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The Wake of the strikeout storm
Posted by Adrien Griffin Categories: Athletes, MLB,
When it comes to pitching, one of the biggest milestones is strikeouts. Ten strikeouts in a game; 200 in a season, all kinds of career numbers, etc. It’s one of those that Boston’s famous knuckleballer, Tim Wakefield is hoping to reach early this season, and MLB.com has him projected to do so against the Yankees. At 1,979, Wakefield is just a few batters away from 2,000 for his career, a number only reached by 63 others before him.
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Philadelphia’s original number 32
Posted by Adrien Griffin Categories: Athletes, Editorial, MLB, Trades,
Now that the dust is starting to settle around the Roy Halladay move to Philadelphia, the breakdowns and analyses of the trades have begun to take precedence among sports headlines across North America. Halladay was revealed as the newest Phillie in a media conference on Wednesday afternoon where, for the first time, he donned his new red and white jersey. An unnoticed piece to anybody outside of Toronto’s fanbase was the large “34” on the back of the jersey. Doc’s number 32 had to be replaced thanks to Philadelphia’s retiring in 1989 the number in honor of one of the greatest pitchers of all-time - Steve “Lefty” Carlton.
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