2.com> wrote:
>>
>>> >
>>> > Most recently, Josh Beckett.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Was that THAT easy? (players who touched the last baseball for a given
>>> baseball season). WTG Don...
>>>
>>> ..thinking about this more, I wanted to find out the last game that ended
>>in
>>> strike shortened '94 to see who made the last play/touched the last ball;
>>> that wouldve thrown a brutal curve into this list...
>>
>>As I recall, the Mets game went into extra innings and was the last game
>>to end before the strike.
>>
>
>On that day (August 11, 1994) there was one west coast game (Mariners at A's),
>and that was the last game to finish. (Randy Johnson pitched a complete game
>for the Mariners, striking out 15, and the M's won 8-1)
>
>It's still amazing to contemplate that at the time the season came to an abrupt
>end, the Rangers were winning the AL West with a 52-62 record.
>

Expos versus Yankees for the WS...lost forever.

Tom
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"Seapig" <seapig.TakeThisOut@altavista.com> wrote in message
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> sjim67.TakeThisOut@aol.com (James Allen) wrote in message
news:<20040805111843.04675.00000728.TakeThisOut@mb-m21.aol.com>...
> > >From: Alice Faber afaber.TakeThisOut@panix.com
> > >
> > >In article <VHgQc.6107$Uh.230@fed1read02>, "Bubba" <1.TakeThisOut@2.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> >
> > >> > Most recently, Josh Beckett.
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >> Was that THAT easy? (players who touched the last baseball for a
given
> > >> baseball season). WTG Don...
> > >>
> > >> ..thinking about this more, I wanted to find out the last game that
ended
> > in
> > >> strike shortened '94 to see who made the last play/touched the last
ball;
> > >> that wouldve thrown a brutal curve into this list...
> > >
> > >As I recall, the Mets game went into extra innings and was the last
game
> > >to end before the strike.
> > >
> >
> > On that day (August 11, 1994) there was one west coast game (Mariners at
A's),
> > and that was the last game to finish. (Randy Johnson pitched a complete
game
> > for the Mariners, striking out 15, and the M's won 8-1)
> >
> > It's still amazing to contemplate that at the time the season came to an
abrupt
> > end, the Rangers were winning the AL West with a 52-62 record.
>
> Maybe that was why Commissioner BS cancelled the World Series; he
> didn't want his new and improved postseason to be blighted with a
> sub-.500 team the first time out.
>
> It's a lot less likely to happen now, with the unbalanced schedule.
> We could still have a team as bad as those Rangers in the playoffs,
> but not with a record that bad.

the unbalanced schedule made it less likely, but there could still be a
sub-.500 team and a way sub-.500 team at that in the playoffs. like 75-87
bad.

it would require the intradivisional foes playing each other to virtual
stalemates; 10-9, 9-10, 11-8, 8-11, etc. then the division would have to
get pounded by all the non-divisional foes and interconference teams.

a really bad, but evenly-matched division would do the trick.
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On 5 Aug 2004 16:47:29 -0700, seapig DeleteThis @altavista.com (Seapig) wrote:

>sjim67@aol.com (James Allen) wrote in message news:<20040805111843.04675.00000728 DeleteThis @mb-m21.aol.com>...
>> >From: Alice Faber afaber DeleteThis @panix.com
>> >
>> >In article <VHgQc.6107$Uh.230@fed1read02>, "Bubba" <1 DeleteThis @2.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Most recently, Josh Beckett.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Was that THAT easy? (players who touched the last baseball for a given
>> >> baseball season). WTG Don...
>> >>
>> >> ..thinking about this more, I wanted to find out the last game that ended
>> in
>> >> strike shortened '94 to see who made the last play/touched the last ball;
>> >> that wouldve thrown a brutal curve into this list...
>> >
>> >As I recall, the Mets game went into extra innings and was the last game
>> >to end before the strike.
>> >
>>
>> On that day (August 11, 1994) there was one west coast game (Mariners at A's),
>> and that was the last game to finish. (Randy Johnson pitched a complete game
>> for the Mariners, striking out 15, and the M's won 8-1)
>>
>> It's still amazing to contemplate that at the time the season came to an abrupt
>> end, the Rangers were winning the AL West with a 52-62 record.
>
>Maybe that was why Commissioner BS cancelled the World Series; he
>didn't want his new and improved postseason to be blighted with a
>sub-.500 team the first time out.

I cling to the notion that he didn't want to chance a 3-peat for "The
Great White North".

Tom

>
>It's a lot less likely to happen now, with the unbalanced schedule.
>We could still have a team as bad as those Rangers in the playoffs,
>but not with a record that bad.
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