Russell Branyan vs Adam Dunn
1. I love Russell Branyan.
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Crooked numbers
So Dave has been saying, for thirty years, that "the Yankees can put some crooked numbers on you before you blink an eye." A Hall of Fame signature line. Meaning what? (Answer at bottom.)
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As most know, Mark Buehrle threw a perfect game and then immediately threw five perfect innings to begin his next game.
Snell Splattered By Yanks
Q. What happened out there?
A. In no order of importance, since all of these things converged, to form an unseemly puddle of raspberry jelly on the pitcher's mound:
Washburn in 2010 ?
At Mariner Central, Joseph pointed out a truly strange quote from Jarrod Washburn:
"I will listen to (Tigers pitching coach) Rick Knapp here, but if I have too many problems, I can definitely see a phone call back to Rick Adair - but, hopefully, that won't be necessary."
Luke French's heater vs Doug Fister's
Q. How come French's fastball is minus-minus but Fister's is 55? It looks like they throw at pretty much the same speed.
Doug Fister, First Key to the Game
Q. So, no earned runs, but a poor 4:4 control ratio. Another chimera like Vargas' first start?
Doug Fister, Toolbox
Q. Okay, your first Key To The Game was, what does he do on 2-0.
A. Right. He hits the black, and/or he changes speeds.
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Fister's Strikeouts
Q. What's he throw to lefties?
Fister and the Chris Bosio Template
Q. How's his makeup?
A. Just remarkable. He not only stayed quiet and calm, but was visibly *thinking* out there. You literally would not have known he was a rookie.
Even more telling was the way he stayed within his game plan, despite blown calls and despite the nerves. He kept his head about him, and took the right amount of the plate for the circumstances.
Wilson SS and a bat at 3B ?
Spec seems incapable of opening his mouth except to provide Zen-like koan for meditation:
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