“That would be great to come out in the last month and throw really good out of the ‘pen and contribute in the postseason.  But at the same, realistically, I haven’t thrown all year.”

–Joe Blanton

That’s Joe Blanton, in a thunderstorm of confidence, imagining one of the greatest seasonal comebacks in the history of baseball… only to allow himself a swift, miserable descent into cold reality. (more…)