No-hitter alert: Steve Carlton in Jim Currie’s ‘82 replay

Jim Currie’s style of play-by-play calling is becoming a lost art.  Here, he describes Steve Carlton’s no-hitter against the Mets in his 1982 replay. CARLTON FIRES NO HITTER!.OXFOURED LEAGUE’S FIRST GEM!! .ROSE, DERNIER, DIAZ SLAM BLEACHER BLASTS IN 10-0 GAME..METS AND SWAN TAKE THE LOSS! (1982)Lefty Carlton,no stranger to huge…

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Perfect game alert: Diamond pitches a perfect gem in Boys of Summer APBA League

Big news from Boys of Summer APBA League commissioner Shawn Baier.  Scott Diamond who pitches for Bill Gillam’s South Shore Fighting Imps, has pitched the league first perfect game! All, Got the word from Bill — 27 Up, 27 Down! Scott Diamond of the South Shore Fighting Imps pitches a…

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MCM vs. TCT Game 6: Blass and Jackson make it Terribly CLOSE, 6-2

Game 6 provided a bit of interest in my Monsters-Terribles season.  Is the tide turning?  Up until this point, the Monsters have averaged 18 runs per game.  However with a pitching performance by ‘73 Steve Blass that can only be described as absolutely mediocre, the Monsters 6-2 was remotely interesting…

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