ESPN.com – MLB – Recap – Indians at Tigers – 09/03/2002
I focussed mainly on hitting prospects who might impress this September in today’s mlb.com column, but I named some pitchers.
One of them wasn’t Andy Van Hekken, who notably grew up in a town named Holland, albeit in a state called Michigan.
The guy pitched the first debut shutout for the Tigers since Schoolboy Rowe in 1933, but only struck out one. It makes me think his name is a little Blair Witch, if you catch my drift.
Manager Luis Pujols says, “He only knows how to win,” which is code for “I doubt he has the stuff to win in the bigs, but if guts and guile count he has a chance.”
He threw the first debut shutout for the Tigers since Schoolboy Rowe in 1933. He had more than 100 Dutch relatives (Wondering: Do Dutch people always go Dutch?) at Comerica for his debut. By all accounts he has fantastic control.
I’m rooting for him.