I walked into a sports bar the other night just as James Shields had struck out his record-setting, fifteenth batter.
Watching Shields walk off the mound in the ninth, holding back the tears, was a fitting finale to the Tampa Bay Rays season, his final out of the night recorded, confident he had given his all, yet his team behind 1-0. “Big Game” James was nearly unhittable Tuesday night. The only problem, as has happened all too often this season, was that the lineup behind him was equally unable to manufacture a hit.… Read more
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