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Fun Fact of the Day: Jeremy Guthrie became only the second pitcher in history today to allow 11+ earned runs in one inning of work or less. Considering that Guthrie has been pitching like a true veteran the last year or so, including help lead KC to the Series, this outing was very unlike Jeremy. Sure every pitcher has a bad outing here or there, but this was so horrendous that it made the history books. Those runs came in the first and second innings, so it was too early for Ned Yost to pull him, but it just got Continue reading Killed in One Inning→

Fun Fact of the Day: Believe it or not, back before the start of the 1930 season, ground rule doubles were scored as home runs. As long as a ball carried 250 feet then bounced in fair territory and jumped over the fence, it was counted as a round tripper. When baseball first stared outfield walls didn’t exist, then they were built them as the game evolved, and so on. So, for the first half century of baseball, rules were still being shaped and discovered. This for sure was such an odd rule, that it had to be changed; now Continue reading Ground Rule Doubles Were Home Runs→

There have been only a handful of “god-like” pitchers through the history of the game, such as Sandy Koufax, Steve Carlton, Cy Young, Walter Johnson, and Randy Johnson, but there has never been anyone like Pedro Martinez. Pedro El Grande, as they called him, was not only putting up the best numbers above and beyond, but was doing that in the AL East, at batter’s heaven in Fenway Park, during the steroid era. Martinez was facing superstars juiced up in Fenway Park, where offense fits in perfectly. So, one might have thought: was Martinez on roids? Absolutely not. Pedro tells Continue reading Pedro Martinez Best Pitcher of All-Time by the Numbers→