Today in Jays History: John Buck Hits 3 Home Runs
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Eleven Years Ago Today
A’s.
From the recap:
Jon Lott told us that
Cito spent time with Buck during batting practice, making suggestions. That’s Cito at his best, one on one with a player. I don’t even know if it’s technique. I think it is as likely the calming presence that Cito has and just the feeling you would get that he believed you could do it so you don’t want to let him down. I get the feeling if he told me I could hit I would do it. Well maybe not.
Today in Blue Jays History: Ricky Romero takes no-hitter into the 8th
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Ricky Romero took a no-hitter into the 8th inning.
Unfortunately, he gave up a hit in the 8th, a home run. A two-run home run, but we still won.
Didn’t we have the debate about whether Ricky Romero was any good? I think he answered that one. He went 8 innings, allowed one hit, 12 K, 10 ground outs with 2 fly outs. Unfortunately, the one hit was an Alex Rios homer, but such is life. Kevin Gregg pitched the 9th to get the save. He struck out 2 in his perfect inning. He is pitching a lot better than he did last year. I’m not sure what the change is, but I like it.
When no Cubs batter struck out in game By JohnW53 on Feb 4, 2021, 2:48am CST +
Do you remember where you were on July 3, 2013?
The Cubs were in Oakland, where they faced the Athletics in the middle game of a 3-game series.
The Cubs had lost the opener the previous night, 8-7, on a 3-run homer in the bottom of the eighth.
They went into the Wednesday evening rematch with a record of 36-45, mired in fourth place in the Central Division, 15.5 games behind the first-place Pirates and 11.5 in back of the third-place Reds. They led the last-place Brewers by 2.5 games.
The A s (49-35) held a half-game lead over the Rangers in the AL West.
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