Wednesday, May 12, 2004
MAKE IT SIX
Just some really strong baseball writing recently and here is another by Ben McGrath for the New Yorker on the floater.
Knuckleball pitchers are not just a rare but also a close-knit breed—the Fraternal Order of Knuckleheads, bound by their shared experiences of alienation and finger cramps. “We always root for each other across the miles,” Bouton says. “We all understand we’re a little weird.”
The Sox are starting to dominate the market on these weirdos with Wake and...
Zink is leading Portland in innings pitched, and in the last week of April the Sox signed the left-handed pitcher Joe Rogers from the discard heap—forgettable news, if not for the fact that Epstein had told me that the club planned to convert him immediately to the Zink regimen.
“We’re trying to remind ourselves that there are lots of ways to get guys out,” Epstein said.
Just some really strong baseball writing recently and here is another by Ben McGrath for the New Yorker on the floater.
Knuckleball pitchers are not just a rare but also a close-knit breed—the Fraternal Order of Knuckleheads, bound by their shared experiences of alienation and finger cramps. “We always root for each other across the miles,” Bouton says. “We all understand we’re a little weird.”
The Sox are starting to dominate the market on these weirdos with Wake and...
Zink is leading Portland in innings pitched, and in the last week of April the Sox signed the left-handed pitcher Joe Rogers from the discard heap—forgettable news, if not for the fact that Epstein had told me that the club planned to convert him immediately to the Zink regimen.
“We’re trying to remind ourselves that there are lots of ways to get guys out,” Epstein said.
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