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June 06, 2004

The Sandman and the Duke

Which of these lines belongs to Mariano Rivera and which one belongs to Justin Duchscherer?

  IP H R HR BB SO
Player A 33.1 20 6 0 11 24
Player B 32.2 26 4 1 12 24

And does it even really matter? The Duke has been pitching great for the A's this year. Between the Duke and Chad Bradford, I feel pretty good about our bullpen, even if King Arthur Rhodes blows a few saves here and there.

Posted by andrew at June 6, 2004 08:19 PM | TrackBack
Comments

After last night's 2 dingers given up by Duke, I think your blog jinx is still in full force.

Posted by RichardP at June 10, 2004 05:25 PM

The question is what would these two lines be if the Duke got Rivera's calls from the umps and Rivera got the Dukes? As long as Rivera gets his cutter called for strike three when it's an inch off the plate, he'll be fine. If he slips a little more, though, and he has slipped, he'll quit getting that call, and then, well, it's over.

Posted by steve g at June 14, 2004 10:34 AM