...some of these are pretty cool...and "strange"; http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10210242/mlb-strange-true-2013
This one is really odd/unfair... "Just when you thought the great Mariano Rivera had done everything a closer could possibly do, he pulled off a Strange But True all-timer Sept. 12. He entered a game in Baltimore with a 6-5 lead in the ninth, retired every hitter he faced, shook hands and STILL didn't get a save. (He can thank the official scorer, who decided the seeming pitcher of record, David Robertson, didn't pitch "effectively" enough.)" My favorites... "The Red Sox scored in every inning of their June 4 game against Texas -- except for the inning that Rangers outfielder David Murphy pitched." "In the third inning of his May 10 start against the Padres, Alex Cobb faced four hitters, struck out all four and still gave up a run (thanks to: WP, SB, SB, balk). Last known instance of an inning like that? Never." "Both defending Cy Youngs (R.A. Dickey and David Price) somehow lost 13-0 games on the same day (April 7). No kidding." "Twins relief pitchers struck out more hitters this season (508) than Twins starters (477) -- in 291 2/3 fewer innings. Whatever happened to Johan Santana and Frank Viola?" "Between April 13 and May 31, Cole Hamels made nine starts for the Phillies in which he threw 927 pitches to 240 hitters. You know what all those pitches had in common? He never threw one of them with his team holding a lead." "More proof that all walking streaks are not created equal: The Phillies went four straight games without drawing a single walk. The Royals drew a bases-loaded walk in five straight games. I'm still not sure which of those is harder to do." "What was so Strange But True about Matt Adams' two-homer game Sept. 14? Well, he neglected to hit any of those homers in the first 13 innings -- but then went deep in the 14th and 16th. So how many other men have ever thumped two home runs in a game in which they hit NO homers in the first 13 innings? Not a one. Of course." "Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti survived 718 appearances on a big league mound without ever visiting the disabled list with an arm injury -- but needed reconstructive elbow surgery this July after blowing out his elbow lifting a suitcase." "Your Strange But True payroll annals don't get any crazier than this: In a May 13 Yankees-Indians game, the Yankees actually fielded a lineup that was earning 10 million fewer U.S. dollars than the Indians' lineup. We kiddeth you not." "One more Strange But True White Sox feat: They had eight-game, nine-game and 10-game losing streaks this year -- in the same season. It'll really warm their hearts to know the Yankees haven't even had one streak that long in any of their past 18 seasons." "And here comes the Strange But True rehab-option note of the year: During Bryce Harper's June injury-rehab tour of Class A Potomac, the youngest player on the team was -- who else? -- HIM."
