Bob Ojeda
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 11:21 amI don't know how many of you use him in this game, but he's very effective in a LH hitters park. Anyway, here's a very interesting piece in the NY Times about the pain a big league pitcher has to deal with on a daily basis.
NYT has a paywall after 15 or so freebies, so the link may not work for everyone ...
[url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/sports/baseball/the-former-met-bob-ojeda-relives-both-glory-and-pain.html?_r=3&ref=baseball&pagewanted=all]The Glory and the Pain of Pitching, by Bob Ojeda[/url]
I find it an absorbing read when a former ballplayer, in his own words, talks about what playing baseball for a living is really like. As long as it's well-written (as this one is), it is much more interesting to me than a 3rd person account by a sportswriter.
NYT has a paywall after 15 or so freebies, so the link may not work for everyone ...
[url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/sports/baseball/the-former-met-bob-ojeda-relives-both-glory-and-pain.html?_r=3&ref=baseball&pagewanted=all]The Glory and the Pain of Pitching, by Bob Ojeda[/url]
I find it an absorbing read when a former ballplayer, in his own words, talks about what playing baseball for a living is really like. As long as it's well-written (as this one is), it is much more interesting to me than a 3rd person account by a sportswriter.