DIAZ?? DIAZ!!! THAT SON OF A --
(is struck in the neck by a tranquilizer bolt fired from Maud's crossbow)
Diiaaaaaaazzz ...!!!! (waves helplessly with his arms)
(Maud reloads the crossbow)
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Sometimes, the game just throws you a red flag. The first game in the series was already quite the experience, and then this. Mild spoiler: the Coons actually won the game in overtime, but I was in no mental condition to finish the week, yelling insults at random...
I am yet not sure whether this is worse than the spectacular 19-walk, 9-inning bonanza they put up some 20 years back (which led directly to my first extended hiatus from the project). I found a then 125-year old NL record that they matched with that particular un-performance. Juan Berrios 2 IP, 8 BB. Gary Simmons 4 IP, 6 BB. Tony Lopez 1 IP, 4 BB. Ben Jenkins 2 IP, 1 BB.
I have yet to find any record of somebody throwing three wild pitches in one at-bat. I know the record for wild ones in an *inning* by a single pitcher is five, and four have most recently achieved by my beloved R.A. Dickey.
