Paige still has her fastball. It’s probably the best it’s ever been, if I’m being honest. But, she’s also a veteran. She was the influencer back in the day before all these copy-cats came along. She walked so others could run.
Frankly, it’s more a sign of respect that we don’t pump out 14 Paige Spiranac stories a day anymore. She’s our ace. We expect to get seven shutout innings out of her every five days.
It’s like when Pedro would strike out 15 batters a night back in the day. At some point, you just start to expect it and become numb to it.
But every once in a while, Pedro would do something insane – like toss Don Zimmer around like a rag-doll. That was worth a story. When the greats do unbelievable things, we write about them, no matter how long they’ve been in the league.