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If you were watching yesterday's (and today's) longest playoff game in MLB history, you had to notice 100-MPH fire-baller
Hunter Strickland—who closed out the six hour and twenty-three minute game. The San Francisco Giant was
originally property of your Boston Red Sox—and is a case study in being patient with talented prospects. Strickland was picked by Boston in the 18th round of the 2007 draft. Two years later, he was "packaged" with
Argenis Diaz and sent to Pittsburgh for
another participant in yesterday's game—
Adam LaRoche. As you may recall, LaRoche's time in
Carmine Hose was exactly
six games. The first baseman was quickly dealt to the Atlanta Braves for
Casey Kotchman. So, basically, we traded an now-emerging closer for Kotchman.
Not a good choice.
