Jamie Moyer’s quest to become the oldest pitcher to win a Major League Baseball game hit a holding pattern Saturday night in Houston, as the Astros hit Moyer hard. While the ageless wonder notched two strikeouts to move to within 72 K’s of passing Jack Morris, the history-making “W” which would tie him with Jim… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 04/08/2012 – History Hits a Holding Pattern
In Moyer’s final spring tune-up, there was yet another sharp contrast. Facing the Seattle Mariners, Moyer faced a 25-year old flamethrower you may know as Felix Hernandez. These two were teammates when Moyer pitched for Seattle; when Hernandez was a 19-year old rookie and Moyer was already a baseball elder statesman. Heading into the regular season,… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 04/05/2012 – Get Ready For History
What we know: Jamie Moyer will pitch once again this spring; he has been told he will pitch in an exhibition game against Seattle early next week. What we don’t know: Will Jamie Moyer pitch after that? We here at Dubsism say he will. There’s some important reasons for that. 1) He still has the… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 3/29/2012 – Will He Make the Rockies’ Rotation?
A lot of people know Jamie Moyer is the oldest player currently in spring training. If you’ve been following our Jamie Moyer coverage, you know that he’s got a pretty good shot at making the roster of the Colorado Rockies. But simply sticking to that one number obscures some real “WTF” type facts. Here’s 16… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 3/27/2012 – The “Fact-o-Palooza”
What Jamie Moyer is doing now is a quest to make history. If Jamie Moyer makes the Rockies’ rotation, and if he win a regular-season game, he will break a record that has been on the books for almost 80 years. On September 13th, 1932, Jack Quinn won a ball game for the New York Giants at 49… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 3/24/2012: History Lives While It Happens
When you stop to think about it, you had to expect something like this to come up, didn’t you. After all, for as much of a feel-good story as Jamie Moyer’s comeback from Tommy John surgery is, you knew there was going to be some pain. Or if not pain, some stiffness perhaps; like the… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update – 3/16/2012: A Small Setback
Jamie Moyer made his Major League debut on June 16, 1986. Yesterday, when Moyer pitched against the Chicago White Sox, he faced two hitters that hadn’t even been born by the time Moyer was in the bigs – Jared Mitchell (Oct. 13, 1988) and Eduardo Escobar (Jan. 5, 1989). Moyer’s opposing pitcher, John Danks, wasn’t… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update – 3/11/2012: Spring Training Against the White Sox
The last time we here at Dubsism posted on this subject, we were fearful that it might in fact be the LAST time. After all, the last time we wrote about Jamie Moyer, he was 48 years old, and his elbow had almost exploded off his body, two things that seem to spell the end for… Read More Announcing the Return of the Jamie Moyer Update!
God Bless Jamie Moyer. Not only has he had an amazing career up to this point… “Uh, wait,” you are saying. “Did you just say ‘up to this point?’ The man is 48 years old, and his elbow literally exploded off his body a mere matter of weeks ago. He’s gotta be done, right?” …I’m… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update: Could He Eat 50 Eggs?
Jamie Moyer turns 48 on November 18th. Now, thanks to the Phillies cutting their ties with the veteran left-hander, he’s a free agent. The team placed him on waivers last month to clear a spot on the 40-man roster and hasten Moyer’s move to the open market. Moyer has 267 wins and 2,405 strikeouts in… Read More From One Campaign To Another: Vote Jamie Moyer in 2012!
If nothing else, Jamie Moyer is a pragmatist. Moyer left his last start Tuesday in St. Louis when he strained his left elbow after making a pitch. He returned to Philadelphia on Wednesday to be examined by team medical personnel. Moyer stood at his locker Friday afternoon, speaking to reporters of pitching again, not retirement.… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 7/24/10 – Hopefully, This Isn’t The Last One
Sadly, all roads have bumps, particularly those that take 24 years to traverse. While Moyer has a lot of history in the Windy City, it would be a safe bet to say he would rather not remember the most recent bit of it. Last night, Moyer took a beating, giving up 6 earned runs on… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 07/16/10 – It May Be Time To Say “Phuck Philadelphia Phans”
As your home for the Jamie Moyer for the Hall-of-Fame Campaign, Dubsism will continue to bring you updates on the ageless wonder. Even though Moyer took a loss against Atlanta on Wednesday night, it gives one pause to take a look at what Moyer has accomplished in this, his 24th season in the Major Leagues.… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 7/8/10 – He’s the Best 47-Year-Old Pitcher You Are Going To See Today
As you know, Dubsism is your home of the Jamie Moyer for the Hall of Fame Campaign. As you know, Moyer is in the process of blowing past some serious names in terms of his career statistics. How can this be considering he was never really a dominating pitcher? That’s an easy question to answer. … Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 7/6/10 – Philadelphia Gothic
Sometimes, great records are eclipsed in odd places. For example, Cal Ripken Jr. and Dave Winfield both collected their 300oth hits in the frozen wastes of Minnesota. Paul Molitor got his in a place most baseball fans under 20 have barely heard of (Kansas City). Tony Gwynn passed the 3000 mark in a baseball venue… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 7/2/10 – History Happens in Strange Places
The post office says “neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” That’s because unlike a computer, they don’t need electricity to walk up to your mailbox. After a week of tornadoes and floods (two great ways of removing power lines, by… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 6/24/10
Wednesday night brought more history from Moyer, who at the age of 47 years 155 days became the oldest pitcher to notch a “W” over the Yankees. But all the future hall-of-famer cares about is the win. “I don’t think that I’m old. So I don’t believe it. Regardless of what people think or say… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 6/17/10
Last time out, the future Hall-of-Famer looked as such, tossing a complete game victory. This time out was a bit of a different story; Moyer was on the recieving end of an artillery barrage that would have given Edmund L. Gruber cannon envy. Moyer took 40 pitches just to get out of the first inning,… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 6/11/10
Due to the aforementioned moving issue, we managed to miss a few starts on Moyer’s march to Cooperstown. However, three of Moyer’s last four starts were well worth missing. Since his last win on May 14th, the veteran left-hander racked up three losses; one seal clubbing at the hands of the Mets, and two of… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 6/6/10
Once again, for those of you who have been kind enough to fritter away your time with these rants, I am still in the middle of a move halfway across the country which makes writing on a regular basis problematic at best. Dubsism will be back to full-strength by June 1st; until then I will… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 5/15/10
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