Sunday, September 11, 2011
Top games of the week: Sept. 4-10
Posted by Sam HendricksonBelow is a list of the five most exciting games played this week. You can read about how these games were determined to be the best in this article by Max Marchi.
date game stars 09-04 Phillies @ Marlins **** box score 09-07 Orioles @ Yankees *** box score 09-10 Padres @ Diamondbacks ** box score 09-09 Astros @ Nationals ** box score 09-06 Reds @ Cubs ** box score
Ladies and gentlemen, the Phillies-Marlins game above is your new best game of the year, and the only game so far in 2011 to earn the rare four-star rating. The game was a 14-inning affair that ended in a wild sequence that included two intentional walks and two unintentional walks, one of which was a walk-off drawn by Mike Cameron. The Phillies played the game under protest after Hunter Pence was called out on a controversial fan interference call.
The game is also the best game of the last three seasons, and only two other games since 2009 have earned the four-star rating.
Sam Hendrickson, 21, is a senior in Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences currently working towards a major in Statistical Science. A San Francisco Bay Area native, he spends most of his time either complaining about the Ithaca, NY weather or patiently waiting for the Oakland A's, Oakland Raiders, and Golden State Warriors to return to glory. He can be reached via email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).