Comments on: Game 21 Recap: Cubs 7 Brewers 2 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/04/28/game-21-recap-cubs-7-brewers-2/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Sat, 16 Feb 2019 21:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: theguz7 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/04/28/game-21-recap-cubs-7-brewers-2/#comment-10251 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 06:22:05 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=10430#comment-10251 More than sick as hell that Joe took away Arrieta’s QS streak, 1 inning shy of 1 G shy of Gibson. Whether one looks at it as Jake’s 24 straight vs. Gibson’s 26 or includes the stats from this aborted 25th start, Jake outperformed even Gibson– better W/L, ERA, K:9, K:BB.

Perhaps more significantly, once Jake passed Gibson, his streak woulda started to get the notice it deserved, as it approached DiMaggio’s equivalent hitter’s streak. That’s right– equivalent.

Just 5 games ago, Joe let Jake throw 119 pitches in an otherwise meaningless G vs a bad opponent with a 16-0 lead. We all know why, and no one argued with it: it was history.

Few have reflected enough to recognize it, but Jake’s QS Streak was more historical, more unique, more special, more difficult– than either of his no-nos– or even both COMBINED.

Over 200 P’s have thrown a no-hitter. 30 have thrown 2 or more. 5 have thrown 3 or more.

23 men have thrown a perfect game.

1 man since 1920 has thrown 26 straight QS.

Jake had 25 stolen away from him today– on what coulda been as few as 3 additional pitches.

What a shame.

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