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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:26 pm

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http://www.kansascity.com/royals2009/story/1121806.html

by Joe Posnanski for the Kansas City Star

Excellent profile piece on an interesting guy. Greinke, you might recall, was the pitcher who dropped out of the league for a while due to having a bit of an existential crisis.

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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:44 pm

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suckers playground wrote:

Wow - I never knew that Greinke suffered so much like that - great story!

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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:54 pm

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Suckers, thanks for sharing this article. I only knew this guy
by name over the years. Glad he is getting a second chance.

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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:30 pm

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Sox traditionally own him. I expect nothing different tonight.

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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:42 pm

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Greinke is great. :lol:

I love this story:

Zack Greinke story: So, there was this game when Royals relief pitcher Jeremy Affeldt gave up a home run. He was upset in the dugout, of course, and he stormed around, muttering at himself, “Man, that wasn’t even that bad of a pitch.” Of course, all his teammates kept their distance.

All except Zack Greinke.

“That wasn’t even that bad of a pitch,” Affeldt barked at himself again.

“Actually,” Zack said, “it was a pretty bad pitch.”

Affeldt looked up at Greinke. “Thanks, Zack,” Affeldt said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

“No,” Zack said, “really, I went back to the clubhouse and looked at the pitch on video. It was a really bad pitch. Right over the middle of the plate, and you got it up. I mean it was a bad pitch.”

“Thanks, Zack,” Affeldt said again.

“Right down the middle. I could have hit it out,” Greinke said.

Affeldt looked into Greinke’s eager face and just shook his head.

“Thanks, Zack,” he said.

“Yeah,” Greinke said, and he walked back to his seat in the dugout.

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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:00 pm

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suckers playground wrote:

wonder if he was saved by these two:

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