insider.espn.go.com - 6/13/2008
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• The Braves continue to amaze. Thursday afternoon they lost their 21st straight one-run road game, which merely ties the major league "record" set by the Royals in 2000 and 2001 (apparently this is one of the records that does carry over from season to season). What's amazing is that those Royals were a lousy team with a lousy manager, while these Braves are a pretty good team with a Hall of ...
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... also give you some evidence to back up your criticisms. Specifically, Verlander and Bonderman might be losing some m.p.h. on their fastballs because of something Hernandez is coaching them to do. In fairness to Hernandez, however, it seems many pitching coaches at all levels of baseball might be drilling the same advice to their pupils.
But I've probably already said too much. You should go read the article. It's fascinating stuff.
(via Rob Neyer) ...
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