From the beginning of time brothers have battled one another. Cain fought his brother Able. There was a winner and there was a loser. One brother was jealous of the other and decided it was time to kill his brother. There was no time for a future rematch, and the outcome was the first recorded murder.
Baseball has had it's own version of the battle of the brothers. There have been 21 brothers who pitched against each other. The Niekro's (Joe and Phil) did it, the Perry's (Gaylord and Jim) did it and the Benes(Alan and Andy) brothers did it, just to name a few. Last night, the Weaver brothers, Jeff the older and Jered the younger, faced each other and big brother won.
I watched the game last night with Vin Scully as the announcer. He is one of the best voices in baseball and he tells a story when he leads us through a baseball game. He is a fountain of information. He shared that in the 21 starts between brothers, the older brother has won 11 and the younger has one 9. Well the updated stats now are the older brother has a 12 to 9 lead.
Congrats to Jeff, I guess he has bragging rights until they face each other again.
Cain fought another pitching battle last night, Matt Cain that is. He and the 22 year old Derek Holland squared off in a pitching duel. Cain entered with a 9 and 1 record, Holland came in 1 and 4. Both hurlers were outstanding and Holland pitched 7 innings allowing one run and Cain pitched 8 innings of the same. The game went to extras and was decided in the 11th.
Cain shows why he is the dominant pitcher in the NL. He lowered his ERA to 2.28 and is leading candidate for the Cy Young in the NL. Who do you think will win the Cy Young's this year? I will go with, Halladay and Cain.
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