The first game of the Nats-Astros double-header in Houston last night featured a number of interesting things. The game was the continuation of a game that started in Washington last May, but was interrupted by rain. The Nats won the continued game last night – technically a home game for the Washington – in Houston.
The winning pitcher was Joel Hanrahan, who has since been traded to Pittsburgh. So, he picked up a win for a team that he no longer plays for. (His first win of the season, no less! Godspeed, Hanrahan!)
And the winning run was scored by…? Nyjer Morgan, who was acquired by the Nationals recently in the trade that sent Hanrahan to Pittsburgh. So, the game was won on a run by a baserunner who wasn’t on the team back in May, and the pitcher who won the game no longer plays for the winning team. And, again, the Nats pick up a home win, but in Houston.
Reminds me of the time last basketball season that Miami and Atlanta were playing in ATL. With about a minute to go, if memory serves, Shaq – who then played for the Heat – was ejected for committing his sixth foul. Except it was really his fifth,
because the refs screwed up. The game ended, Atlanta won.
And then Miami protested. The NBA, rightly, decided that the last minute of the game should be re-played, because Miami was unfairly deprived of Shaq’s presence in the game. For months, if you looked at the NBA scoreboard, you would see that this game still hadn’t ended. Kind of fun and bizarre. When they were able to re-schedule the game, both teams did ready to do battle, except that Shaq was no longer a Miami Heat player. They had traded him to Phoenix between the original and the re-scheduled date. So, the wrong being righted – Shaq’s absence – was, uh, not really righted.
If an American sports fan can accept these absurd scenarios – why are ties in soccer so hard to understand?
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