When Aaron Nola Was a Rookie

May 7 2025 by The Good Phight

 
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A pitcher from the Bayou State came to town, and stayed for good.

Among all the acronyms deployed by baseball fans (a particularly acronym-loving people, it must be said), there’s one that carries a particular melancholy: TINSTAAPP. There Is No Such Thing As A Pitching Prospect. The latter half of that sounds rather like someone shouting “stop” in some sort of accent—STAPP! I hear it in the voice of a nasally New York gal; you may differ. However you...

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