Baseball's Ten Oddest Occurrences of 2015
April 6: Jon Lester is the ninth consecutive starting pitcher to make his Chicago Cubs debut on Opening Day and lose.
May 17: After being the last staring first baseman in the majors to hit a home run, Brandon Belt of the San Francisco Giants hits a home run in three straight games.
June 13: The Oakland A's lose 1-0, dropping 14 games under .500 despite having outscored all of their opponents for the season.
June 18: Minor achievement? New York Yankees prospect Wes Wilson catches the first 15 innings of a game for Tampa, works two perfect innings on the mound and then hits the game-winning home run in the 17th inning against Bradenton.
June 29-July 1: The Cleveland Indians take a perfect game into the sixth inning in three consecutive games of a series in Tampa Bay.
July 12: After reaching the 2014 All-Star break with a 10-3 record with 108 strikeouts, Sonny Gray of the Oakland A's reaches the 2015 All-Star break with a 10-3 record and 108 strikeouts.
July 20: Colorado Rockies first baseman Ben Paulsen, having lost track of the outs, jogs to the dugout with the ball, allowing a runner to score. then atones for his gaffe with a walk-off hit.
Aug. 9: Bartolo Colon of the New York Mets loses to the Tampa Bay Rays, a team that didn't exist when he made his major-league debut.
Aug. 11: Home teams go 15-0--a first in major-league history.
Sept. 27: Chris Young of the Kansas City Royals is the first pitcher in at least a century to be removed from a no-hitter after pitching at least five innings twice in a season.
Thanks to Athlon Sports for these Calendar of the Weird gems.
April 6: Jon Lester is the ninth consecutive starting pitcher to make his Chicago Cubs debut on Opening Day and lose.
May 17: After being the last staring first baseman in the majors to hit a home run, Brandon Belt of the San Francisco Giants hits a home run in three straight games.
June 13: The Oakland A's lose 1-0, dropping 14 games under .500 despite having outscored all of their opponents for the season.
June 18: Minor achievement? New York Yankees prospect Wes Wilson catches the first 15 innings of a game for Tampa, works two perfect innings on the mound and then hits the game-winning home run in the 17th inning against Bradenton.
June 29-July 1: The Cleveland Indians take a perfect game into the sixth inning in three consecutive games of a series in Tampa Bay.
July 12: After reaching the 2014 All-Star break with a 10-3 record with 108 strikeouts, Sonny Gray of the Oakland A's reaches the 2015 All-Star break with a 10-3 record and 108 strikeouts.
July 20: Colorado Rockies first baseman Ben Paulsen, having lost track of the outs, jogs to the dugout with the ball, allowing a runner to score. then atones for his gaffe with a walk-off hit.
Aug. 9: Bartolo Colon of the New York Mets loses to the Tampa Bay Rays, a team that didn't exist when he made his major-league debut.
Aug. 11: Home teams go 15-0--a first in major-league history.
Sept. 27: Chris Young of the Kansas City Royals is the first pitcher in at least a century to be removed from a no-hitter after pitching at least five innings twice in a season.
Thanks to Athlon Sports for these Calendar of the Weird gems.
