Official Site of the Indians · Oct 9, 2016
Buchholz-Tomlin friendship goes way back
Game 3 starters Josh Tomlin and Clay Buchholz talk about their time in college as teammates and what it will be like to face each other"Yeah, shortstop," Tomlin said with a chuckle.
Game Date Time Matchup TV/HighlightsEven as Buchholz stared at a must-win game ahead, he had to smile about it Saturday.
"This is a pretty cool story," Buchholz said.
Before they were postseason opponents, Buchholz and Tomlin were teammates at Angelina, a junior college of about 5,000 in Lufkin, Texas. Its list of famous students includes them, fellow pitcher Andrew Cashner and Mark Calaway, better known as The Undertaker in WWE.
Their old coach is still there.