D-backs 2, Nationals 4 - Force not with Shipley

Patrick McDermott-USA TODAY SportsDid you ever hear the tragedy of Braden Shipley the Prospect? I thought not. It's not a story Keith Law would tell you. It's a legend. Braden Shipley was a Prospect of the D-backs, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence pitches to create strikeouts... He had such a knowledge of pitching that he could even keep the ones he cared about from walking. The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful... the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he faced the Nationals, and the Nationals destroyed him. Ironic, he could save others from striking out, but not himself.

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