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Career Summary

Years	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA	WARP
17	2898.7	194	126	1	2668	3.46	47.8

Birth Date	1-2-1963
Height	6' 1"
Weight	200 lbs

Bats	L
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	GS	IP	IP-SP	IP-RP	W	L	SV	BS	QS	BQS	PA	H	R	ER	HR	TB	BB	UBB	HBP	SO	ERA	FIP	FRA	VORP	WARP
1986	KCA	23	11	0	22.7	0.0	22.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	108	29	14	14	2	45	13	12	1	21	5.56	3.94	5.68	-0.5	-0.0
1987	NYN	24	21	13	99.3	78.7	20.7	5	6	1	0	8	1	420	87	46	41	11	141	44	43	5	68	3.71	4.42	5.32	-0.9	-0.2
1988	NYN	25	35	28	231.3	214.0	17.3	20	3	0	1	22	2	936	178	67	57	10	245	80	73	4	213	2.22	2.52	2.82	40.5	4.2
1989	NYN	26	34	33	219.7	218.7	1.0	14	8	0	0	20	3	910	183	92	86	20	295	74	68	4	190	3.52	3.18	3.26	40.3	4.0
1990	NYN	27	31	30	211.7	210.7	1.0	14	10	0	0	19	4	860	177	84	76	21	285	65	64	1	233	3.23	2.83	3.07	52.6	5.5
1991	NYN	28	34	34	232.7	232.7	0.0	14	14	0	0	24	1	966	204	95	85	13	286	73	71	5	241	3.29	2.45	3.00	50.2	5.3
1992	NYN	29	27	27	196.7	196.7	0.0	13	7	0	0	18	2	831	162	75	63	12	236	82	77	9	214	2.88	2.78	3.24	26.8	2.9
1992	TOR	29	8	7	53.0	51.0	2.0	4	3	0	0	5	1	224	39	16	15	3	58	29	27	3	47	2.55	3.56	3.19	10.7	1.2
1993	KCA	30	34	34	254.0	254.0	0.0	11	14	0	0	24	4	1060	205	102	94	20	316	114	112	10	191	3.33	3.99	4.43	28.2	2.9
1994	KCA	31	23	23	171.7	171.7	0.0	16	5	0	0	15	3	690	130	60	56	15	207	54	54	7	132	2.94	3.86	4.70	22.9	2.2
1995	NYA	32	13	13	99.0	99.0	0.0	9	2	0	0	7	2	417	82	42	42	12	138	47	47	1	89	3.82	4.37	4.66	15.2	1.5
1995	TOR	32	17	17	130.3	130.3	0.0	9	6	0	0	9	4	537	113	53	49	12	179	41	39	5	102	3.38	3.83	4.52	17.4	1.7
1996	NYA	33	11	11	72.0	72.0	0.0	7	2	0	0	8	0	295	50	25	23	3	71	34	34	2	71	2.88	3.32	3.45	22.7	2.2
1997	NYA	34	29	29	195.0	195.0	0.0	12	6	0	0	21	2	805	155	67	61	17	236	86	84	4	222	2.82	3.39	3.62	44.9	4.3
1998	NYA	35	31	31	207.7	207.7	0.0	20	7	0	0	19	1	866	186	89	82	20	291	59	58	15	209	3.55	3.53	3.74	47.7	4.8
1999	NYA	36	31	31	193.3	193.3	0.0	12	9	0	0	18	1	827	164	84	74	21	268	90	88	11	177	3.44	4.35	4.66	36.5	3.2
2000	NYA	37	30	29	155.0	153.7	1.3	4	14	0	0	10	0	733	192	124	119	25	315	82	79	9	120	6.91	5.53	5.88	8.2	1.0
2001	BOS	38	25	25	135.7	135.7	0.0	9	7	0	0	10	0	614	148	74	65	17	224	57	53	10	115	4.31	4.51	4.75	17.2	1.4
2003	NYN	40	5	4	18.0	16.0	2.0	1	3	0	0	0	0	85	20	13	13	4	36	13	12	0	13	6.50	6.59	6.72	-0.3	-0.0
Career			450	419	2898.7	2830.7	68.0	194	126	1	1	257	31	12184	2504	1222	1115	258	3872	1137	1095	106	2668	3.46	3.58	3.96	480.5	47.8

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'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	FRA	FRA+	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	PPF	PVORP	PWARP	VORP	WARP
1982	CSC	A	16	16	104.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982	FTM	A+	10	9	72.3	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1984	MEM	AA	29	29	178.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1985	OMA	AAA	28	27	158.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1986	KCA	MLB	11	0	22.7	5.68	76	.315	.258	.329	.418	.268	.380	99	-0.5	-0.0	-0.5	-0.0
1986	OMA	AAA	39	2	71.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1987	NYN	MLB	21	13	99.3	5.32	79	.262	.275	.340	.433	.270	.260	97	1.7	0.2	-0.9	-0.2
1987	NOR	AAA	3	3	11.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1988	NYN	MLB	35	28	231.3	2.82	122	.225	.262	.322	.385	.264	.267	93	38.6	4.2	40.5	4.2
1989	NYN	MLB	34	33	219.7	3.26	114	.244	.261	.328	.389	.269	.262	97	34.2	3.7	40.3	4.0
1990	NYN	MLB	31	30	211.7	3.07	126	.237	.271	.335	.406	.272	.289	97	46.8	5.0	52.6	5.5
1991	NYN	MLB	34	34	232.7	3.00	125	.238	.268	.334	.399	.272	.301	97	52.7	5.6	50.2	5.3
1992	NYN	MLB	27	27	196.7	3.24	114	.242	.268	.331	.400	.270	.292	97	28.3	3.1	26.8	2.9
1992	TOR	MLB	8	7	53.0	3.19	128	.241	.266	.331	.392	.269	.255	102	10.7	1.2	10.7	1.2
1993	KCA	MLB	34	34	254.0	4.43	106	.237	.274	.345	.420	.271	.255	100	28.2	2.9	28.2	2.9
1994	KCA	MLB	23	23	171.7	4.70	109	.216	.281	.354	.453	.276	.239	98	22.9	2.2	22.9	2.2
1995	NYA	MLB	13	13	99.0	4.66	112	.234	.281	.357	.456	.279	.261	104	15.2	1.5	15.2	1.5
1995	TOR	MLB	17	17	130.3	4.52	111	.234	.277	.352	.443	.275	.268	99	17.4	1.7	17.4	1.7
1996	NYA	MLB	11	11	72.0	3.45	137	.209	.282	.356	.459	.277	.254	101	22.7	2.2	22.7	2.2
1996	NRW	AA	2	2	10.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1997	NYA	MLB	29	29	195.0	3.62	124	.224	.272	.344	.436	.269	.290	96	45.6	4.5	44.9	4.3
1998	NYA	MLB	31	31	207.7	3.74	123	.238	.277	.344	.442	.272	.295	96	48.3	4.7	47.7	4.8
1999	NYA	MLB	31	31	193.3	4.66	110	.241	.286	.358	.462	.274	.271	97	36.5	3.4	36.5	3.2
2000	NYA	MLB	30	29	155.0	5.88	81	.298	.281	.356	.461	.272	.336	93	7.4	0.7	8.2	1.0
2001	BOS	MLB	25	25	135.7	4.75	99	.276	.273	.341	.443	.271	.316	96	17.4	1.7	17.2	1.4
2001	SAR	A+	1	1	4.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.333		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	NYN	MLB	5	4	18.0	6.72	55	.304	.278	.347	.445	.271	.291	100	-1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.0
2003	SLU	A+	3	3	12.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.220		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		419	2898.7	3.96	112	.242	.273	.342	.425	.271	.280	97	473.4	48.3	480.5	47.8

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	WHIP	ERA	VORP	WARP
1982	CSC	A	9	2	0	16	16	104.7	84	47	87	4	0%	.000	7.2	4.0	0.3	7.5	1.25	2.06	0.0	0.0
1982	FTM	A+	7	1	0	10	9	72.3	56	25	57	1	0%	.000	7.0	3.1	0.1	7.1	1.12	2.12	0.0	0.0
1984	MEM	AA	8	12	0	29	29	178.7	162	114	110	9	0%	.000	8.2	5.7	0.5	5.5	1.54	4.28	0.0	0.0
1985	OMA	AAA	9	15	0	28	27	158.7	157	93	115	13	0%	.000	8.9	5.3	0.7	6.5	1.58	4.65	0.0	0.0
1986	OMA	AAA	8	4	14	39	2	71.0	60	25	63	3	0%	.000	7.6	3.2	0.4	8.0	1.20	2.79	0.0	0.0
1986	KCA	MLB	0	0	0	11	0	22.7	29	13	21	2	40%	.380	11.5	5.2	0.8	8.3	1.85	5.56	-0.5	-0.0
1987	NOR	AAA	0	1	0	3	3	11.0	10	6	7	1	0%	.000	8.2	4.9	0.8	5.7	1.45	5.73	0.0	0.0
1987	NYN	MLB	5	6	1	21	13	99.3	87	44	68	11	47%	.260	7.9	4.0	1.0	6.2	1.32	3.71	-0.9	-0.2
1988	NYN	MLB	20	3	0	35	28	231.3	178	80	213	10	43%	.267	6.9	3.1	0.4	8.3	1.12	2.22	40.5	4.2
1989	NYN	MLB	14	8	0	34	33	219.7	183	74	190	20	39%	.262	7.5	3.0	0.8	7.8	1.17	3.52	40.3	4.0
1990	NYN	MLB	14	10	0	31	30	211.7	177	65	233	21	41%	.289	7.5	2.8	0.9	9.9	1.14	3.23	52.6	5.5
1991	NYN	MLB	14	14	0	34	34	232.7	204	73	241	13	42%	.301	7.9	2.8	0.5	9.3	1.19	3.29	50.2	5.3
1992	NYN	MLB	13	7	0	27	27	196.7	162	82	214	12	40%	.292	7.4	3.8	0.5	9.8	1.24	2.88	26.8	2.9
1992	TOR	MLB	4	3	0	8	7	53.0	39	29	47	3	31%	.255	6.6	4.9	0.5	8.0	1.28	2.55	10.7	1.2
1993	KCA	MLB	11	14	0	34	34	254.0	205	114	191	20	38%	.255	7.3	4.0	0.7	6.8	1.26	3.33	28.2	2.9
1994	KCA	MLB	16	5	0	23	23	171.7	130	54	132	15	38%	.239	6.8	2.8	0.8	6.9	1.07	2.94	22.9	2.2
1995	TOR	MLB	9	6	0	17	17	130.3	113	41	102	12	37%	.268	7.8	2.8	0.8	7.0	1.18	3.38	17.4	1.7
1995	NYA	MLB	9	2	0	13	13	99.0	82	47	89	12	40%	.261	7.5	4.3	1.1	8.1	1.30	3.82	15.2	1.5
1996	NRW	AA	0	0	0	2	2	10.0	9	1	13	1	0%	.000	8.1	0.9	0.9	11.7	1.00	0.90	0.0	0.0
1996	NYA	MLB	7	2	0	11	11	72.0	50	34	71	3	34%	.254	6.2	4.2	0.4	8.9	1.17	2.88	22.7	2.2
1997	NYA	MLB	12	6	0	29	29	195.0	155	86	222	17	43%	.290	7.2	4.0	0.8	10.2	1.24	2.82	44.9	4.3
1998	NYA	MLB	20	7	0	31	31	207.7	186	59	209	20	41%	.295	8.1	2.6	0.9	9.1	1.18	3.55	47.7	4.8
1999	NYA	MLB	12	9	0	31	31	193.3	164	90	177	21	38%	.271	7.6	4.2	1.0	8.2	1.31	3.44	36.5	3.2
2000	NYA	MLB	4	14	0	30	29	155.0	192	82	120	25	42%	.336	11.1	4.8	1.5	7.0	1.77	6.91	8.2	1.0
2001	SAR	A+	0	0	0	1	1	4.0	2	0	6	0	0%	-.333	4.5	0.0	0.0	13.5	0.50	0.00	0.0	0.0
2001	BOS	MLB	9	7	0	25	25	135.7	148	57	115	17	52%	.316	9.8	3.8	1.1	7.6	1.51	4.31	17.2	1.4
2003	SLU	A+	0	1	0	3	3	12.7	10	3	6	1	0%	.220	7.1	2.1	0.7	4.3	1.02	2.83	0.0	0.0
2003	NYN	MLB	1	3	0	5	4	18.0	20	13	13	4	46%	.291	10.0	6.5	2.0	6.5	1.83	6.50	-0.3	-0.0

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2003-04-23	2003-05-31	15-DL	38	34	Left	Hip	Strain		-
2001-03-21	2001-05-14	15-DL	54	37	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation		-
1997-10-18	1997-10-18	Off	0	0	Right	Shoulder	Surgery	Bone Spur	1997-10-18	-
1997-08-18	1997-09-20	15-DL	33	31	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation	Tendinitis	-	-
1996-05-03	1996-09-02	60-DL	122	111	Right	Shoulder	Surgery	Aneurysm	1996-05-10	-
1987-05-28	1987-08-15		79	72	Right	Fingers	Surgery	Fractured Little Finger	1987-05-28	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2001	BOS	$1,000,000
2000	NYA	$12,000,000

Years	Description	Salary
2 yr	Previous	$13,000,000
2 yr	Total	$13,000,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
14 y 58 d	Steve Fehr

Details
retired 5/03 signed 03 (minor-league contract) 1 year/$0.5M (01)+bonuses to $5M (non-guaranteed) $0.25M if cut bef 4/01, $1M if sent to DL 1 year/$12M (00) 1 year/$8M (99) 3 year/$18M (96-98) ($2M signing bonus 96:$4M, 97:$6M, 98:$6M 3 year/$18M (93-95) $9M signing bonus 93:$2M 1 year/$1.3M (90) in arb (NYM)

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Prospectus Q&A: Pete Palmer	David Laurila	2007-03-11
Grumpy Old Men: JAWS Tackles the Veterans Committee Ballot	Jay Jaffe	2007-02-26
The Week In Quotes: February 5-12	Alex Carnevale	2007-02-12
Future Shock: Texas Rangers Top Ten Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2007-02-08
You Could Look It Up: Why Baseball Is Obligated to Throw the Book at Delmon Young	Steven Goldman	2006-05-01
Transaction Analysis: April 14-17	Christina Kahrl	2006-04-18
2006--Setting the Stage: Pack Your Bag Well	Jay Jaffe	2006-03-30
Transaction Analysis: February 12-19	Christina Kahrl	2006-02-20
JAWS 2006: From the Mailbag	Jay Jaffe	2006-01-30
Prospectus Notebook: Braves, Tigers	Baseball Prospectus	2005-10-21
From The Mailbag: No Power, FRAA, AgeGate, and Ballooning ERAs	Baseball Prospectus	2005-09-26
Transaction Analysis: August 26-31	Christina Kahrl	2005-09-01
Transaction Analysis: June 14-22	Christina Kahrl	2005-06-24
Prospectus Matchups: Balking At Walks	Jim Baker	2005-06-03
Prospectus Q&A: John Schuerholz	Jonah Keri	2005-05-16
Prospectus Triple Play: Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates	Baseball Prospectus	2005-01-18
AL Cy Young Voting: Thoughts on Unanimous Voting	Jim Baker	2004-11-12
Prospectus Matchups: Against the Wall	Jim Baker	2004-10-26
Prospectus Matchups: Dodging Checkmate	Jim Baker	2004-10-15
One Man is an Island: Barry Bonds and His Teammates	Jay Jaffe	2004-10-04
The Claussen Pickle: An Analysis of Traded Yankee Prospects, 1994-2004	Jay Jaffe	2004-07-29
You Could Look It Up: What is a Deadline Trade Worth?, Part 1	Steven Goldman	2004-07-26
Breaking Balls: Perfection	Derek Zumsteg	2004-05-19
Prospectus Triple Play: Florida Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates	Baseball Prospectus	2004-04-12
Trading a Superstar: It's Not as Rare as You Might Think	Mark Armour	2004-01-16
The Class of 2004: Analyzing the Pitchers	Jay Jaffe	2004-01-14
Lies, Damned Lies: Working Late	Nate Silver	2003-10-08
Prospectus Triple Play: Arizona Diamondbacks, Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies	Baseball Prospectus	2003-09-18
Can Of Corn: Elite Pitchers' Minor League Careers	Dayn Perry	2003-07-09
Transaction Analysis: May 27-June 5, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-06-07
Under The Knife: Hump Day Hurts	Will Carroll	2003-05-28
Prospectus Q&A: Roger Angell, Part II	Alex Belth	2003-05-14
Under The Knife: Changing the Game	Will Carroll	2003-05-12
Transaction Analysis: April 21-23, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-04-25
Under The Knife: Enlightenment	Will Carroll	2003-04-25
Under The Knife: Long and Bitter	Will Carroll	2003-04-24
Prospectus Triple Play: New York Mets, Colorado Rockies, Baltimore Orioles	Baseball Prospectus	2003-04-23
Testing the Nexus: Pitcher Age and Workload Effects	Will Carroll	2003-04-16
Testing the Nexus: Pitcher Age and Workload Effects	Lee Sinins	2003-04-16
Box Lunch: The Week in Box Scores, April 7-13	Keith Scherer	2003-04-15
Not-in-Book Players: 37 Guys We Missed	Baseball Prospectus	2003-04-11
Box Lunch: The Week in Box Scores	Keith Scherer	2003-04-10
Under The Knife: The Pitch Count Debate, Continued	Will Carroll	2003-03-21
Transaction Analysis: February 10-18, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-02-21
Transaction Analysis: The Easts	Christina Kahrl	2003-01-25
Doctoring The Numbers: The Five-Man Rotation, Part 3	Rany Jazayerli	2002-08-30
Doctoring The Numbers: Defense in Colorado	Rany Jazayerli	2002-07-16
Prospectus Feature: Aim for the Head: Dropping the Worst Starts	Keith Woolner	2002-05-03
The Daily Prospectus: The Daily Prospectus: Showdown...Sort Of	Joe Sheehan	2002-04-12
Prospectus Feature: The Marlin in Charge: Can We Learn from Torborg's Past?	Joe Sheehan	2002-03-11

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2012-01-09 13:00:00	Were you a little surprised that Kevin Brown got so little support last year on the ballot? I can't imagine a lot of people standing up for him in a veteran's committee meeting in future decades. (Brian from DC)	Brown, David Cone, Dwight Gooden and Orel Hershiser all had disconcertingly short stays on the ballot. I do think all of them will have at least some proponents in a VC-like panel situation, particularly because their postseason accomplishments will get closer looks. Gooden's actually the strongest of those candidates. In fact - holy smokes, I just realized this - he's above the standard at 52.1/38.1/45.1, because he had 16.7 WARP through his first two seasons. (Jay Jaffe's Hall of Fame Special)
2012-01-09 13:00:00	If Morris does get in, should Rick Reuschel hit him with a steel chair during his acceptance speech and steal his plaque? (MrWorkrate from Raleigh, NC)	David Cone and Dwight Gooden have dibs. Reuschel is well below both of them now, actually more in Morris country, JAWSwise (again, because we moved away from an ERA/FIP-based driver). (Jay Jaffe's Hall of Fame Special)
2011-08-04 13:00:00	Has there ever been such a drastic meltdown from such a reliably productive hitter like the one we've seen from Adam Dunn? He just looks completely overmatched. (Lespaul1 from Charlotte)	I'm afraid we're witnessing history when it comes to Dunn. I can't think of a batter who's fallen so far, so fast without going out a window. Watching him in this Yankees-White Sox series, he's defeated the moment he steps into the batter's box. Terrible body language. The appendectomy may have played a part but I think his problems are at least 90 percent mental (not 90% half-mental - that's Emma Span's book, which you should buy). Plenty of pitchers have gone that route, though. David Cone comes to mind. (Jay Jaffe)
2011-06-20 14:00:00	Who's the most surprising player you can create a convincing HoF argument for? Triple-bonus points if his first name's "Tony" and his surname's "Fernandez". (JT from Exhibition Stadium)	Rick Reuschel does unusually well on the JAWS scale. Prior to Bert Blyleven's election, Big Daddy rated as the second-best eligible pitcher despite relatively unassuming raw numbers (214-191, 3.37 ERA, 3 All-Star apperaances, no Cy Young votes. Stayed very useful late into his career. That said, I can make better arguments for guys like Orel Hershiser, David Cone and Dwight Gooden, all of whom fell just short of 200 wins but had Cy Youngs and rings to their credit. I can make a better argument for Kevin Brown, but it's hindered by his being named in the Mitchell Report, not to mention his 2004 postseason shame. (Jay Jaffe)
2011-01-05 13:00:00	Kevin Brown only got about 2% of the vote, and John Olerud got less than 1%. I know neither of them are clear choices...in fact, they're probably not Hall of Famers. But both are close enough that they deserved a few years of discussion, right? (John from Atlanta)	I agree, but the precedent with guys like David Cone, Dwight Gooden, Orel Hershiser and Will Clark going one and done on the ballot certainly suggested this was a possibility. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-03-26 13:00:00	Which baseball annoucers are your favorites? I enjoy the rapport between Hawk Harrelson and Steve Stone quite a bit and the Red Sox guys (Orsillo and Remy) are fun too. (JG Ballard from Vermillion Sands)	Vin Scully is my favorite, hands down. Great bit from the Sons of Steve Garvey site yesterday (http://www.sonsofstevegarvey.com/2010/03/vin-scully-on-bill-veeck-and-colored.html) about Scully telling a story about racism, Bill Veeck, and the flight of major league spring training facilities to Arizona. I'm no Michael Kay fan, but I really like Ken Singleton on the Yankees games, and enjoyed David Cone while he was around. Al Leiter is decent too. I don't mind Krukow and Kuiper for the Giants, even though they're "the enemy" to a Dodger fan. For national games, I'm really eager to hear more of Jon Sciambi on ESPN, because he's a friend of BP and because I like what I've heard. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-12-15 13:00:00	Will, any clue as to what we can expect from Jeremy Bonderman this year? Any comps out there? (don from ann arbor, MI)	Kenny Rogers is the closest comp pitching-wise, tho David Cone is close. I think he'll come back and essentially be a bit behind where he was until mid-season. It might, in the long run, be a good thing since even handled smartly, he has a lot of innings on a young arm. The more I think about Bonderman, they more I really like the Kenny Rogers comp for his career, except maybe longevity. (Will Carroll)
2008-06-24 13:00:00	What's your favorite / most entertaining baseball fight? Pedro vs. Zimmer was interesting, as was Ventura vs. Ryan. But for my money, it doesn't beat Pedro Guerrero throwing a bat at David Cone after getting hit with a curveball! Who fights after getting hit with a curveball?!? And how insane do you have to be to heave your bat at the pitcher!?! (mymrbig from New Orleans)	I was talking to Marc Normandin about the 80s book earlier, and reminiscing about the time that Indians' manager Pat Corrales went after Dave Stewart - and tried to get his with this inept karate kick. (Steven Goldman)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2009-10-16 13:00:00	NLCS Game Two/ALCS Game One	Pedro was always a very creative and intelligent pitcher. It wasn't just the heat. Of course, some creative and intelligent pitchers can't survive the loss of heat -- look at David Cone. It's great that he's been able to adapt despite all the injuries. (Steven Goldman)