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Royals pitcher Chris Young’s secret: he pitched ahead in the count

It’s 7:20 on a Saturday morning and I’m still pretty bleary after a Friday night. I feel like I’m coming down with something and I’ve yet to finish rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. What I’m trying to say is I’m pretty sure you could set off an air-raid siren six inches from my right ear and about five minutes later I’d notice.

Nevertheless…

Chris Young pitched 6 1/3 innings Friday while giving up only four hits and one run. If he threw a fastball over 87 mph, I missed it — and so did the Minnesota Twins.