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May 20, 2008 | Posted by Abu Muqawama - 2:20am | 8 Comments
Abu Muqawama is a big fan of the statistical revolution that has swept baseball, but there is something wrong when a guy throws a freaking no-hitter and grades out at A-. A minus?!
Update: Charlie, here. Check out Joe Posnanski's excellent write up. (Baseball fans should add Joe's blog to their bookmarks...right after Fire Joe Morgan.) And Charlie can't help but reflect a bit on the cancer survivor element to last night's no-no. A good friend (several years her junior, actually about the same age as Jon Lester) was diagnosed with lymphoma last Christmas. And while he's about the farthest thing from a professional athelete on God's green earth, there's an eerie solace to be found in Lester's achievement. Stiffens your spine a bit to see something like that. Good on him.
Update: Charlie, here. Check out Joe Posnanski's excellent write up. (Baseball fans should add Joe's blog to their bookmarks...right after Fire Joe Morgan.) And Charlie can't help but reflect a bit on the cancer survivor element to last night's no-no. A good friend (several years her junior, actually about the same age as Jon Lester) was diagnosed with lymphoma last Christmas. And while he's about the farthest thing from a professional athelete on God's green earth, there's an eerie solace to be found in Lester's achievement. Stiffens your spine a bit to see something like that. Good on him.
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