Michael Kopech tosses the FIRST IMMACULATE INNING of 2024!
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Michael Kopech records three strikeouts on nine pitches in the top of the 9th inning for the Chicago White Sox, throwing the first immaculate inning of the 2024 season.
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First immaculate inning by a White Sox pitcher since Hollis “Sloppy” Thurston on August 22, 1923.
...sloppy?
@@smittywerbenjagermanjensen320 it's unknown why he's called "sloppy". theories are that he was either always well-groomed, his parents gave it to him because he always spilled milk on himself, or he inherited the name from his father's restaurant because his father gave free soup to homeless people and/or prostitutes (the thing I looked at used the term "tramps" and I'm pretty sure it used to be an old term for the homeless, but can also be used for prostitutes)
at the time, he was the 5th pitcher to do so!
Are we not going to talk about Grenich “Toenail” Schleebler in ‘46?
Sloppy could really deal. I was seated behind home plate that day and it was pretty impressive. After the game we all piled in the Model-T and cruised down to the speakeasy for some hooch. Great day.
I had one of those in little league, 9 pitches, 9 home runs.
💀
I feel ya, I somehow managed to hit 3 batters in one inning and had to be pulled.
This made me chuckle. Inning's over if there's a mercy rule lmao
Kopech has filthy stuff. Hats off to him.
He does. Just not a consistent starter which is an absolute shame. Too much going on upstairs
He does got some nasty stuff, just a lot of the times he’s way out control
I remember how excited I was when we got him for Chris Sale. He’s just about the only white Sox top player prospect to remain in their system. Nice to see him still hanging on
The irony of it being the white sox
Fr
I remember sitting live watching pods walk us off in the playoffs. What a far fall from grace. This team is gonna need 10 years to be run of the mill again. Sad to be on the south side these days
🤭
Lmao
White Sox are streaky this year pham,dejong, and some others have weirdly good games
This was a good game for the White Sox as they won this game, the beloved Maldonado hit a home run, and an immaculate inning to win the game 👍
Love to see it!
Not to nitpick, but Maldonado hit a HR in game 2, which they lost. He didn't play in game 1.
27 - 68, let that sink in
Immaculate to end it is elite.
That dude can pitch
As a Sox fan, I’ve been critical of him all year.... I approve his outing today 👏👏👏
lol
He's got some of nastiest stuff out there. Insane life on his fastball. He struggles to consistently hit spots but when he finds his groove he's untouchable.
@@deadlygargoyle6933 He mentioned in the postgame that he changed his thinking and moved away from relying only on the fastball. Took long enough to come to that conclusion but glad he now has a shot to look great before the trading deadline
67 immaculate innings in the first 130 years of mlb. 47 in the last 11
No one knows how to hit anymore.
@@mattsbaseballcardbreaks5952 Average velocity is way up. Let's not act like that's not a massive factor.
@@dankauffman3456 League batting average is way down
strikeout rate is way up
@@mattsbaseballcardbreaks5952 Ks are way up because velocity is way up.
@@mattsbaseballcardbreaks5952that is by choice as teams value OBP% and Home Runs more than batting average and low strikeouts
This season has been depressing for the white sox… But this must of felt great for white sox fans
Yes
Yea especially because kopech has been awful
Bruh first day in Ireland and he pitches an immaculate inning and a Maldy HR
Truly. All 483 of them were on their feet for the final strikeout.
@@Dust4Vomit *383
3:08 "South side, stand up!" Had some real Fred Durst vibes... dude's voice was crackalackin
He’s hilarious. But not in a good way.
hey don’t be mean. it was just one of those days
Great call by the ump on the eighth pitch. Props. Congrats to Kopech!
This is the White Sox highlight of the year.
He will be traded.
awesome performance. congratulations to Kopech!!!
Great to see Kopech "on." When he pitches like this, it reminds everyone of the high expectations we had of him when he first came on the scene.
That’s some wild pitching, so cool to see
I was at this game it was awesome
This outing landed Kopech right on the Dodgers' radar heading into the trade deadline and now he's officially a Dodger. ALWAYS had that electric arm. Just needs the confidence and focus to bring out its full potential like what was seen in that clip. He certainly couldn't have asked for a better situation to be in at this point in his career, pray he finally cashes in on it!
NASTY with that low cutter
Man these are crazy rare. Gotta have the batters who chase out of the zone pitches too.
Crowd is so cool!!
Nice trade dude throws gas
I have been a Sox watcher for decades. This guy is either incredible or God awful by turn. For every example like this you get an outing where he couldn’t find the plate with a guide dog
Damn I’m shocked that was the first 😅
Porter Hodge was 1 bad call away from doing it in his *first career inning* earlier this year
just amazing
Nice job Mike 👏!
Welcome to LA!
Awesome stuff with two check swing strikes! Also, those Minny Uni’s are pretty sweet.
Actually they're not.
Cool for him to reach the pinnacle of his career
underrated closer as good as MM
who are you taking if you can choose?
@@JamesEvans2023 Craig Kimbrel
@@mmorpggaminghd not a choice lol
Welcome to the doyers
Can we take a moment to appreciate the commentators for not jinxing it?
The white Sox pitching is honestly not that bad they just need some good hitter and then they will be good👍
I’m sure as a Seattle fan you can relate
The Sox bullpen is atrocious and half the rotation is bad.
Not really, they have Crochet. That’s their only good pitcher
@@LaMonteWade31 We have Fedde too!
@@LaMonteWade31and Erik Fedde to
I find it interesting that not many were in the zone.
MK vs MK on the last out
Nice manbun!
I'm almost 50 and this is the first time I've ever heard the term "immaculate inning".
Dodgers got this guy at the deadline and I'm sure they'll reign in his unpredictability and Brusdar Graterol just started a rehab assignment. Our bullpen is so back!
Impressive that both announcers were fully aware of
YES HE DID!!! HEGONE!!! AND THIS BALL GAME... IS... OVAH!!! MERCY!!!
Not a Sox fan, but that was some fine pitching!
Cool ... just gotta cheer for the guy.
My son played for the little rock Arkansas travelers
He threw am immaculate inning for them.
9 pitches
9 strikes
3 strike outs
Same ball
Made the newspaper and pitcher of the week award.
Wow, I had no idea people still read the newspaper. Are you Amish or something?
@@Thizzamajig maybe I can explain since I, too, was "in the newspaper" as a kid, and my parents were ecstatic. Idk about the OP, but for me, being in a small souther town, being in the paper was like "being on TV" in that it was a big deal to be recognized "officially" by the powers that be. I doesn't matter if anyone reads it (in fact, a lot of "newspapers" are now digital only, which may be the case for the OP), the important part is the official-ness of the recognition. Not just Amish, small southern towns, too (at least in my case)
Kopech is like a public water fountain. He's on and off all day long.
Future New York Met by trade deadline
Ok but that glove design is awesome
White Sox have some weird RNG this year... destroyed my Braves... Throwing perfect innings...
The announcer said “everything he threw was in the zone” I believe 2 or 3 pitches were outside the zone. Kepler should’ve taken but I might call it cuz why not
7 of 9 pitches were balls.
Here for the dodgers trade
I remember when this kid was throwing 102-103 and was supposed to be the next big thing. I guess injuries slowed him down. I always thought he had good stuff though. Cool to see him pull this off
If you have been following Kopech for the last two years, you would know just how absolutely shocking this is
He was a decent starter but just walks to many guys. He stinks as a reliever
Blue was ready to go home
Cool. I don't care who did it. It's just nice to see serious baseball.
The power of the pony tail
He's doing that with the dodgers now they just need him getting into that position to close
My pitching game was in little league I threw 9 pitches all strikes. 3 out. Next inning I gave up 7 runs including a tomahawk home run where my pitch was two feet over his head. 😂
Are you Greg Brady? Pretty sure there was an episode just like this.
If it wasn’t for Kenny’s series I would’ve never known about him
As a Diamondbacks fan I feel like we need to show this to Sewald 😢
What is “3 pitches, 3 outs” Called?
SOUTHSIDE.....STAND UP
I don’t remember ever seeing one to end the game.
Welcome to the Dodgers.
terrible player
@Panther4016 Got 9 saves this year, need a boost in our pen, I'm sure there will be more moves.
I wonder how many times in history the team with the worst record has also led the league in immaculate innings.
You can tell that a lot of his pitches disappear. Heat with movement is deadly
He needs to go to the Mets!!
Welcome to LA
Not a baseball fan, so I am apparently missing something. The second to last pitch was outside, barely even touching the edge of the strike box. Does that count like in archery? Touch the line at all it's good, but I would have thought you had to get it at least mostly inside the line, like tennis. The last pitch was a mile outside and it looked like he checked his swing long before the plate. How was that a strike? Anyone?
If the pitch touches any part of the strike zone, it’s a strike. And it’s subjective by the umpire. Certainly not perfect.
Future bullpen addition for the Phillies
Knew he was destined for a bullpen role but everyone thought he was a starter.
Why didnt they also post the just as rare 3 pitch inning by AJ Minter on the Braves from a few days ago?
You should probably ask “Them.”
yay the white sox did a thing!
Great showing but now Im wondering how rare is 9 pitches 9 strikes no fouls?
5, possibly 6, of the pitches were out of the zone, I feel like an "immaculate inning" should refer to all 9 pitches being in the strike zone. MN helped out with that one.
That’s the dumbest take ever
When did they make this up?
I see more posts about anglos recently
The White Sox, as of right now, still have he worst record in MLB at 27-68. The Miami Marlins are 32-60 and the Colorado Rockies are 33-60
What's more rare? An immaculate inning or a White Sox win?
Should have a different name. An immaculate inning should be 3 pitches
SOUTHSIDE SIT DOWN! 🪑
I had not ever heard that term before. I thought it would be 3 pitches to get 3 outs.
To me 3 pitches to get 3 outs is better than 9 strikes. (I guess the MOST Immaculate would be a reliever coming in with runners on base, throwing only 1 pitch to get a triple-play!!!)
Agreed!! I bet any pitcher would rather throw 3 pitches and get 3 outs than throw 9 straight strikes for 3 outs!!🤷♂️
I disagree because that would mean the hitters are putting the ball in play. 3 straight strikeouts on 9 pitches is far more impressive
@@CMonKeY135Impressive? Yes
But like I said above, 3 outs on 3 pitches is more desirable to any reliever!
If the first two batters ground out on the first two pitches of an inning, the third batter knows (or is told by his manager) to NOT swing at the first two pitches, to give his own pitcher a chance to rest, and to give his teammates a chance to run to the rest room. So you will rarely see a team make 3 outs on just 3 pitches to start an inning.
@@genewashington1502 ohh rad that so cool to know. I'm australian and only just started watching baseball, so learning lil stuff like that is amazing.
Nice
Wow very hard to do that, now we a need a 3 pitch inning like in video games lol
AJ Minter did it for the Braves last night in the 9th.
yeah I thought the immaculate inning was a 3 pitch inning for a sec
The fact that The Show couldn't even supercharge Kopech for this is sad. I guess they will never do it unless they hit a save milestone for a relief pitcher.
Not as good as AJ Minter's 3 pitch inning. Go Braves
I know! why didnt they post a video of that too?
💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
He tried to throw a few balls, but the Twins weren’t having it.
That’s not a immaculate inning if he fouled of pitches
They still get counted as strikes9 pitches 3k's.
Kopech looks like he's too good to be wasted on the White Sox. Reminds me of Ohtani when he was on the Angels.
What the heck kopheck
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Rarw rawr rawr
Kopech needs better offspeed pitches if he ever hopes to do this again. Most of the time they just sit fastball, he gives up so many HRs.
What’s it going to cost the Padres to acquire Kopech is the real question?
4 out of the 9 pitches were out of the strike zone. This is where Kopech’s problems start. The pitches had a lot of movement, but if those pitches are taken and called balls, Kopech loses confidence. The Sox should trade him if they can get excellent prospects.
I thought the immaculate inning was 3 pitches.
I'm confused. You're telling me that in 100 years, no White Sox pitcher has ever thrown 3 strike outs in a row? Someone please explain.
Immaculate inning is 3 strikeouts in 9 pitches. Each at bat was 3 pitches. And it’s just the first of this season.
@@aidanf1404 Thank you for explaining it to me.
To me, the perfect inning is three pitches and three outs. But, dang!
@michaelsanders2655 Yeah, I agree:
I had not ever heard that term before. I thought it would be 3 pitches to get 3 outs.
To me, 3 pitches to get 3 outs is better than 9 strikes. (I guess the MOST Immaculate would be a reliever coming in with runners on base, throwing only 1 pitch to get a triple-play!!!)
Sox are bad, but that was impressive!
that tattoo, jesus christ
Dang....