{"id":20507,"date":"2012-05-04T09:30:45","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T16:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seamheads.com\/?p=20507"},"modified":"2012-05-04T20:39:04","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T03:39:04","slug":"50-aos-del-sin-hits-ni-carreras-de-bob-belinsky-50-years-from-bob-belinskys-no-hitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/04\/50-aos-del-sin-hits-ni-carreras-de-bob-belinsky-50-years-from-bob-belinskys-no-hitter\/","title":{"rendered":"50 a&#241;os del sin hits ni carreras de Bo Belinsky.(50 years from Bo Belinsky&#8217;s no-hitter.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hab&#237;a escuchado de este logro. De todas formas disfrut&#233; la rese&#241;a del libro &#8220;No-Hitters&#8221; de Rich Westcott y Allen Lewis. Los Angelinos de Los Angeles recib&#237;an a los Orioles del Baltimore el s&#225;bado 05 de mayo de 1962 en el Dodger Stadium de Chavez Ravine. Despu&#233;s que finaliz&#243; el encuentro Belinsky reconoci&#243; que la noche anterior hab&#237;a estado con una mujer hasta las cuatro de la madrugada. A lo largo de los nueve episodios Belinsky recet&#243; 9 ponches, concedio 4 boletos. Solo permiti&#243; que le batearan cuatro pelotas a los jardines. Mezcl&#243; con &#233;xito una recta que se mov&#237;a, la curva y el screwball. El primer inning lo retir&#243; por la via r&#225;pida al ponchar a Johnny Temple y a Dick Williams. Domin&#243; a Brooks Robinson con roletazo al mont&#237;culo. Los Angelinos se fueron adelante en cierre del inning con sencillo de Billy Moran, doble de Leon Wagner y un wild pitch de Steve Barber. La otra carrera lleg&#243; en el segundo tramo mediante boleto a Earl Averill. Doble de Buck Rodgers y rodado a segunda base de Joe Koppe.<\/p>\n<p>Sab&#237;a que Belinsky hab&#237;a jugado enla Liga Venezolanade B&#233;isbol Profesional. La primera vez vino con los Licoreros del Pampero. En la temporada de 1961-1962 implant&#243; una marca de ponches que se mantiene vigente. En medio de aquella temporada el manager Jos&#233; Antonio Casanova fue una vez al mont&#237;culo con la intenci&#243;n de relevar a Belinsky. Hubo de llamar al tercera base D&#225;maso Blanco para que le sirviera de int&#233;rprete. Belinsky estruj&#243; la pelota dentro del guante y escupi&#243; a un lado del morrito. &#8220;Tell the skipper that he can kiss my ass but I&#8217;ll finish this game&#8221;. (&#8220;Dile al manager que me bese el culo. Yo terminar&#233; este juego&#8221;.) No hubo manera de sacar a Belinsky del mont&#237;culo. Entonces fue imbateable. Hasta el &#225;rbitro ten&#237;a miedo de asomarse detr&#225;s del receptor.<\/p>\n<p>Belinsky siempre fue un personaje que viv&#237;a con mucha intensidad dentro y fuera del terreno. Durante su estad&#237;a con los Angelinos se involucr&#243; sentimentalmente con algunas actrices holiwoodenses como Mamie Van Doren, <a title=\"Ann-Margret\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ann-Margret\">Ann-Margret<\/a>,&#160;<a title=\"Connie Stevens\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Connie_Stevens\">Connie Stevens<\/a>,&#160;<a title=\"Tina Louise\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tina_Louise\">Tina Louise<\/a>. Con casi todas ten&#237;a breves romances, a excepci&#243;n de Van Doren. Ella fue su prometida por alrededor de un a&#241;o.<\/p>\n<p>Aquella temporada 61-62, Belinsky adem&#225;s de acumular 156 ponches. Gan&#243; 13 juegos. Perdi&#243; 5. Permiti&#243; 98 imparables. Complet&#243; 10 desaf&#237;os. Concedi&#243; 75 boletos y dej&#243; una efectividad de 2.13 en 156 episodios. Tambi&#233;n fue l&#237;der en efectividad de LVBP.<\/p>\n<p>En el segundo episodio Belinsky empez&#243; golpeando a Jim Gentile. Luego de dominar a Jackie Brandt con elevado al centro, bole&#243; a Gus Triandos. Luego oblig&#243; a Dave Nicholson a roletear para forzar en segunda base a Triandos. Y cerr&#243; el inning abanicando a Ron Hansen.<\/p>\n<p>Luego de llevarse el tercer episodio a paso de conga. Entonces luego de 1 out, camin&#243; a Gentile y Brandt. Triandos se embas&#243; por error del antesalista F&#233;lix Torres. All&#237; Belinsky ponch&#243; a Nicholson y domin&#243; a Hansen con elevado al centro.<\/p>\n<p>Belinsky regres&#243; a la liga venezolana en la temporada 1966-67 para defender los colores de los Tiburones deLa Guaira. Ven&#237;ade jugar con los Filis de Filadelfia. 0 ganados, 2 perdidos en 9 juegos. 15 innings. 14 imparables. 3 jonrones.5 boletos. 8 ponches. 2.93 de efectividad. Otra de aquellas grandes jugadas que hac&#237;a Pedro Padr&#243;n Panza. Todo un genio para conseguir buenos peloteros que hab&#237;an venido con otros equipos. En esta ocasi&#243;n particip&#243; en 14 encuentros- Abri&#243; 12 juegos y complet&#243; 1. Gan&#243; 2. Perdi&#243; 5. Su efectividad fue 3.59 en 72.2 episodios. Permiti&#243; 77 imparables. Recet&#243; 64 ponches. Concedi&#243; 28 boletos.<\/p>\n<p>En el quinto inning abri&#243; con pelotazo a su rival Steve Barber. Luego retir&#243; a Temple con elevado a la derecha. A Willliams con bombito al campocorto. Y a Brooks Robinson con rodado por la antesala. En el sexto, luego de un out,&#160; Brandt golpe&#243; el batazo m&#225;s duro de los Orioles en todo el juego. Una l&#237;nea a lo m&#225;s profundo del jard&#237;n central que Albie Pearson tom&#243; en la zona de seguridad. Belinsky camin&#243; a Triandos. Pero luego ponch&#243; a Nicholson.<\/p>\n<p>De ah&#237; en adelante Belinsky estuvo perfecto. Retir&#243; en fila a los &#250;ltimos 10 bateadores. Incluyendo a Williams con elevado a la izquierda, Brooks Robinson con globo al centro y a Steve Bilko por la v&#237;a del ponche, en el octavo.<\/p>\n<p>Belinsky regres&#243; por tercera vez a Venezuela con los Navegantes del Magallanes en la temporada 1968-69. Los Navegantes hab&#237;an comenzado con dificultades. Entre los lanzadores que trajeron para reforzar el equipo llegaron Bo Belinsky y Salvatore Campisi. En cuanto estos pitchers subieron al mont&#237;culo para respaldar a Ron Tompkins y Roberto Mu&#241;oz, el equipo empez&#243; a&#160; escalar posiciones hasta meterse en la clasificaci&#243;n. Belinsky se meti&#243; varios juegos cerrados donde mantuvo intacta la oportunidad de triunfo hasta que hacia el final del juego aparec&#237;a la ofensiva de Clarence Gaston, Pat Kelly, Walt Hriniak, Joe Rudi, D&#225;maso Blanco, Gustavo Gil, Armando Ortiz. Belinsky jug&#243; 16 encuentros. Complet&#243; 4 de 15 que inici&#243;. Gan&#243; 6 y perdi&#243; 8. En 97.1 innings permiti&#243; 73 imparables. 21 carreras limpias. Concedi&#243; 67 boletos. Ponch&#243; 93. Dej&#243; efectividad de 1.94.<\/p>\n<p>En el noveno episodio Belinsky ponch&#243; a Brandt con tres lanzamientos. Triandos sigui&#243; con f&#225;cil roletazo a Koppe en el short. Nicholson bate&#243; un elevado alt&#237;simo detr&#225;s de tercera base en conteo de una y uno, all&#237; Torres concret&#243; el&#160; no-hit no-run.<\/p>\n<p>Alfonso L. Tusa C.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>English translation<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve heard about this achievement. Anyway I enjoyed it in the book: &#8220;No-hitters&#8221; written by Rich Westcott y Allen Lewis. The Los Angeles Angels hosted the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday, May 5<sup>th<\/sup>, 1962, at Dodger Stadium in Chavez Ravine. After the game was over Belinsky recognized that he had been with a woman&#160; until 4 o&#8217;clock in the morning. Through the nine innings Belinsky&#160; struckout 9 and walked 4. He mixed a moving fastball, the curve and the screwball. He retired the first frame quickly. Struckout Johnny Temple and Dick Williams. Then he dominated Brooks Robinson with a grounder to the mound. The Angels scored a run in the bottom of the inning. Billy Moran hit a single. Leon Wagner hit a double. Moran scored with a wild pitch of Steve Barber. The other run came in the second inning. Earl Averill walked. Buck Rodgers hit a double. Averill scored on Joe Koppe grounder to second base.<\/p>\n<p>I knew that Belinsky had played in the Venezuelan League of Professional Baseball. The first time he came with the Pampero Licoreros. In the1961-62 season, Bo Belinsky set a struckouts record that still stands. During that season the skipper Jos&#233; Antonio Casanova wanted to take Belinsky out from the mound for a reliever. He asked the third baseman, D&#225;maso Blanco to make the translation. Belinsky squeezed the ball and spit around the mound. &#8220;Tell the skipper that he can kiss my ass but I&#8217;ll finish this game&#8221;. There was no way of taking Belinsky out. Then he was unhittable. Even the umpire was afraid of getting closer behind the catcher.<\/p>\n<p>Belinsky lived with a lot of intensity inside and outside the field. While playing for the Angels he got involved with some Hollywoodactresses as Mamie Van Doren, <a title=\"Ann-Margret\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ann-Margret\">Ann-Margret<\/a>,&#160;<a title=\"Connie Stevens\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Connie_Stevens\">Connie Stevens<\/a>,&#160;<a title=\"Tina Louise\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tina_Louise\">Tina Louise<\/a>. He had brief romances with all of them but Van Doren, who was his fianc&#233; for almost a year.<\/p>\n<p>That 1961-62 season, Belinsky besides the 156 struckouts, won 13 games. Lost 5. Allowed 98 hits. Completed 10 games. 75 walks. 2.73 ERA in 156 innings. He also was the league leader in ERA.<\/p>\n<p>In the second inning Belinsky hit Jim Gentile. After retiring Jackie Brandt in a pop up to center field, he walked Gus Triandos. Then made Dave Nicholson hit a grounder to force Triandos at second base. He finished the frame by whiffing Ron Hansen.<\/p>\n<p>After retiring the third inning the perfect way. In the fourth, after 1 out, Belinsky walked Gentile and Brandt. Triandos arrived to first base due to an error of third baseman F&#233;lix Torres. Then Belinsky struckout Nicholson and retired Hansen with a pop up to center field.<\/p>\n<p>Belinsky returned to the venezuelan league for the 1966-67 season, to defend theLa GuairaSharks.He had played for the Philadelphia Phillies. 0 wins, 2 losses in 9 games. 15.1 innings.14 hits. 3 home runs. 5 walks. 8 struckouts. 2.93 ERA. That year he also played in the Pacific Coast League&#160; AAA, for the San Diego Padres. 2 wins. 4 losses. 13 games. 54 innings. 55 hits. 1 home run. 32 walks. 54 struckouts. 4.83 ERA. Other of those great movements that Pedro Padr&#243;n Panza (La Guaira&#8217;s GM)&#160; made to get good players who had played for other teams in the venezuelan league. With theLa Guaira Sharks, &#160;Belinsky played in 14 games. Started 12. Completed 1. 2 wins. 5 losses. 3.59 ERA in 72.2 innings. 77 hits. 64 struckouts. 28 walks.<\/p>\n<p>In the fifth inning, Belinsky began hitting his rival Steve Barber. Then retiredTemplein a pop up to right field. And Williams with another pop up to short stop. Brooks Robinson was the last out with&#160; grounder to third base. In the sixth frame, after 1 out, Brandt hit the longest shot of the Orioles in the whole game. A line drive to deep center field that Albie Pearson took in the warning track. Belinsky walked Triandos, and struckout Nicholson.<\/p>\n<p>From there on, Belinsky was perfect. He retired in a row the last 10 batters. Including Williams with a pop up to left field, Brooks Robinson with a pop up to center field and Steve Bilko in a struckout, all in the eighth inning.<\/p>\n<p>Belinsky came back toVenezuelafor the third time with the Magallanes Navigators in the 1968-69 season. Magallanes had started the season with some troubles. Among the pitchers they signed to reinforce the team, arrived Belinsky and Salvatore Campisi. As soon as these pitchers climbed the mound to help Ron Tompkins and Roberto Mu&#241;oz, the team started to improve his position in the standing until they got a berth for the play offs. Belinsky hurled several tight games where he kept his team&#8217;s chance of winning intact until it came the bats of&#160; Clarence Gaston, Pat Kelly, Walt Hriniak, Joe Rudi, D&#225;maso Blanco, Gustavo Gil, Armando Ortiz. That season Belinsky played in 16 games. Completed 4 of 15 starts. 6 wins. 8 losses. 97.1 innings. 73 hits. 21 earned runs. 67 walks. 93 struckouts. 1.94 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>In the ninth frame, Belinsky struckout Brandt with three deliveries. Triandos was retired with a grounder to Koppe in short stop. Nicholson hit a high pop up behind third base in a 1-1 count. Torres took it to concrete the no-hitter.<\/p>\n<p>Alfonso L. Tusa C.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Alfonso&#8217;s work has been featured in Venezuel&#8217;s daily newspaper, El Nacional and in the magazine Gente en Ambiente, and he has collaborated on several articles for newspapers, including the daily paper Tal Cual. He has also written four books and some biographies for SABR&#8217;s BioProject.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hab&#237;a escuchado de este logro. De todas formas disfrut&#233; la rese&#241;a del libro &#8220;No-Hitters&#8221; de Rich Westcott y Allen Lewis. Los Angelinos de Los Angeles recib&#237;an a los Orioles del Baltimore el s&#225;bado 05 de mayo de 1962 en el Dodger Stadium de Chavez Ravine. 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