It takes 20 victories for people to recognize you as a great pitcher.
Lou Brock, along with Maury Wills, are probably the two players most responsible for the biggest change in the game over the last fifteen years - the stolen base.
Once a year, I take my whole wine team down to see the Giants, and we meet the players. Ive never seen anyone pitch like Lincecum that can throw the ball and get through the front leg. He has that stiff front leg.
My job isn't to strike guys out, it's to get them out - sometimes by striking them out.
He (Joe Morgan) knew when something needed to be done, and he'd do it.
