The O'Leary Review with Brian D. O'Leary

The O'Leary Review with Brian D. O'Leary

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He stood out like a slow curve in a world of fastballs

He stood out like a slow curve in a world of fastballs

Yet, this is not an epistle about baseball

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“He stood out like a slow curve in a world of fastballs,” wrote Ed Robertson.

Spoiler alert, it’s not Zack Greinke, Liván Hernández, Tom “Flash” Gordon, or Bert Blyleven. It’s not the southpaw Barry Zito, either.

Like I said, we’re not talking hardball here today.

Who and what, then, are we discussing?

I shall initiate a character study of this gentleman.

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