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Feats of Clay, and Other Addendumby Cameron on May 3 at 3:38AM | comments (0)
[ comments (0) ] [ BallHype ] We really did plan on throwing out a full game recap, complete with the inning-by-inning breakdown of young Clay Buchholz's latest gem. And, as the British would say, it was a corker. A corker indeed.  WMYM apologizes in advance if you see this graphic more often on really late Friday nights ...But, instead of writing that glorious post, we got caught up producing a variety of the sports pages on the sports section of a certain major American daily newspaper, which can be a real hassle when the game you're really focused on is delayed from 7 until 10 p.m. As a result, prepare for the first "Wrens" honorary "This Boy is Exhuasted" nightly report card. STARTING PITCHING -- Clay Buchholz: √ Stuff so nasty it's almost a constant "get out of jail free" card MIDDLE-RELIEF -- Javier Lopez: - And the lefty trend continues: 1st inning matchups? Hit or miss. 2nd inning matchups? Let's not even go there. SET-UP RELIEF -- Hideki Okajima: √+ Okie is always OK in our book CLOSER -- Jonathan Papelbon: √+ We weren't sure it was possible, but Paps is getting even more efficient game-by-game LINE-UP -- √+ Finally, hitters clicking with their predecessors on the base paths. It's a site WMYM expected to see a lot more of recently. Maybe this is the start of a "return to normalcy"? Maybe? Pretty-please? |
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