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Ziegler sets record in A's victory

Deadspin found this 7/29/2008 on sfgate.com

(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 ...