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...Yankees roster over those years also helped to foster a feeling of intimacy with the team. I could not only recite each player’s batting average, home runs, and RBI’s, but the more esoteric statistics. (For example, if a pitcher walks the first batter in an inning, that batter has a 60 percent chance of reaching home plate...
...Hendricks had simply flipped on a switch, the result was masterful. The Texas native scattered six harmless hits—four singles and two bunts—while allowing just one batter as far as second base. Working quickly, he walked none and spun his signature, knee-buckling curve along with a precise fastball to keep his opponents from getting a chance to settle...
Only 16 pitchers in major league baseball history had thrown perfect games when Arizona's "Big Unit" took the mound last week against Atlanta. Make that 17. RANDY JOHNSON retired all 27 Braves he faced, fanning 13, including the last batter. At 40, the southpaw became the oldest to achieve pitching's crown jewel, surpassing Cy Young, who did it at 37--100 years...
Still flustered, Brotemarkle walked the next batter, Erin Mackey, and Sara Kellner came...
...Ashley Obrest, the inning’s first batter, sent Brotemarkle’s offering over the fence in left for a lead-halving home...