From commenter Felix Heredia on Bronx Banter regarding Cliff Lee:
This guy is gonna come crashing back to earth. 91 mph fastballs don’t “explode” through the zone. His pace and delivery is flummoxing batters, not unlike okajima’s briefly did. But it’s style – albeit subtle – over substance.
Hideki Okajima so far in 2008: ERA 0.60 [...]
Also tagged chien ming-wang, cliff lee, hideki okajimaIt’s rare that I’ll claim a game is lost rather than won, but it does happen. Example 1: Detroit’s 10-9 victory over Boston.
Papelbon came on in the 9th to try and protect a 1 run lead. A check swing dribbler, a slow rolling ball barely past the pitchers mound that Lugo fumbled, a bunt, a [...]
Joba Chamberlain gets first career loss:
Joba Chamberlain’s career had been as close to perfect as possible over his first 26 games, but the hard-throwing phenom suffered his first big-league loss Thursday night, giving up the winning run in the ninth inning in the White Sox’s 7-6 victory.”
In the 8th inning Chamberlain looked unhittable. In the [...]