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Thursday, June 26, 2008

MLB.com: Garza quenches Rays’ thirst for sweep

On Thursday afternoon at Dolphin Stadium, [Matt] Garza showed everyone what he’s capable of accomplishing, as the 24-year-old right-hander flirted with a no-hitter—and ultimately gave up just one hit—in a 6-1 Rays win over the Marlins that completed a three-game sweep over their Interleague rivals.
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Hanley Ramirez finally broke Garza’s spell when he led off the bottom of the seventh with his 17th home run of the season, a towering shot over the left-field scoreboard… Ramirez’s hit proved to be the only blemish on Garza’s complete-game masterpiece, which saw him strike out 10 of the 28 batters he faced.
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Only three weeks ago, replays of a spat in Texas between Garza and catcher Dioner Navarro played throughout the never-ending TV news cycle. Since then, Garza has worked with a specialist to curb his emotions—and the results speak for themselves.

“I’ve made huge strides,” Garza said. “Mentally, I think I would have lost it giving up that slider to Hanley… I regrouped. He hit a good pitch. It was outside of the zone and he went out there and got it.”

NTNgod Posted: June 26, 2008 at 07:37 PM | 11 comment(s)
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   1. pthomas Posted: June 26, 2008 at 08:06 PM (#2834006)
Why is it always "flirted" with a no hitter? Why not "hit on" a no-hitter, or "chatted up" a no-hitter?
   2. Harveys Wallbangers Posted: June 26, 2008 at 08:11 PM (#2834010)
Or slap and tickle?

I used that phrase the other day and received blank expressions all around.
   3. Please don't tell Phil Coorey to do the math Posted: June 26, 2008 at 09:30 PM (#2834039)
Why is it always "flirted" with a no hitter? Why not "hit on" a no-hitter, or "chatted up" a no-hitter?

That's hilarious.

Of course I could never flirt with anything so that rules me out straight away.

What is it if you flirt and get told to "#### off" before you get a sentence in, in baseball terms??

A Barry Zito start off sorts??
   4. Good cripple hitter Posted: June 26, 2008 at 09:48 PM (#2834047)
What is it if you flirt and get told to "#### off" before you get a sentence in, in baseball terms??

Pulling a Larry Yount?
   5. rLr Shouldn't Have Drunk The Hot Mountain Dew Posted: June 26, 2008 at 10:11 PM (#2834055)
What is it if you flirt and get told to "#### off" before you get a sentence in, in baseball terms??

A Ponson? A Lima?
   6. Justin T Posted: June 26, 2008 at 10:23 PM (#2834056)
I don't know, but I do know that if you put your hand on her snatch and get told to #### off that's a Durocher.

"Today Matt Garza put his hand on a no-hitter's snatch" works for me.
   7. Reed's Johnson Posted: June 26, 2008 at 11:09 PM (#2834080)
Wow. That's one hell of a headline.
   8. MSI Posted: June 26, 2008 at 11:56 PM (#2834105)
This thread wins BBTF in 2008, in only 7 posts.
   9. SoSHially Unacceptable Posted: June 27, 2008 at 12:28 AM (#2834119)
Didn't someone from the Tigers once sexually harass a no-hitter, or have I got my mid-2000s primer threads mixed up?
   10. jwb Posted: June 27, 2008 at 03:14 AM (#2834153)
Yeah, it was Kenny Rogers in this game. You could tell that he was inappropriately touching it because he had that brown gooey stuff on his hand and it left stains in, well, inappropriate places.
   11. David Wrightwing liquid feces Posted: June 27, 2008 at 12:59 PM (#2834393)
What is it if you flirt and get told to "#### off" before you get a sentence in, in baseball terms??

A Ed Wade?
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