[vincesanity82]

Chicago White Sox closer Bobby Jenks pitched the ninth inning against Seattle last night for his 33rd save in 38 chances. He has retired 38 straight batters, tying David Wells' American League record set in 1998 with the New York Yankees. San Francisco's Jim Barr (1972) holds the major-league record of 41 consecutive batters retired.

TheStar.com - Sports - Jenks closing in on record

[bears9]

As bad as the White Sox are Jenks is still very good.

[ThePundit]

Wow. 41 batters is a ton. But it's harder to do it as a starter like Wells did. You have to throw a no hitter to accomplish that.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

Wow. 41 batters is a ton. But it's harder to do it as a starter like Wells did. You have to throw a no hitter to accomplish that.

I agree completely. Shouldn't these be seperate records? There's no comparing the strain of throwing the perfect game (I assume it would've had to have been a perfect game, right?) then throwing a perfect inning, resting, throwing another two days later, and so on.

[ThePundit]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

I agree completely. Shouldn't these be seperate records? There's no comparing the strain of throwing the perfect game (I assume it would've had to have been a perfect game, right?) then throwing a perfect inning, resting, throwing another two days later, and so on.

Of course, they should be seperate, but we're dealing with MLB, here. They need extra time to figure stuff like this out.