4/15/87 Classic: Brewers @ Orioles, Nieves no-hitter

[patrickgpe]

i like how paschke is calling this, its the bottom of the 8th and Nieves has looked good tonite...classic

[bsglorydays]

This may explain why Yount dives for the last catch, even though he may not have had to.

 

Yount has commented on that play several times over the past 20 years. He admits that he didn't need to dive. According to Yount, he dove because it gave him the best chance to catch the ball cleanly. The ball was moving away from him, and he was afraid that it could skip off the end of his glove.

[bsglorydays]

Wow... that was a long way to hit a baseball - foul again (Floyd Rayford's AB).

[Patrick425]

People are always talking about how they loved Hegan and Pashke. I never could stand them.....boring. Pashke had limited knowledge of baseball.

[brewerjamie15]

One other thing I've noticed. Schroeder's mitt appears to have orange spray paint on it to highlight it. I remember seeing this back in the day but have not for a long, long time. What's up with that? Has lighting just gotten better for night games or what?

[Jimbo]

Imagine Darren calling this classic? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif

[1992casey]

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People are always talking about how they loved Hegan and Pashke. I never could stand them.....boring. Pashke had limited knowledge of baseball.

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Because they're concentrating on describing the action at hand, baseball knowledge or lack thereof isn't exposed. These guys aren't trying to be the 'stars' of the broadcast. I like that.

 

If we were listening to an interview, 'baseball knowledge' would be much more on the forefront.

[AJAY]

Awesome catch by Yount !!

 

NO-HITTER BABY !!!!

 

(Too bad Nieves walked a million guys though)

[BCZF]

I like how Paschke/Heagan didnt mention the ongoing no-no at all during the broadcast, with Daron, since he always used to say how he never believed in superstition, would probably be blabbing about it every two minutes...

[bsglorydays]

I liked the first caption that was placed on the screen:

JUAN NIEVES First Brewers No Hitter This Year

 

Quickly changed to:

JUAN NIEVES First Brewers No Hitter In History

[brewerjamie15]

Is it just me or did you guys see a few balls in the dirt that were not taken out of play and used again? This no longer happens.

 

I like the stirrups. Bring 'em back!

[colbyjack]

That was a lot of fun to watch. I didn't get to see the whole thing, but it was just nice to see some baseball while re-living a memory.

 

And that Orioles lineup was loaded, so it wasn't a cheapie.

 

One other thing I've noticed. Schroeder's mitt appears to have orange spray paint on it to highlight it. I remember seeing this back in the day but have not for a long, long time. What's up with that? Has lighting just gotten better for night games or what?

 

Those gloves were actually made that way, and were popular in the 80s and early 90s. I believe Lance Parrish was one of the first, regular and bigger named catchers that wore one of these gloves to help popularize them. I remember a few catchers in little league and high school wearing these as well.

 

Catchers always try to do different things. Remember when Charlie O'Brien would have the tools of ignorance in the team's secondary color as opposed to the primary color (for the Brewers it was grey instead of blue, and when he went to the Mets he wore an orange chest pad instead of blue). And now of course there are those hockey style helmets.

[hawing]

That was a lot of fun to watch.

 

Edited to show how I was agreeing with Colbyjack. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

 

Daron, since he always used to say how he never believed in superstition, would probably be blabbing about it every two minutes...

 

Daron can feel free to jinx any Diamondback's no-hit bid against the Brewers by blabbing about it. Even if it's Sharpie. (There, I said it. Perhaps the healing has begun.)

[Patrick425]

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Because they're concentrating on describing the action at hand, baseball knowledge or lack thereof isn't exposed. These guys aren't trying to be the 'stars' of the broadcast. I like that.

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I think that would be more important if it were a radio broadcast. I can see everything that is happening...I don't need it described in detail. I don't think they are "concentrating on describing the action" anyways. I think they don't have enough personality to stray from there notes and stats or to stray from just describing exactly what's happening on the field.

 

If that's what you want in an announcer for a game on TV, why not just turn the sound down, because they are not really saying anything that you can't see for yourself. Sorry, I like a little humor and excitement when it comes to TV announcers.

[Jimbo]

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Is it just me or did you guys see a few balls in the dirt that were not taken out of play and used again? This no longer happens.

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No pitch counts. No gun.

 

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I like the stirrups. Bring 'em back!

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Jamie, I'm looking your way come BF softball.

[iluvlamp]

Patrick...maybe I am mad because of 24..lol..but a lot of people hate the "look at me I am an announcer and I will be the life of the party" crap. It was all I could handle to listen to Matt but he was my age group and rather creative. Sutton just plain sucked. This new guy who knows? Hegan ( ahhh.. Ball Four..) and Paschke JUST CALLED THE GAME. No Bucketheads( sorry bucketheadshttp://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif No Grilling. No ridiculous pop culture references. Just baseball and I like that. To say Paschke doesn't know baseball is also just plain ignorant. He's probably forgot more baseball moments than we remember.

 

(Ueck is exempted from my comments due to the fact that he is on radio and is Ueck)

[1992casey]

BOX SCORE

 

Milwaukee Brewers 7, Baltimore Orioles 0

 

Game Played on Wednesday, April 15, 1987 (N) at Memorial Stadium

MIL A 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 - 7 10 0
BAL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1

BATTING

Milwaukee Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Molitor 3b 4 0 1 1 1 1 3 1
Yount cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
Braggs rf 5 1 1 1 0 3 2 0
Cooper dh 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Sveum ss 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 2
Brock 1b 3 1 1 3 1 0 3 0
Paciorek lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 0
Schroeder c 4 1 2 0 0 0 8 0
Gantner 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Nieves p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 10 6 5 6 27 4

FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Sveum-Gantner-Brock.

BATTING - 
2B: Paciorek (1,off Flanagan); Molitor (5,off Flanagan); Sveum (4,off Schmidt);
Schroeder (3,off Schmidt).
HR: Sveum (1,4th inning off Flanagan 0 on 1 out); Brock (3,8th inning off Schmidt
2 on 0 out); Braggs (2,9th inning off Schmidt 0 on 1 out).
IBB: Gantner (1,by Schmidt).
Team LOB: 7.

Baltimore Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Gerhart lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
Burleson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
C. Ripken ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
Murray 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 8 1
Lynn cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Knight 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Lacy dh 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Shelby rf 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
Rayford c 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Schmidt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 26 0 0 0 5 7 27 7

FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Schmidt-C. Ripken-Murray.
E: Gerhart (3).
PB: Rayford (1).

PITCHING

Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR
Nieves W(2-0) 9 0 0 0 5 7 0

Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR
Flanagan L(0-1) 6.1 5 3 3 4 5 1
Schmidt 2.2 5 4 4 1 1 2
Totals 9 10 7 7 5 6 3

IBB: Schmidt (1,Gantner).

Umpires: Jim Evans, Nick Bremigan, Al Clark, Derryl Cousins

Time of Game: 2:36 Attendance: 11,407

Final Totals R H E LOB
Brewers 7 10 0 7
Orioles 0 0 1 4

 

Thanks to Retrosheet

[1992casey]

Play by Play

 

BREWERS 1ST: Molitor struck out; Yount flied out to center; Braggs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.

 

Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

 

ORIOLES 1ST: Gerhart grounded out (shortstop to first); Burleson struck out; C. Ripken flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.

 

Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

 

BREWERS 2ND: Cooper grounded out (first to pitcher); Sveum popped to first in foul territory; Brock walked; Paciorek flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.

 

Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

 

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray flied out to left; Lynn flied out to center; Knight walked; Lacy flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.

 

Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

 

BREWERS 3RD: Schroeder popped to first in foul territory; Gantner flied out to center; Molitor walked; Yount singled [Molitor to second]; Rayford allowed a passed ball [Molitor to third, Yount to second]; Braggs was called out on strikes; 0 R,

1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.

 

Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

 

ORIOLES 3RD: Shelby struck out; Rayford made an out to shortstop; Gerhart walked; Burleson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.

 

Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

 

BREWERS 4TH: Cooper grounded out (shortstop to first); Sveum homered; Brock grounded out (first unassisted); Paciorek walked; Schroeder flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.

 

Brewers 1, Orioles 0.

 

ORIOLES 4TH: C. Ripken lined to third; Murray popped to catcher in foul territory; Lynn flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.

 

Brewers 1, Orioles 0.

 

BREWERS 5TH: Gantner popped to third in foul territory; Molitor flied out to center; Yount grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.

 

Brewers 1, Orioles 0.

 

ORIOLES 5TH: Knight flied out to left; Lacy walked; Shelby struck out; Rayford lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.

 

Brewers 1, Orioles 0.

 

BREWERS 6TH: Braggs struck out; Cooper struck out; Sveum walked; Brock flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.

 

Brewers 1, Orioles 0.

 

ORIOLES 6TH: Gerhart struck out; Burleson flied out to center; C. Ripken flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.

 

Brewers 1, Orioles 0.

 

BREWERS 7TH: Paciorek doubled; On a bunt Schroeder singled [Paciorek to third]; Gantner flied out to left; Molitor doubled [Paciorek scored, Schroeder scored (error by Gerhart) (no RBI)]; SCHMIDT REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); Yount flied out to right; Braggs grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.

 

Brewers 3, Orioles 0.

 

ORIOLES 7TH: Murray walked; Lynn grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Murray out at second]; Knight made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.

 

Brewers 3, Orioles 0.

 

BREWERS 8TH: Cooper singled; Sveum doubled [Cooper to third]; Brock homered [Cooper scored, Sveum scored]; Paciorek grounded out (shortstop to first); Schroeder doubled; Gantner was walked intentionally; Molitor grounded into a double play (pitcher to

shortstop to first) [Gantner out at second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.

 

Brewers 6, Orioles 0.

 

ORIOLES 8TH: Lacy flied out to right; Shelby struck out; Rayford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.

 

Brewers 6, Orioles 0.

 

BREWERS 9TH: Yount flied out to center; Braggs homered; Cooper flied out to left; Sveum struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.

 

Brewers 7, Orioles 0.

 

ORIOLES 9TH: Gerhart grounded out (third to first); Burleson lined to third; C. Ripken walked; Murray flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.

 

Brewers 7, Orioles 0.

 

Thanks to Retrosheet

[colbyjack]

Announcing is so much different than it was 10 years ago. And it's not just baseball, it's all sports. You can't watch a football game without having some guy telling you how much sweat is rolling some guys thighs when there is nothing else to talk about.

 

It's ok to be silent in between plays. You don't have to fill an entire broadcaster with chatter.

 

I agree, I appreciated the way the no-hitter was called. It was called as if nothing special were happening. No hints, no cute innuendos. I'm not big into superstitions, but messing with a no hitter is one that I have always taken more seriously. I didn't even want to talk about it during the re-broadcast http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif .

[iluvlamp]

If there is not already, that should be a man law. There shall be no mention of a no-hitter until said no-hitter is complete or broken up. The score at the top and bottom of the innings should tell you that. Pay Attention! Boy, Daron was the worst with that.

[hawing]

If there is not already, that should be a man law. There shall be no mention of a no-hitter until said no-hitter is complete or broken up.

 

Let's call it a fan law, as I'm behind it too. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Brian the Automator]

I was absolutely amazed as well that not even the slightest mention of the no-hitter was made until Yount made the catch.

 

Also, I never knew Nieves threw that good of a breaking ball... too bad injuries had to claim his baseball career.

[Patrick425]

Ok,

 

a) I'll admit, my comment about Pashke's knowlege of baseball was maybe slightly unfounded. Since he never really expounded on baseball other than calling out stats and doing play by play, I guess I don't really know. I guess (wrong or right) I just always viewed him as a local plaid coat type sportscaster that lucked into the Brewer announcing job. I guess I have never been a big fan of local network affiliate sportscasters.

 

b) Yes, it was amazing that they never mentioned the no-hitter. Although, it was a different time. Cable and ESPN were in it's infancy. Now, just about any night, you can flip through the channels and catch several sporting events. That wasn't true back then. Also, remote controls were also not as common and/or as sophisticated back then (previoius channel button). The casual fan tends to surf the channels now. He or she might stop on a baseball game for an inning or two and then flip to something else. The announcers are aware of this and know that they need to make mention that something special is happening to keep the viewers attention.

 

I'm not saying that I was Sutton's biggest fan. He was not critical enough for me. I also don't like the announcer who has to constantly remind the fans how much he knows about baseball like Tim McCarver. To me, Jim Powell is the ultimate announcer. Knowledgeable, not too much of a cheer leader, has excitement in his voice, and has a sense of humor (you have to when your sitting next to Uecker for 162 games).