There are approximately 11 such anecdotes and unfortunately, the idea is worn after the second one. This is one of the most painfully tedious columns from Shaughnessy I've ever read. Precious little other insight is offered.
There is, however, one very comical line up front which actually had me laugh out loud.
"I was in New York a day early to get extra rest for tonight's big game with the Yankees."
The idea of Shaughnessy arriving early to catch some extra rest so he can be on top of his journalistic game made me smile.
He gets an extra day for that dreg? Off the top of my head, if I were going to do ANOTHER column about Dice-K's throwing, I would at least bring in some scholarship.
ReplyDeleteLike break down the stats of those pitchers who threw a lot on off-days versus those that don't. Discuss why it is that pitchers in the first 80 years of baseball pitched a lot of innings and usually had double figure complete games where as since the 1990's a complete game is rare and a starting pitcher is having a good game if he goes 7 or 8.
The Globe oughta pay me just for this comment.
And he made them all up! Isn't this the *second* column he's made up?
ReplyDeleteThat drives me more up the wall than anything.
Yet another strained Ruthian Reference. Never misses a chance to inject the Babe into any story.
ReplyDeleteThis column drove me crazy. I've never seen such a mail-it-in piece of nothing.
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