Baseball players have excellent memories.
A home run hit in a middle-of-June game three years ago may be forgotten by fans, but chances are the player who hit it can tell you who served it up. And the guy who threw the pitch can probably recall instantly what went wrong.
Case in point: Royals left-hander Danny Duffy doesn’t hesitate when asked about a wild pitch that allowed a run to score.
“It was 2011 in Detroit,” Duffy said.
That sort of memory also stands out because it came on an intentional walk. But that kind of mistake will never be a problem again.