How often does one of the biggest moments in a game come in the top of the first inning?
George Kirby, the Seattle Mariners’ Cy Young candidate/guy in a ‘90s teen drama who struggles to pin the corsage on his date’s prom dress, walked both Jarren Duran and Masataka Yoshida in the first inning. Here’s the thing about George Kirby (besides that he’s an awkward teenager): he doesn’t do that. He made 31 starts last season, and in the majority of those games, he didn’t walk a single batter at all, let alone multiple batters in one inning.