This has to be rare

[Punker]

Today, an Arizona pitcher issued four consecutive walks in extra innings to lose the game. I can't believe that this has happened very often in history.

[shemp]

Yeah. I've seen a couple guys combine for that, but never a solo.

[LionelHutz00]

I'm pretty sure that Jae Seo did it this year when he was still with the Dodgers. But it might have been a single and 3 walks.

[Schwartzy61]

I'm sure ESPN.com's Elias Says column will come through with an extensive history of this rarity...

[youtalkfunny]

I only caught glimpses of tv today, but didn't we also have a triple play, and a kid who hit a grand slam on the first pitch of his first MLB at-bat?

[MicroBob]

The kid who hit the grand-slam on his first pitch was only the 3rd time ever that had happened.
One guy did it for Fla last year.
And it was previously done in 1898.


4 straight walks to lose in extra-innings has certainly been done before but not very often of course.


When I broadcast in the minor-leagues I saw a pitcher throw 22 consecutive balls in the 1st inning (including 3 wild-pitches and 1 hit-batter) before he finally fired a strike in there.


I also saw Jae Seo commit 3 balks in an inning in the minors (and a 4th balk in the next inning). He kept failing to come to a complete stop.


Last week at a minor-league game in Memphis I saw a pitcher come to the stretch, and while standing there he just dropped the ball right on his foot. Balk!!!

[youtalkfunny]

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Last week at a minor-league game in Memphis

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I keep meaning to catch a game at AutoZone Park, but I keep telling myself, "I'll wait until later in the season, when the weather cools off."

Next thing I know, the minor-league season is over. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]