Monday, May 20, 2013
Williams: Discover one of baseball’s forgotten streaks
(espn.go.com)
posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:56 AM by Guapo to athletics, history, pitch counts, records
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Read More...Over the first 12 days of September, Langford went the distance against the Yankees, Orioles and Royals. Langford, who wore No. 22, had thrown 22 consecutive complete games.
Finally, on Sept. 17, in a game at Arlington, Texas, A’s manager Billy Martin marched to the mound after Langford had pitched 8⅔ innings and signaled for lefty reliever Bob Lacey to come on. Lacey induced a groundout from Buddy Bell to save Langford’s 17th victory.
“I remember him standing there like it was ...
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1. Horror posted on June 30, 2012 at 07:45 AM # hit 0 | hit 0Two, once again, a think factory discussion prompted me to look up a player's page on baseball reference. I should know by now that I should always have bb-ref open on another tab when I'm on btf.
Does this sorcery exist for Chrome?
Where?
Moving to a lower league can do that to you.
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