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Tigertowner68
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I was so pumped up watching the Tigers last night.
The team has been in the league since 1901, and no pitcher on the club had EVER struck out 17 batters in a 9 inning game until last night.
Anibal Sanchez was filthy nasty. He struck out the side in the eighth inning to make it 17 Ks. I was pumped to see him try to strike out the side again in the 9th inning, which would have tied the major league record set by Roger Clemens and equaled by Kerry Wood.
But out he goes and in comes the relief pitcher.
Yes, his pitch count was somewhere north of 120. Yes the game was clearly over at 10-0.
But c'mon. There is so much money wrapped up in the modern players that they are babied because the slightest risk of injury can affect a multi-million dollar investment.
So, I get it. But it sucks. Mickey Lolich would regularly complete 25 starts a year. Now that number equals the total for an entire league in a given year.
What a drag...
The team has been in the league since 1901, and no pitcher on the club had EVER struck out 17 batters in a 9 inning game until last night.
Anibal Sanchez was filthy nasty. He struck out the side in the eighth inning to make it 17 Ks. I was pumped to see him try to strike out the side again in the 9th inning, which would have tied the major league record set by Roger Clemens and equaled by Kerry Wood.
But out he goes and in comes the relief pitcher.
Yes, his pitch count was somewhere north of 120. Yes the game was clearly over at 10-0.
But c'mon. There is so much money wrapped up in the modern players that they are babied because the slightest risk of injury can affect a multi-million dollar investment.
So, I get it. But it sucks. Mickey Lolich would regularly complete 25 starts a year. Now that number equals the total for an entire league in a given year.
What a drag...
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