Brandon Webb ... Strikes a Chord
As told to Alan Shipnuck
September 24, 2007
IN JULY reigning
National League Cy Young Award winner Brandon Webb, 28, lost three consecutive
decisions to fall to 8--8. His response? Forty-two straight scoreless innings
and six straight wins. With a 16--10 record and a 2.99 ERA through Sunday, the
sinkerballing Webb, a self-described "country boy" from Ashland, Ky.,
is in the hunt for another Cy Young—and had the Diamondbacks leading the NL
West.
On batters'
tendency to foul off the sinker onto their foot or ankle
I don't feel pity. They're trying to kill me out there. When they're down in
the dirt, it's like, Yeeah, got 'em.
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