I've been thinking of Joey Gathright as a Doug Dascenzo For The New Century, but Geoff Young, author of the Padres blog Ducksnorts and in this case writing for Baseball Digest Daily, paints an even uglier picture.
Enjoy Geoff's post for yourself. All I'll quote here is this:
...what Gathright did in 2008 has been accomplished a mere 15 times since 1901.
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