Regardless of the reliance on bullpens and openers in recent years, when was the last time a team won a postseason game when their starter went 1/3 of an inning? [Reply]
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
Regardless of the reliance on bullpens and openers in recent years, when was the last time a team won a postseason game when their starter went 1/3 of an inning?
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
WTF, the guy is out of the game after a strikeout and a walk? Maybe he was hurt? Was walking a guy seriously frowned upon in the time?
The pitcher, Curly Ogden, was born in Ogden, PA. That's how long ago that game was played, his parents probably founded the town.
And games only lasted 3 hours back then... can you imagine?!?
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On May 23, 1924, Ogden was selected off waivers by the Washington Senators from the Philadelphia Athletics.[2] Ogden was the starting pitcher for the Washington Senators in the final game of the 1924 World Series, which they won in 12 innings. The right-hander was something of a decoy in that Game 7, given his first start of the Series as a ploy by Senators manager Bucky Harris to get the opposition to load its lineup with left-handed hitters. Harris then removed Ogden after two batters and replaced him with the left-handed pitcher George Mogridge,[1][3] making Ogden one of the earliest known examples of an "opener".
