While velocity isn’t everything when it comes to being a successful major league starting pitcher, it’s surely a large part of the story. Starting pitchers who have a higher velocity — particularly on their four-seam fastballs — tend to have higher strikeout rates and induce weaker contact from o...
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April 19, 2012
Bartolo Colon gave new meaning to the phrase "pounding the strike zone" in his Wednesday night start agains the Angels. And, no, that isn't a fat joke, as far as you know, but rather a way of pointing out that Colon at one point in the game threw 38 consecutive strikes.
It was a streak that started with his second pitch of the fifth inning and did not end until the...
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April 19, 2012
Bartolo Colon threw 38 consecutive strikes at one point and pitched four-hit ball for eight innings to help the Oakland Athletics beat the cellar-dwelling Los Angeles Angels 6-0 on Wednesday night.
Colon (3-1) struck out five and walked none, helping drop his former team six games behind two-time defending AL champion Texas in the AL West - just 12 games into the season. The 38...
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April 18, 2012
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Daric Barton ended a career-worst homerless drought of 76 games with a solo shot against Dan Haren and Coco Crisp drove in the go-ahead run with an eighth-inning single, triggering a four-run rally that carried the Oakland Athletics to a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night.
The Athletics got a one-out single from Cuban rookie Yoenis Cespedes...
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April 19, 2012
Bartolo Colon threw eight shut-out innings against the Angels tonight. Yes, I know. Bartolo Colon.Atheltics 6, Angels 0  Where do I even begin? Do I begin with Yoenis Cespedes' three-run home run off of Ervin Santana in the first inning? Or shall I fast foward to the bottom of the 8th inning when the Angels finally presented a threat to Colon's merciless outing? As the...
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April 18, 2012
Daric Barton ended a career-worst homerless drought of 76 games with a solo shot against Dan Haren and Coco Crisp drove in the go-ahead run with an eighth-inning single, triggering a four-run rally that carried the Oakland Athletics to a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night.
The Athletics got a one-out single from Cuban rookie Yoenis Cespedes and a two-out bunt...
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April 19, 2012
We already talked about Cliff Lee and Matt Cain’s pitcher’s duel for the ages last night, but that wasn’t even the most remarkable thing that took place last night. Over in Anaheim, Bartolo Colon was doing something that we might not see done again in our lifetime.
In the fifth inning of last night’s game, Colon threw a first pitch ball to Maicer Izturis. He wouldnâ€...
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April 19, 2012
@Oakland Athletics (6-7) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (4-8) Pitching Probables: OAK – Tommy Milone (1-1, 2.57 ERA) LAA – C.J. Wilson (2-0, 1.38 ERA) Game Info: 7:05 PM PT; TV - Fox Sports West & MLB Network; Radio - KLAA 830
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The Angels still haven't won a series yet. And nothing they can do today outside of...
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April 18, 2012
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Oakland Athletics (5-7) @ Los Angeles Angels (4-7)
Probable Pitchers: OAK - Bartolo Colon (2-1, 3.72 ERA) LAA - Ervin Santana (0-2, 7.71 ERA)
Game Info: 7:05 PM PT; TV - FS-W; Radio - KLAA 830 AM
[wayin]979b4727-d881-4150-9117-bab5aaa2a107[wayin]It's no secret that the Angels haven't met anyone's expectations thus far. Whether you are a skeptical fan, optimistic...
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April 17, 2012
@Oakland Athletics (4-7) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (4-6)Probable Pitchers: OAK - Tyson Ross (0-0, -.-- ERA) LAA - Dan Haren (0-1, 6.97 ERA)Game Info: 7:05 PM PT; TV- FS-W; Radio- KLAA 830Â Â
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