@Pads1818 As a Dodger fan, if Jose Altuve was the size of Aaron Judge and ran over Freddie Freeman, we would understand it was hustle. Dodger fans would be mad at Machado because he notoriously did not hustle while on the Dodgers.
@schwarbombz Purely on stats it could go either way. DH is not just about HR. Avg & OPS make it a closer argument than just HR. But I agree since the stats are close enough and it is in Philly, the nod should go to Schwarber. Even as a Dodger fan and I do love Ohtani, I will vote Scharber
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Let’s be clear, once and for all:
A true no-hitter is a feat of grit and determination; it’s just one man out there on the mound for nine innings, battling fatigue as he navigates the opposing lineup not once, not twice, but at least THRICE, refusing to yield. It takes STUFF. It takes MOXIE.
A combined no-no, meanwhile, usually involves a parade of hard-throwing relievers that are permitted to let every pitch rip at max velo while also receiving the benefit of hitters only getting to see them once that day, confidently draining the tank because they know full well that their chunk of the game is just an inning or so.
Praising six guys for throwing a “combined no-hitter” is no different than praising six guys for running a “combined marathon” in an hour and a half. In both cases, you take a definitively individual feat and stick the word “combined” in front of it after dividing up the workload to a point where the participants don’t need to pace themselves, keep anything in reserve, or reinvent themselves the third time through the order.
Combined no-hitters are not a feat of performance, but rather one of mathematical rarity; each of these relievers throws a ton of hitless single innings every year, one at a time, and getting them all to happen on the same day is just a numbers game.
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