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30 Apr 2009 |
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Tweet me!At what point do we bring up a pitcher's scoreless streak without jinxing him? Do we keep it to ourselves? Whisper it to the dude sitting next to us? Write a giant cover story about it? That is, if you believe in that sort of thing.
 The same question arose when reading about Kansas City Royals ace Zack Greinke's long string of goose eggs all over the internet this week, just days before he gave up his first earned run in 43 innings on Wednesday. It took only two batters: a double by Marco Scutaro before Vernon Wells singled him home with two outs in the first to produce the first earned run off the righty since last September, a streak that spanned six incredible starts. After his team's 11-3 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays, Greinke is still an impressive 5-0 with a minuscule 0.50 ERA and a big league-leading 44 strikeouts over 36 innings. He also became the first pitcher in the history of the Royals franchise to post a 5-0 record in the month of April, and the first KC player to hit the cover of Sports Illustrated in 20 years. Hardest high five ever. Regardless of what could have been, there really isn't anything to complain about, especially considering a couple of years ago the phenom could barely take the hill without having an anxiety attack. Greinke, in the same light as Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton, has come a long way. Whatever the case may be -- social anxiety disorder, depression, alcoholism and drug addiction -- they are the mental and emotional equivalents of a major surgery. Not everyone makes it back in one piece. It takes time to heal, along with dedication and a strong committment to getting better. Anyway, the same type of questions regarding the almighty "jinx" arose when Florida youngster Patrick Schuster was bombarded by the New York Times, ESPN, and about a bazillion blogs the day before snapping his ridiculous streak of four consecutive no-hitters. Should the media just leave well enough alone and maybe keep the what-if's to themselves? Undoubtedly, these are the same jerks who sit next to a pitcher in the dugout and happen to mention that they "haven't given up a hit and it's already the seventh inning!" Whoops, there goes the no-no. On the flip side, these types of musings don't just spike ratings, they spark conversations. More importantly, they allow us to travel back in the annals of baseball history to the last time a player or team [insert amazing feat here.] All that being said, I'm just as guilty of the aforementioned as the next guy, so it's pretty awesome for the sports world that there's no such thing as a *jinx. *Madden covers excluded, of course. Not sure what the FantasyPros911.com Premium Side offers? No sweat. You can now try the Premium Side for FREE!!! That’s right FantasyPros911.com is giving you a FREE 7-DAY TRIAL to the Premium Content so you can see why many have said it’s their #1 choice for Fantasy Baseball information. Register now and start reading the very best Fantasy Baseball Information on the net. Trackback(0)
Comments (7)
  written by wd, July 22, 2009
Bloggers are often abandoning or completely ignoring e-mail as a tool to deliver their content to their readerswow goldAs an RSS evangelist wow gold
written by patrick dicaprio, May 01, 2009
and reading skills are indeed important! next time put a distinguishing mark like an asterisk next to it.....
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