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I love this kid.
From Bagg's blog:
Jeff Fletcher from AOLFanhouse Tweeted that Cain is just one of four pitchers in the majors with 200 innings and a sub-4.00 ERA in each of the past four years. The others were Dan Haren, CC Sabathia and Roy Halladay.
You wouldn’t think to look up a grouping like that, but you could argue that it measures the true value of a starting pitcher. There’s nothing more important than quality innings – and a lot of them.
And measuring toughness? The Elias Sports Bureau discovered that Cain’s .195 opponents’ average with RISP is second lowest over the past two seasons (minimum 300 batters faced), only behind Milwaukee’s Yovani Gallardo (.188). Cain has held hitters to 1 for 15 with RISP this postseason, including 0 for 7 tonight.
Here’s another: Only four other pitchers besides Cain have thrown at least 20 innings in a single postseason without allowing an earned run. Kenny Rogers (in 2006) is the only other guy besides Cain to do it since 1933. Among the others, two are Giants Hall of Famers Christy Mathewson (1905) and Carl Hubbell (‘33).
“It’s hard to believe he’s 26 years old,” Bruce Bochy said of cain. “He’s the oldest Giant we have here.”
I think Bochy was talking in terms of tenure. But Bochy has used the phrase “old soul” to describe his pitcher, too.
After Cain finished in the interview room, he went back to his locker and I was able to get two minutes with him. I wondered: What the heck will it take to tip your cap to the crowd? If not in the World Series, to a thunderous ovation, with a 2-0 lead in the eighth inning, then when?
“Can’t do it with a runner on base,” said Cain, who had issued a one-out walk. “Just didn’t seem right.”
And I think I’ll stop writing about Matt Cain right there. Nothing could better express why his teammates so admire him.
From Bagg's blog:
Jeff Fletcher from AOLFanhouse Tweeted that Cain is just one of four pitchers in the majors with 200 innings and a sub-4.00 ERA in each of the past four years. The others were Dan Haren, CC Sabathia and Roy Halladay.
You wouldn’t think to look up a grouping like that, but you could argue that it measures the true value of a starting pitcher. There’s nothing more important than quality innings – and a lot of them.
And measuring toughness? The Elias Sports Bureau discovered that Cain’s .195 opponents’ average with RISP is second lowest over the past two seasons (minimum 300 batters faced), only behind Milwaukee’s Yovani Gallardo (.188). Cain has held hitters to 1 for 15 with RISP this postseason, including 0 for 7 tonight.
Here’s another: Only four other pitchers besides Cain have thrown at least 20 innings in a single postseason without allowing an earned run. Kenny Rogers (in 2006) is the only other guy besides Cain to do it since 1933. Among the others, two are Giants Hall of Famers Christy Mathewson (1905) and Carl Hubbell (‘33).
“It’s hard to believe he’s 26 years old,” Bruce Bochy said of cain. “He’s the oldest Giant we have here.”
I think Bochy was talking in terms of tenure. But Bochy has used the phrase “old soul” to describe his pitcher, too.
After Cain finished in the interview room, he went back to his locker and I was able to get two minutes with him. I wondered: What the heck will it take to tip your cap to the crowd? If not in the World Series, to a thunderous ovation, with a 2-0 lead in the eighth inning, then when?
“Can’t do it with a runner on base,” said Cain, who had issued a one-out walk. “Just didn’t seem right.”
And I think I’ll stop writing about Matt Cain right there. Nothing could better express why his teammates so admire him.
