sfgate.com - 7/29/2008
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(07-27) 19:57 PDT -- Two months ago, A's side-winding reliever Brad Ziegler was on a minor-league bus in Portland. Now, he's got a first-class flight to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Well, his shoes and hat do. Ziegler pitched two scoreless innings Sunday afternoon at the Coliseum to take sole possession of the record for consecutive shutout innings at the start of a career. His 27 scoreless ...
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Brad Ziegler's Goofy-Assed Delivery Unhittable So Far [MLB]
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... Ziegler, a reliever, pitched two scoreless innings on Sunday at the Coliseum to take sole possession of the record, with 27. That passed this man, ...
The Hardball Times:Brad Ziegler, AL Rookie of the Year
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... your attention. I was all set to introduce you to Brad Ziegler , the Oakland A's rookie reliever who just broke the record for most consecutive scoreless innings to start a career. Flying under the radar as a 28-year-old rookie for a team with bigger storylines (ZOMG Moneyball!), Ziegler has posted 30 consecutive scoreless with practically no national attention. But as I was writing, I got scooped. Ziegler's story has been featured as a ticker item on Yahoo , in the San Francisco Chronicle , Deadspin , Fangraphs , and even ESPN . I ...
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