http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/11/brad-penny-to-sign-with-the-tigers/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sun, 19 May 2013 18:11:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/11/brad-penny-to-sign-with-the-tigers/comment-page-1/#comment-103500 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:56:21 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=34627#comment-103500 I can’t explain it. But I’ve always had a soft spot for big chunky pitchers. Penny, Blanton, Moylan, Jenks. I always give them more slack than the guys that stay in shape. I don’t have a clue why that is either. While being relatively thin myself, I don’t understand my own bias in this case. I’ve heard people say Fat pitchers are just better.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/11/brad-penny-to-sign-with-the-tigers/comment-page-1/#comment-103496 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:36:20 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=34627#comment-103496 there goes the AL Central. the others may as well not show up. i remember when the Sox signed him and Smoltz as “low risk high reward” and the EXACT opposite happened.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/11/brad-penny-to-sign-with-the-tigers/comment-page-1/#comment-103470 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:40:33 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=34627#comment-103470 I assume this means, that by the time spring training rolls around, that he’ll be ‘in the best shape of his life?’

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