Unsung Hero

[Give My Regards]

[Q]Will Wrote:

 I thought Schafer usually liked to play goalies in tandem anyway.  He just needs to find another goalie at or above McKee's level.[/q]

I don't know if a tandem is Coach Schafer's preference.  The only time in his ten seasons here that he's had a rotation for the whole year (at least until the playoffs) was in 2001-02 with Underhill and LeNeveu.  Other times (Skazyk-Elliott, Elliott-Pelletier, Underhill-Burt) the goalies would more or less rotate until late January, at which time one of them would be picked for the stretch run and playoffs.  That said, I have no doubt that if there were a goaltender on the Cornell roster who was as capable as McKee, that guy would be playing.

[Will]

[Q]fenwick Wrote:

I don't know if a tandem is Coach Schafer's preference.  The only time in his ten seasons here that he's had a rotation for the whole year (at least until the playoffs) was in 2001-02 with Underhill and LeNeveu.  Other times (Skazyk-Elliott, Elliott-Pelletier, Underhill-Burt) the goalies would more or less rotate until late January, at which time one of them would be picked for the stretch run and playoffs.  That said, I have no doubt that if there were a goaltender on the Cornell roster who was as capable as McKee, that guy would be playing.[/q]

I believe there was a decent rotation between Burt and Underhill in 1999-2000 as well.  According to USCHO, that season Burt played 15 games and Underhill played 17.

[Give My Regards]

[Q]Will Wrote:
I believe there was a decent rotation between Burt and Underhill in 1999-2000 as well.  According to USCHO, that season Burt played 15 games and Underhill played 17.[/q]

That started out as a rotation until the Yale game in December when Burt, who was 1-4 at the time, got yanked with two minutes left.  Underhill played the month of January, but after he had two poor performances against Colgate, Burt was back in the rotation.  Then they traded games until Underhill faced Dartmouth at the end of February (one of those odd Sunday games, thank you Vermont) and let in the first two shots he saw in the second period.  Burt then played the rest of the way, except for the ECAC consolation, which was Chris Gartman's first start.

[Trotsky]

[Q]KeithK Wrote:
Not even 1-4-7 anymore as pitchers these days are too weenie to start on three days rest.[/q]

King George will pay me $10M a year whether I make 32 starts or 40 (or Wilbur Wood's 50).  If I make 32 my career lasts into my 40's (if I'm a lefty, god knows how long) while if I make 40 I risk blowing my arm out in my early 30's (unless I'm Nolan "Sid Finch Freakjob" Ryan).  Which is my max market return?

Sad day when Trotsky has to lecture the arch-capitalist on economic self-interest.  ;-)

Having said which, I do miss the days of 1-4-7 for the ace, 2-5-"ready in the bullpen in 7" for the #2, and 3-6 "hold your breath."

[KeithK]

[q]Sad day when Trotsky has to lecture the arch-capitalist on economic self-interest. [/q]As I've demonstrated several times before, my capitalist streak consistently takes a back seat when baseball is concerned.  Anyway, I'd argue that 1-4-7 in the playoffs gives no significant increase in injury chances while possibly increasing your reputation as a "big-game pitcher", therefore improving market value.

I still think the 5 man rotation is lame.

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]Trotsky Wrote:
Having said which, I do miss the days of 1-4-7 for the ace, 2-5-"ready in the bullpen in 7" for the #2, and 3-6 "hold your breath."
[/q]

It's always fun when the rotation gets shot to hell and someone like Schilling or Johnson has to come in and perform some Herculean feat to beat the Yankees. :-D

[Trotsky]

[Q]KeithK Wrote:
I still think the 5 man rotation is lame. [/q]

Me too, in spades; I was just pointing out where (I think) it comes from.  I'd like to think pitchers could switch gears from every 5th to every 4th day for the playoffs, but I don't remember too many teams going with a four man rotation after going with five all year, even the ones who really should have.

Maybe Houston '86 did.  It seemed like every time the Mets turned around they were facing Mike "I don't hate you for cheating, I hate you for starting to cheat after we traded your lame ass" Scott.

[KeithK]

It seems to me that switching to a four man rotation in the post-season was the norm through the 80's and only changed at some point during the 90s.  But I'd need to do some digging to prove or disprove that recollection.

[Anne 85]

What about Herschiser (sp?).  Didn't he have a series where he started a few games and closed a few others?

[Josh '99]

[Q]Anne 85 Wrote:
What about Herschiser (sp?).  Didn't he have a series where he started a few games and closed a few others? [/q]I believe you're talking about the 1988 NLCS, in which Hershiser pitched 8 innings of shutout ball in game 1 (but his team lost because Jay Howell gave up 3 runs in the 9th), 7 innings in game 3 four days later, closed game 4 the next day, then pitched a complete game shutout in game 7 three days after that.

Then, four days later, Hershiser pitched another complete game shutout in game 2 of the World Series, and closed out the Series with another complete game in game 5 four days after that.

Hershiser was MVP of both series and was a unanimous choice for the NL Cy Young Award.  He also won a Gold Glove.

That bastard...  the Mets would've won another World Series if it weren't for him.  :-(

[Trotsky]

[Q]jmh30 Wrote:
That bastard...  the Mets would've won another World Series if it weren't for him.   [/q]
Even with him, the real villain was either Mike Scioscia or Dwight Gooden's connection.

[CUlater 89]

[Q]Trotsky Wrote:

 [Q2]jmh30 Wrote:
That bastard...  the Mets would've won another World Series if it weren't for him.   [/Q]
Even with him, the real villain was either Mike Scioscia or Dwight Gooden's connection.
[/q]

I always thought it was David Cone, for mouthing off about the Dodgers in the newspaper.

[ganderson]

[Q]RichH Wrote:

 And the Columbia club team is being coached somehow by Alexei Kasotonov, former CCCP Red Army star defensman.



Right now, the video is 3rd from the bottom.

Also, some articles in the Columbia paper:



[Q2]"I know it's not easy to be a player and a student. First it's about academics," he said. "But there are examples like Harvard or Cornell that have top-level academics as well as good hockey teams. Why not Columbia? Especially that it's New York City, which has a great tradition with the New York Rangers."[/Q]
Edited 1 times. Last edit at 02/28/05 06:32PM by RichH.[/q]

Speaking of the Rangers, Mike Richter hanging out with the Yale team didn't seem to help them much this season.  

:-P