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Related: About this forumMax Scherzer breaks his nose while practicing bunts
That had to sting!
jmowreader
(50,561 posts)True Dough
(17,313 posts)Calling Auggie (once again).
Auggie
(31,176 posts)True Dough
(17,313 posts)Such convincing data and persuasive anecdotal references. We're in awe!
Auggie
(31,176 posts)Thank goodness the National League is keeping it alive.
True Dough
(17,313 posts)Sadly, not everyone is Shohei Ohtani: Pitcher hitting has never been worse, and its time to evolve beyond MLBs vestigial limb and bring the DH to the National League
https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2018/6/7/17437016/national-league-pitcher-hitting-dh
^^^ I didn't write that article, but I could have!
Brother Buzz
(36,449 posts)It beats ridding the pine
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)Elway Supremo might say, as he is another apologist for the DH.
Brother Buzz
(36,449 posts)When you have a black eye you scare batters
True Dough
(17,313 posts)and that picture ought to be part of his display!
Brother Buzz
(36,449 posts)He got called up from the Fresno Grizzlies, then sent back home. Do professional baseball players get to keep their bonus miles?
Kingofalldems
(38,466 posts)hughee99
(16,113 posts)True Dough
(17,313 posts)Allowed one earned run over 8 innings. Fanned 10.
True Dough
(17,313 posts)Damn near, it seems. But a strained back put him on the injured list.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27183368/nats-scherzer-put-injured-list-back-strain
Brother Buzz
(36,449 posts)Scherzer returned from the injured list last week after missing nearly three weeks with an inflamed bursa sac in his shoulder, though he made just one start before landing back on the shelf, this time with a mild rhomboid strain.
True Dough
(17,313 posts)I always struggled with those in high school math class too!
Better a rhomboid issue than a steroid issue, however.
Brother Buzz
(36,449 posts)Tommy John surgery at his age would be a career ending procedure