This segment started as a look at revisionist stats that jump off the page, but Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo was soooooo bad in his Tuesday start against the Blue Jays that it deserves to be put in here as instant history. Let's take a look at what the emo rock guitar playing Arroyo did in just a single inning of work on June 24th:
1 inning pitched, 11 hits, 10 earned runs, 1 walk, 1 wild pitch, 3 home runs allowed
Talk about a bad day at the office. A historically bad day at the office. His ERA for the season rose over a whole point with that one outing. It was the shortest start of Arroyo's career. For those of you tracking at home, that's an ERA of 90. Not good.
Its a start like that that makes you think "Man, I really think I could have pitched better than that. Sure, I'd give up 7-8 runs, but not 10." Then you start thinking and realize you would give up 50 runs to major league hitters in one inning. Kind of like that commercial where the two guys were arguing over whether or not they could go one round of boxing against Evander Holyfield, and the the guy's head gets uppercutted off. Good stuff.
So yeah, Bronson Arroyo sucks.
June 26, 2008
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Gutie here.
Just wanted to throw it in there that the commercial you reference is one of my all-time favorites. I've thought in the past of what it must be like to box with a pro, and I believe that even against a featherweight I would be out within the first round. Boxer-extraordinaire Spencer Wheeler I'm sure would do better though.
Holler for Party on the Potomac this weekend!
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