It's notable that the team stuck with him so long, just kept plugging him in the lineup. They obviously figured he would turn it around. Makes me think it's a well managed team.
No, it was an anniversary date with my wife. It was a tripleheader - Jefferson Starship, Kansas and Deep Purple. Turned out to be a great night of music. These old geezers can still play. Purple's keyboard player, Don Airey, was especially amazing.
As you may know, Who's Next was originally intended to be another of Pete's big concept albums called Lifehouse, but Pete eventually gave up on the concept. I'm a slightly bigger fan of Quadrophenia, but Who's Next is definitely one of the best rock albums made.
Bello's pitching role splits have to be right up there with the craziest splits in history.
Starter 35.2 IP 10.35 ERA 2.22 WHIP 1.057 OPSa
Reliever 44 IP 0.61 ERA .86 WHIP .483 OPSa