Last edited by Spitball; 02-12-2011 at 01:34 PM.
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Lame on Harang's part. I guess his mechanics rebounded when he had a 6 QS streak later in the year, capped by a CG SHO vs the Cards. And then he remembered the SD game?
We also heard the same thing about Arroyo when he was doing his yo-yo act. Bad streak, Dusty's fault. Good streak, crickets. Wasn't there a point where Dusty ruined his career as well after a high pitch game vs SD?
Last edited by Spitball; 02-12-2011 at 01:39 PM.
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The most infuriating part of the whole thing was that Homer Bailey was scheduled to throw Tuesday or Wednesday that week at Louisville. They were stubborn and didn't call Homer up to make the spot start. Homer was on the 40 man, and could have provided at least some relief to the beleaguered staff. They were playing Pittsburgh of all teams, we weren't talking the 1927 Yankees.
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I wouldn't have made the decision Dusty did but I can see why he did. Unfortunately what's done is done and to me there's no point in harping on it. It's worth the discussion but I don't think anyone should suddenly vilify Dusty for it.
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Being a BIG guy and a starter is a hard row to hoe, since expansion 53 guys has tall as Harang (6'7") have made at least 10 starts, only 13 reached 1000 IP pitched, in that same time span 341 guys have had 1300 IP and 200 games started (including Harang).
Concerning their height
The majority fall between 6'1 - 6'3
53 of those guys were 6'5 or more.
23 of those guys were 6'6 or more.
9 of those guys were 6'7 or more.
Code:1961-2009 INNINGS PITCHED IP GS 1 Randy Johnson 4135.1 603 2 Rick Sutcliffe 2697.2 392 3 John Candelaria 2525.2 356 4 Mike Witt 2108.1 299 5 C.C. Sabathia 1889.1 288 6 J.R. Richard 1606 221 7 Dennis Rasmussen 1460.2 235 8 Mike Smithson 1356.1 204 9 Aaron Harang 1441.1 234
Was the SD relief appearance the straw that broke the camels back, or was the camel already in trouble based on the type of camel it was?
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