Analyst Mike Krukow, beamed in from the Bay, closed out Sunday’s broadcast with a reminder for all baseball fans who’ve never stepped into the box and tried to hit a spinning rock coming in at 95 MPH with a flimsy stick: “When asked ‘Who’s the toughest pitcher to face?’ Willie Mays responded: ‘The guy I don’t know.’”
Good general wisdom—though it doesn’t always explain the specifics. A day removed from a feel-good win full of runs and loud contact (against Clarke Schmidt and Michael King, two strangers), the San Francisco Giants bats were stymied by a slew of unfamiliar arms—shut-out 6-0 to bookend the opening series against the New York Yankees.