MILWAUKEE —
Before he walked from the mound at Miller Park, the four infielders who had played behind him for the better part of four innings reached in with their gloves one at a time to tap Garrett Richards on the seat of his pants.
Richards’ long road back was complete. It was all he had said he wanted.
But then it wasn’t all he wanted, because that is not how a man throws 207 innings in a season or goes 28-16 over two seasons or posts a 3.15 ERA over five seasons in the American League.