Wednesday, May 22, 2019

First-time ever

For the first time in the history of Major League Baseball, two guys named Cole (Irvin and Hamels) will face each other as starting pitchers tonight.

How is that even possible? I know Cole isn't exactly the most common name, but I have a feeling there are a bunch of 10-year-old in the Philadelphia area with that name in honor of 2008 World Series MVP.

This will be the first time Hamels has faced the Phillies since being traded to the Texas Rangers in 2015. I desperately wanted the Phils to make a deal to get him back last summer, but the Cubs got him instead. He's 8-3 in parts of two seasons with the Cubs, averaging just under a strikeout per inning. He'd look so good as part of the Phillies rotation. Another missed opportunity.

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