One thing that irritates me about radio sometimes is that people will throw out stats without checking and end up embellishing on the truth. The newspaper reporter in me calls for an incessant pursuit of accuracy (at least that’s what we strive for).

But there I was Tuesday with KFAN’s Paul Allen and Jeff Dubay, throwing out an inaccurate stat about postseason pitchers working on three days rest.

I said that those pitchers are, “something like 5-17,” in recent years. I was trying to remember some information passed on to me by Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune last year, but I was way off.

I’ve spent the year holding Terry Ryan and Torii Hunter accountable for the things they’ve said on KFAN, so I must hold myself accountable for passing along bad information. I apologize for not being prepared to go on the show with the proper information.

I don’t have PA’s style or Puffy’s….whatever. But what I do bring is quality baseball knowledge. That didn’t happen today and I’m kicking myself for it.

My man Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer has the correct information about pitchers going on three days rest in the postseason. Check it out while I try to get it right the next time… 

 

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