Sandwich Awards: Back from a little hiatus

Friday, August 14, 2009 | Print Entry

I don't know about you, but I could use a sandwich. Except I'm not referring to a Corned Beef Special here. I'm referring to something much more appetizing -- the return of the ever-popular Generic Sandwich Awards.

They were on hiatus for a few weeks, because of trade-deadline and vacation factors beyond my control. But they're back. So grab a loaf of bread and check out the most sandwich-worthy feats of the week.

But first, it's time for the …

A.J. Burnett

Burnett

Munchies Of The Week

• A.J. Burnett may not be unhittable, but he's definitely uncatchable. He threw three wild pitches in a game Wednesday, for the fourth time this year. Not only is he the first pitcher in the last 55 seasons to have four games of three or more wild pitches in one season. He has now doubled the previous high for any pitcher in that time. In fact, there have only been two other pitchers who had four 3-WP games over any two-year span -- J.R. Richard in 1978-79 and Jim Maloney in 1964-65. Talk about the call of the wild …

 
 

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