Taking a breather from all the rumors and new player discussions, here is some random baseball stuff that's pretty interesting:
Sox infielder Alex Cora had the longest plate appearance that ended in a walk last season. On April 27th, he took a free pass from Cleveland's Paul Byrd after 15 pitches.
There were three plate appearances that lasted 16 pitches last year. All involved the Astros. On July 27th, the Reds' Elizardo Ramirez struck out Astro Craig Biggio. On the game between Houston and the Cubs on June 15th, Fernando Nieve got Ronny Cedeno to fly out. And finally, Mike Lamb flied out against the Rangers pitcher Vicente Padilla on June 30th.
Here is a list of the top pitchers last year in 3 pitch strikeouts:
Johan Santana 56
John Lackey 49
John Smoltz 46
C.C. Sabathia 45
Aaron Harang 42
Jason Giambi 71
Brian Giles 71
Bobby Abreu 70
Nick Johnson 61
Kevin Youkilis 59
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