W_Z wrote:
04 is what i'm talking about. there was something else going on with prior.
Maybe so.
Its just people often say he was never the same after 03. I think he was all the way back in 06 before the elbow shot
As far as 04, I think it was a combo of him being the robot who always had to be 100% to pitch combined with the 250 innings he threw the year before (previous career high was like 100)
And dont forget, he appeared to be getting it back at the end of 04. His last two starts were 7ip 0ER against the Mets and 9 IP 16K's 1 Run against the Reds
Then 05 he started out dominanting like old. 4-1 with a 2.67 era when he got hit with the line drive.
After that he truly was never the same. He came back and ended up 11-7 with a 370 era but the dominance was gone.
Weird case.
Maybe he'll write a book someday.