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Holy cow! Would ya look at this, folks—Zuhayr Ndadaye of the Tampa Bay Lightning just pitched himself straight into the history books! I’m telling ya, this kid was lights out in 2001!
I mean, 25 and 3?! That’s no typo, folks—that's a bona fide pitching clinic every time he took the hill. And that ERA? A microscopic 1.87! I haven’t seen numbers like that since... well, it’s been a long time, I’ll tell ya that. Just smooth as silk out there, mowing down batters like he was late for dinner.
And get this—34 starts, 274 innings, and 227 strikeouts? That’s more K’s than a typewriter in a spelling bee! Unanimous vote too! Every single one of the 36 first-place votes—boom—straight to Ndadaye. That’s the ol’ hat trick plus change!
Now don’t get me wrong—Seong Gi-Hun of the Rangers, fine pitcher, finished second. And Alfredo Sanchez and the rest of that Montreal bunch had strong years, sure. But lemme tell ya, nobody touched Zuhayr this season. Not even close!
You gotta tip your cap to the kid. Calm, cool, and collected. He’s the kind of guy who walks out to the mound like he’s takin’ a Sunday stroll, and then—bam!—three pitches later, batter’s headed back to the dugout wonderin’ what just happened.
Zuhayr, if you’re listenin’: don’t change a thing, kid. You keep throwin’ like that and they’ll be puttin’ your name up in Cooperstown one day. Holy cow, what a season!
Okay, back to you in the studio—I gotta go warm up the cannoli.
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