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Captain Ahab: The Story of Dave Stieb (Web Video)
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Captain Ahab: The Story of Dave Stieb is a documentary series by Jon Bois and Alex Rubenstein of the sports blog Secret Base, following up their previous series The History of the Seattle Mariners. Using the same chart/statistical analysis that recapped the colorful story of the Mariners, this series chronicles the life and career of Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Dave Steib, in particular his frustrated efforts to pitch no-hitters. It goes on to lay out the creators' case favoring Stieb's induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.The documentary was released in four parts: Meet Dave: Tracks Stieb's early career, and his rise to becoming the best pitcher in the American League. "How can this happen to me?": Stieb continues his quest for a no-hitter but finds his efforts repeatedly thwarted. This is how baseball moves: As hopes begin to wane for Stieb, something magical happens. One more afternoon: Even after Stieb's retirement, his story doesn't end. And a debate about his legacy begins. | |
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Wham Shot: During Part 3, after Jerry Browne makes contact on the final out of potential no-hitter, the camera slowly pans to follow to ball. The way Jon talks makes you think it will end in yet another broken up no-no, only to suddenly show Junior Felix easily catching it and ending the game. | |
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Chicken-and-Egg Paradox: Discussed in Part 2. Did the sports press rob Dave Stieb of the Cy Young Award because he was rude and standoffish to them? Or was Dave rude and standoffish because they robbed him of the Cy Young Award? Jon doesn't outright say it, but he does seem to favor Dave Stieb's side. | |
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From Bad to Worse: Stieb had a potential no-hitter broken up in the top of the ninth inning against the then-Cleveland Indians with two outs and two strikes. Six days later, in his next start against the Baltimore Orioles, the exact same scenario happened again. | |
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Award Snub: invokedA running theme. Jon Bois makes the case that Stieb should have won the Cy Young Award several times in the early '80s, as he had better numbers than each year's winner in every statistic—with the sole exception of number of games won. Per Jon, games won is really the least useful stat for judging a baseball pitcher. Yet the sports journalists relied heavily on games won when nominating pitchers for the Cy Young Award, resulting in Stieb barely getting any nominations. Jon can't decide if this was stupidity on the part of the journalists or active malice against Stieb. | |
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