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I even caught a little of their pregame show. DJ informed listeners that Sale was 2-1 against the Tigers this season, with an ERA of only 2.66. Farmer immediately added that Sale was 2-1 against the Tigers this season, with an ERA of 2.66. Stereo!
Sale is as good as Scherzer, but his record going into the game was only 10-12. That’s because Scherzer has some actual hitters on his team, including baseball’s very best slugger, Miguel Cabrera, whereas the Sox rely on the Big Breeze—Adam Dunn—and an aging Paul Konerko.
“For me and the fans, [Cabrera] is one of those guys you wanna see bat,” Farmer responded.
Crazy! One player swings and misses at a pitch that hits him, and later in the game his replacement does the same thing. I can’t recall anything like that ever happening in baseball. In my lifetime. I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t heard it with my own ears.
”I was kind of like ‘thank you,’ the best hitter to ever walk the planet leaving after the first,” Sale said after the game.
