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Funny thing is, he isn't even remembered because of the perfect game.
Bo Hart for the Cardinals. Didn't he set some record for starting out his career? .400+ average or something. I don't think he even played a full season in the majors.
Anyone remember Luis Medina? Hit like 6 homers in the last couple of weeks in 1989 I think. Cards were hot right then and sought after over the off season, but he did no more in the majors.
Telling arod to get off his mound was great, but i remember him for his perfect game.
+1. I remember the perfect game on mother's day with mom at the game (and on the field with him at the end celebrating) but I totally forgot about the arod incident until you mentioned it in your post.
Dallas Braden by far....Perfect game and all..
Mark Whiten for the week of 5 September 1993. 10 for 29, 4HR, 14RBI, 8 runs. Went 4 for 5 on the 7th, with 4 HR and 12 RBI that day.
I think you're mixing up Carlton Loewer with Jose Jimenez. He was the other Cards rookie, along with Smith, to have a rookie no-hitter.
This was the first name to come to my mind. I'm thinking it may have been a bit longer than a week. I remember him at a signing in December after the season and it was free. The place was mobbed to get an auto and only one per person. I took my wife and friend and got his Bowman RC and the Sports Illustrated with him on the cover signed. Then he went away silently.
Bo Hart for the Cardinals. Didn't he set some record for starting out his career? .400+ average or something. I don't think he even played a full season in the majors.
Yes, Spencer is a 3x WS winner. The big deal with him was he was a Sept call up after being up and down in the minors for 9 years. He hit 10 home runs in 67 at-bats during the regular season of '98 and three grand slams in 10 days. Also hit some diggers in the post season.That short hot streak made him com to mind for this OP.Didn't he play well in playoffs that 115 win Yankees team?Wasn't Ledee another hot Yankees rookie that year?
In 2003 Bo Hart hit .460 in his first 10 games breaking the record set by Kirby Puckett.I think you are thinking of McEwing?He was hitting close to .400 the first 2 months of '99 season.
In 2003 Bo Hart hit .460 in his first 10 games breaking the record set by Kirby Puckett.
Or with football they'll be the late season rookie who has 2-3 good games then on IRSean Casey came out hitting .400 or something back in about 1999 or 2000. People realized he only had one RC, plus some sort of foily parallel, and it was like a $20 card for a week or so.
Erubiel Durazo was also hitting about .400 during the 1999 season when he finally got an RC in Bowman series 2. That, and especially the Chrome a while later, were pretty hot till they weren't. I always liked him, especially the name. Always sort of wanted to super-collect him.
Actually, pretty much every single RC in 1999 BC-2 was hot at one point or another for some amount of time.
But if you want to talk about up one week down the next, watch football RCs. Big game = all BINs get hit. Disappears next game = lots of NPBs getting filed.