Summary
The guy on the mound was a left-hander in an Angels jersey, wearing No. 56. But when he faced him in a recent game, Seattle Mariners second baseman Bret Boone still had to rub his eyes and make sure that was, in fact, Jarrod Washburn making him look foolish.
Once upon a time, Washburn threw almost exclusively fastballs, an interesting case study in mound machismo given that his fastball rarely topped 91 mph. Oh, he could spot it and change speeds, but Washburn mostly bulled his way to 18 wins and a 3.15 ERA in 2002.See the full content of this document
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Change Works for Washburn
Then came two years of injuries and inconsistency, and in the Darwinistic culture of baseball, Washburn grappled with the same proposition dozens of mere mortals face:
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