I don’t care how bad he looks here. He’s still my favorite pitcher of all time. And he can drop in a cutter on the black and make you look like a fool.
Future Hall of Famer and @usabaseball pitching coach @31gregmaddux is on Twitter. And his avatar is simply amazing. twitter.com/MLB/status/312…
— MLB (@MLB) March 14, 2013
You can’t pick your family and no one knows that better than Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford. His sister Amy married Astros starter Gerrit Cole in November 2016, so the two players are brothers-in-law.
The two players have matched up against each other 18 times in the past, as Cole spent his first five seasons in the National League with the Pirates. Cole often won that battle, holding Crawford to four hits — all singles — in 18 plate appearances.
Crawford finally got the better of Cole on Tuesday night, hitting a line drive into the appropriately-named Crawford Boxes at Minute Maid Park for a two-run home run, cutting the Astros’ lead to 5-2.
