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Originally posted by redsox8191:
guess knowing the batters and facing weak hitting #8 hitters and then pitchers hitting does indeed help a pitcher!!
Hope he continues to do well in St louis. Maybe St louis could take Brad Penny next!!
Someone mentioned this in the other thread, a pitcher never should face ANY hitter in professional ball with the above attitude. In fact, a pitcher should never face any hitter at anytime with that attitude.
Of course being 4 runs ahead helps a lot too.
That's called working as a team. Haven't you ever seen that in baseball?
What I don't get is that he had some issues (tipping pitches for one), couldn't anyone figure that out, or is Duncan the only pitching coach in MLB to notice those things?
My personal feeling is he should have not come back. Perhaps he realized that also. My understanding is that he wasn't going out a loser.