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Baseball Today: Monday, April 28
Published 4/28/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... (Atlanta Journal-Consitution) . . . Brett Myers can't explain why his fastball, which once reached 95 mph, can no longer crack 88 (Philadephia Inquirer) . . . As rumored, the Pirates ...

Brett Myers at a loss to explain anemic fastball (RR)
Published 4/28/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Brett Myers at a loss to explain anemic fastball (RR) And falling behind in the bloody count ain’t helping either! The fastball that made Brett Myers a first-round draft pick in 1999 is nowhere to be found. The pitch that hit 95 m.p.h. suddenly cannot break 88 m.p.h. That is a concern for Myers and the Phillies, who finished 5-2 on their seven-game road trip after Myers lasted just five innings in a 5-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday at PNC Park. “He’s supposed to be one of our aces,” manager Charlie Manuel said. “I’m lost,” Myers said. “I’m lost throwing 88 m.p.h. ...