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Tim TroutFiled under: BGS, Beckett Blog, Beckett HQ | Tags: boxes, brown, count, nuts, Shipping, surprise
This is a bunch of brown boxes.
There are 48 showing in this photo, but I assure you that I was told by someone who knows boxes that there are more of these same type of boxes behind the currently visible boxes.
The person did not elaborate much about the boxes, so going on that information alone, I would guess there are at least more than 50 boxes. If I was a gambling man, which on occasion I am, I would say there are, at minimum 52 or more boxes.
If I wanted to be really crazy (and obviously I don’t), I would go out on a limb and say there are at least…56 boxes.
Ooops! Sorry to shake your mind up with that last bit of wild speculation on my part. Let’s just take it slow and say there are roughly 50 boxes, and potentially even more boxes than that! Any possible number of boxes over our safely assumed 50 boxes would be a nice surprise.
Everyone likes surprises…right?
Filed under: Beckett.com, MLB | Tags: All-Star, baseball, Beckett, BLue Jays, Cleveland, Dave Stieb, Jerry Browne, Jim Traber, No-hitter, Toronto
Dave Stieb turns 51 today. Most of you reading this are probably saying, “Dave who?”, but Dave who was one of my favorite pitchers back in the eighties. A seven-time All-Star, he had plenty of good seasons with the Blue Jays. In a six-day span in late September of 1988, however, the baseball gods were totally messing with him.
Fresh off of a 4-hit shutout against Cleveland in his previous start, Dave proceeded to take a no-hitter into the ninth inning against the Indians. After retiring the first two batters, he gave up a ground ball single to Julio Franco. He ended up with a one-hit shutout. Who wouldn’t be happy with that?
In his next start six days later Dave took a no-hitter into the ninth against Baltimore. Again with two outs and two strikes on the batter, he lost his no-no when pinch-hitter Jim Traber dropped a soft fly ball into right field. Again he ended up with a one-hit shutout.
Two consecutive no-hit bids lost with two outs in the ninth. That would drive me nuts.
Dave liked it so much he lost another one the following season. This time he was perfect through eight and after getting the first two batters in the ninth to strike out swinging he gave up back-to-back hits and lost the shutout as well as the no-hitter. He still got the victory, but come on.
After all of that he dared to try again. Against Cleveland on September 2,1990, he took a no-hitter into the ninth. And with two out he had to face Jerry Browne. Browne promptly smacked a liner into right field. Right into the glove of Junior Felix.
Finally. And all of the Dave Stieb fans of the world breathed a sigh of relief.
So Happy Birthday, Dave, and thanks for the memories.
