No lead is saved ... in MLB for first time in 28 years

ESPN.com ^ | 16 July 2006 | AP

[MikefromOhio]

NEW YORK -- There was no saving baseball during a wild Saturday full of blowouts and walk-off wins.

It marked the first time in nearly three decades a full day of major league games were played without a save recorded.

There were six blown saves in the 15-game schedule, including two each in Pittsburgh's 7-6 victory over Washington, and Cincinnati's 3-2 win against Colorado. The Nationals and Reds both won with ninth-inning rallies.

The last time baseball went a complete day without a save was Sept. 15, 1978, when all 26 teams were in action during a 14-game schedule -- including a doubleheader, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Baseball expanded to 28 teams in 1993 when Florida and Colorado were added. Arizona and Tampa Bay began play five years later to fill out the 30-team field.

St. Louis and Toronto also posted one-run wins Saturday. The Cardinals prevailed 2-1 at home over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Scott Rolen's RBI single in the 10th, and the Blue Jays edged visiting Seattle 7-6 in 14 innings on a run-scoring single by Bengie Molina.

There were 10 teams that won by at least six runs.

[MikefromOhio]

Baseball is a funny sport this way. There are SO MANY statistics that when something as quirky as an event like there being no saves for one entire day, it makes you think about how many games have been played between now and 1978....

[MikefromOhio]

Jim Rome ping
FReepmail me to get on or off this Jim Rome pinglist....

"Have a take, don't suck or you'll get run......."


I'm sure the dorks at the Elias Sports Bureau will be all over this one shortly.....

[oh8eleven]

The last time baseball went a complete day without a save was Sept. 15, 1978
Wow, that sure is interesting. Well, actually it's not and in fact, who the hell cares?
The game of baseball is overrun with meaningless statistics driven by tweebs who never played the game and fantasy league losers.

[cripplecreek]

Tigers got a walk off win yesterday. If they had won today (they didn't) it would have been the first time since 1949 that they won 11 straight home games.

[MikefromOhio]

thanks for adding that.

If you don't care, why did you comment?

[MikefromOhio]

yep....

but they DID win 11 in a row against the Royals from the day before.....

I think that hadn't happened in something like 100 years or so.

[MikefromOhio]

LOL

that damn manual buzzer ruined my voice this week LOL

[oh8eleven]

I commented because I love the game. F the stats.

[MikefromOhio]

So stats like batting .400 or hitting 714 or 756 home runs don't matter to you? Or playing in 2632 consecutive games? Or throwing back to back no-hitters? None of that matters?

Baseball is a stats-driven sport. Get used to it.

[LdSentinal]

And the next day, Mariano Rivera gets his 400th save.

[oh8eleven]

<>Baseball is a stats-driven sport. Get used to it.
Like I said, they're only for tweebs. Sorry if I hit a sore spot.

[bad company]

Tigers got a walk off win yesterday. If they had won today (they didn't) it would have been the first time since 1949 that they won 11 straight home games.

(snickering from a royals fan)

[cripplecreek]

After last nights game Jim Leyland made a point of saying that the Royals aren't an easy win by any means. It was a good series that required the Tigers to pull out come from behind wins in 3 of 4 games.

[oh8eleven]

Its not just the fans who focus on the stats in baseball----the players are junkies themselves.
The players have to use them because of the huge amount of money involved. But it's the announcers, writers, etc., who never shut up with the never ending, asinine stats.

Both have robbed the game of its simple joy.

[MikefromOhio]

yep, cementing himself and his HOF credentials....

[MikefromOhio]

you must not watch much baseball then....