Found this little story in The Atlantic by Colin Fleming. It takes on “Roger Clemens, Curt Schilling, and Hall of Fame standards in the steroid era”, and features a pitching coach who knew — and worked with — both men early in their respective careers.
The other day I mentioned the need for stirrups to make a comeback. Check out this story on the topic via the Dallas Morning News’s site. [HT: Mr. Neyer]
Was Magrane born in the (presumably) small window between Ozzie and Jose’s birth? No matter. Happy birthday, boys
On Tuesday night some A’s players wore the 1980 and ‘90 era stirrups to show support for rookie left-hander Josh Outman whose season is over. At least I think that’s what the A’s TV announcers said. It was a nod to someone.
I think a big-name needs to make statement and go back to the stirrups full time.
Rockies Triple-A pitcher Brandon Hynick tossed a perfect game last night for the Colorado Springs Sky Six against the Portland Beavers.
Hynick threw the ninth perfect game in Pacific Coast League history and the first since June 25, 2007. The seven-inning gem was the Sky Sox’s first no-hitter since Franklin Morales, Chris George, Matt Daley and Steven Register combined to beat Albuquerque on May 11, 2008.Awesome.
I’m reading Roger Kahn’s excellent Boys of Summer, which chronicles Kahn’s childhood as a Brooklyn Dodgers fan and then the club’s beat writer (for the New York Herald Tribune) in the 1950s.
In the second part of the book, Kahn follows up with several former Dodgers including Pee Wee Reese, George Shuba, Carl Erskine, Gil Hodges, Preacher Roe and Carl Furrillo after their respective playing days were over. When he catches up with Furrillo, the former rifle-armed rightfielder is installing elevator doors in the first tower of the World Trade Center as it was being constructed. It’s eerie to read about those buildings going up.
Furrillo died in 1989 and luckily never saw what happened in 2001.
