Sunday, June 29, 2008

Yikes!


I may be the only person who thinks this game's outcome is crazy, but tonight the Los Angeles Dodgers (of Los Angeles) beat the Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim (of California, of the United States, of Earth, of the Solar System, etc.) 1-0. "Sounds like a boring piece of shit", you say? Au contraire. The Dodgers won the game despite failing to garner a single hit in 8 innings. Bat. Shit. Insane.

Techincally, because MLB is a bunch of fucking asshats, the Angels are not credited with a no-hitter, because they did not prevent the Dodgers from getting a hit over 9 full innings, due to the fact that the Dodgers didn't need to bat in the 9th because THEY WERE ALREADY WINNING WITHOUT GETTING A MOTHERFUCKING HIT.

Apparently this has been done once or twice before, but it's still ri-god-damn-diculous. I can understand the rule about "official" no-hitters when it comes to guys pitching five or six no-hit innings of a rain-shortened game, but seriously, why shouldn't this be an official no-hitter? The only reason they didn't pitch a ninth inning was because they had already lost, not because the big scary rain drops made them all retreat to the confines of the clubhouse. The Angels did not allow a single hit during full length of the game that they were required to complete.

/End pointless rant