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Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Chicago Cubs	57	39	.594	C1
2	Philadelphia	53	44	.546	E1
3T	Arizona	47	49	.49	W1
3T	Los Angeles Dodgers	47	49	.49	W1
5	St. Louis	55	43	.561	C2
6	Milwaukee	53	43	.552	C3
7	New York Mets	52	45	.536	E2
8	Florida	50	46	.521	E3
9	Cincinnati	47	51	.48	C4
10	Atlanta	46	50	.479	E4
11	Houston	45	51	.469	C5
12	Pittsburgh	44	52	.458	C6
13	Colorado	41	57	.418	W3
14	San Francisco	40	56	.417	W4
15	San Diego	37	60	.381	W5
16	Washington	36	61	.371	E5

American League

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Los Angeles Angels	58	38	.604	W1
2	Tampa Bay	56	39	.589	E1
3	Chicago White Sox	55	40	.579	C1
4	Boston	57	41	.582	E2
5	Minnesota	54	42	.563	C2
6T	Oakland	51	45	.531	W2
6T	New York Yankees	51	45	.531	E3
8	Texas	50	47	.515	W3
9	Detroit	48	48	.5	C3
10	Toronto	47	49	.49	E4
11	Baltimore	46	49	.484	E5
12	Kansas City	43	54	.443	C4
13	Cleveland	41	54	.432	C5
14	Seattle	38	58	.396	W4

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2007-08-17 08:37:34

1. dianagramr

The Cubs should pray Big Z's arm holds up over the long haul, given his usage by age 26.

Here are the pitchers whose careers started within the last 25 years, whose starts comprised at least 80% of the games they appeared in, ranked by innings pitched by age 26 (Z turned 26 this June).

Cnt Player *IP* G GS CG
1 Gooden 1713.2 238 236 57
2 Valenzuela 1595.2 209 209 85
3 Saberhagen 1464 224 198 57
4 Maddux 1442 212 208 42
5 Sabathia 1346.1 211 211 14
6 A.Fernandez 1346.1 199 197 27
7 Witt 1346.1 215 184 46
8 Gubicza 1313.1 199 187 33
9 Clemens 1284.2 175 174 58
10 J.Vazquez 1229.1 192 191 16
11 Buehrle 1224 197 172 18
12 Smoltz 1223.1 181 181 28
13 Avery 1222.1 203 201 14
14 Abbott 1221.1 181 181 26
15 Garland 1220.1 214 191 6
16 Zambrano1145 193 172 7

2007-08-17 15:01:50

2. Xeifrank

Bob, came upon this in another forum. Does it sound right to you? vr, Xei
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Ive heard of this situation but have never seen it actually happen in play.

Lets say the bases are loaded with nobody out. The batter hits what looks like it will land in the gap in Right Center. All runners have gotten a jump off the pitch and have taken off.

However, what they dont realise is that the Center Fielder has come in to make a very nice catch.

The runner from 3rd crosses the plate, not realising that the Fielder has caught the ball. The runner from first is gunned out, and the first baseman throws to the second baseman to get the runner at second out.

3 outs, inning over? Not quite.

Unless the defensive team throws to 3rd base to appeal the run, the run counts. No appeal, no call.

If the defensive team does this, they can still take off the run. This would be considered a "Fourth Out".
thoughts?

2007-08-17 15:15:59

3. Bob Timmermann

2
That is correct.

2007-08-17 16:26:51

4. NorCal-Dodger

Ok...the ho-hum old fashion quadruple play, what's the big deal??