Homer Bailey

[XMan]

LaGrange's Homer Bailey throws a NO NO!!!!!!! Congrats to the former Lep.

[Roughneck93]

Awesome! :clap:

[j_dog]

Awesome! :clap:
Agreed! Congratulations Homer Bailey !!

[zebrablue2]

Many congrats to Homer, very happy for the kid.

[Pudlugger]

Way to go Homer! Making us all proud.

[Bull's-eye]

Congrats to Homer! I got the pleasure to see him pitch several times for LG, he is a great kid & could really throw some heat.

[Roughneck93]

Bailey throws his 2nd career no-hitter tonight.

First in MLB this year.

:clap:

[FB-fanatic]

Friday, May 20, 2005

—— Baseball ——

Lorena 5, La Grange 1: In College Station, senior Cliff Springston pitched six strong innings and helped his own cause with a three-run home run in the Lorena Leopards' Class 3A regional quarterfinal victory over their oft-playoff rival the La Grange Leopards.

Springston moved to 12-2 with the victory, while Adam Hornung came on in the seventh to close the book on La Grange (20-6), which beat Lorena in a one-game regional semifinal playoff last year.

Lorena (25-5) moves on to face either Barbers Hill or Lufkin Hudson, two other teams the Leopards have met in recent playoff runs.

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Homer Bailey pitched the one-game playoff the year before.

[hookandladder]

Homer throws the last No Hitter of last year and the first No Hitter of this year , kid got it going on. Also sent a great text to my son and the Leps before their State Championship game this year, some good things going on in Lep Country. Congrats Homer.

[maestro]

ESPN focused on his ninth inning performance

He was " owning " it.

Congrats. Remember reading about the pitching duels between Bailey and those Yoakum pitchers.

Did any of those Yoakum pitchers make it to the majors?

[XMan]

I was able to watch the whole game, it was awesome. Homer really cranked it up starting about the 6th. He was 91-93 up to that point. He started feeling it and dialed it up to 95-97 at the end of the game. His fastball was so good that I only saw one slider, to a left handed batter, in the last 3 or 4 innings. I remember his curve being so dominant in high school but he didnt even need it. His fastball command was tremendous last night. Congrats.

[Pudlugger]

Awesome! Way to go Homer. We are all so proud of you. Keep it going.

[hookandladder]

I was able to watch the whole game, it was awesome. Homer really cranked it up starting about the 6th. He was 91-93 up to that point. He started feeling it and dialed it up to 95-97 at the end of the game. His fastball was so good that I only saw one slider, to a left handed batter, in the last 3 or 4 innings. I remember his curve being so dominant in high school but he didnt even need it. His fastball command was tremendous last night. Congrats.

In his High School days , the curve was the one pitch he struggled with. In his Junior summer he worked with his pitching coach to develope a better breaking pitch , after signing with the Reds is when he developed his best offspeed pitches. Homer is just one of those kids that has a work ecthic second to none, he will be the Ace of the staff before long.

[XMan]

In 2004 Baseball America in its draft preview selected Homer Bailey's fastball as the #1 fastball for high schoolers in the nation. They also selected his curveball as the #1 curveball in the nation.

[Txbroadcaster]

strange note

he has highest career ERA of any player to throw more than one no hitter in history of MLB