One could make the argument that this was the single most dominant game ever pitched. (Not necessarily the greatest, but the most dominant.) He faced 29 batters, struck out 20, walked none, had one HBP, and allowed one hit. That means that only *eight* balls were put in play by the Astros in the entire game, which is undoubtedly a record. The other noteworthy part of this achievement is that the Astros were leading the league in team batting average for the season coming into that game. As opposed to Clemens' two 20-K games beforehand, which he did against the teams that were leading the league in Ks coming in. Too bad Wood hasn't been the same since then.
One could make the argument that this was the single most dominant game ever pitched. Qat, I was just having a quick look to see if I could argue with that and ran across Koufax's perfect game, 27 batters with 14 Ks. The thing I want to bring up, though, is the other guy, Bob Hendley, who pitched a 1-hitter. Between the two of them, 17 IP, 1 H, 1R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 17 K. On that field, that day, the two opposing pitchers dominated almost completely, too bad one had to lose. (I know this is going a bit off-topic, but thought was interesting enough to go for...)
video's down - any alternative sites?
Curse you MLB Advanced Media!
"See similarities between Koufax and Wood's curve ball and the amount of break. " Does Wood have the long fingers like Koufax does? Through the years I've heard Vin Scully make many references to Koufax's long fingers and his wicked curveball.
