These came back to back days...Both well over a year old..Always good to see these returns find their way home after being away for so long...
Black Jack McDowell 4/2(INCLUDED TWO OF HIS OWN)
McDowell won 20 games twice along with the Cy in '93. (also won the CWS at Stanford in 87). Looking back at that era, I have even more respect for his talents on the field. His 90-93 was a pretty impressive 4 yr stretch in the AL. HE also wrote this great article in 2004, telling Kevin Brown the best way to have temper-tantrums without hurting yourself...
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jm-rage0909
Wilbur Wood 3/4
The left-handed knuckler. What a workhorse. Won 20 4 times in his career. The last pitcher to win 20 and lose 20 in a year as well. On May 28, 1973, while pitching for the White Sox against the Cleveland Indians, Wood pitched the remainder of a 21-inning carryover game that had been suspended two nights earlier, allowing only two hits in five innings to earn the victory. He then started the regularly scheduled game and pitched a four-hit complete game shutout, earning two wins in the same night. Later that season, on July 20, Wood started both ends of a doubleheader, making him the last pitcher to do so. He lost both of those games. In '72 he threw 376 innings!!! Holy moly.
Thanks for reading
Chris
Black Jack McDowell 4/2(INCLUDED TWO OF HIS OWN)
McDowell won 20 games twice along with the Cy in '93. (also won the CWS at Stanford in 87). Looking back at that era, I have even more respect for his talents on the field. His 90-93 was a pretty impressive 4 yr stretch in the AL. HE also wrote this great article in 2004, telling Kevin Brown the best way to have temper-tantrums without hurting yourself...
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jm-rage0909
Wilbur Wood 3/4
The left-handed knuckler. What a workhorse. Won 20 4 times in his career. The last pitcher to win 20 and lose 20 in a year as well. On May 28, 1973, while pitching for the White Sox against the Cleveland Indians, Wood pitched the remainder of a 21-inning carryover game that had been suspended two nights earlier, allowing only two hits in five innings to earn the victory. He then started the regularly scheduled game and pitched a four-hit complete game shutout, earning two wins in the same night. Later that season, on July 20, Wood started both ends of a doubleheader, making him the last pitcher to do so. He lost both of those games. In '72 he threw 376 innings!!! Holy moly.
Thanks for reading
Chris