ANAHEIM -- A full year after his injury, Garrett Richards still flashes back to the moment his 2014 season ended whenever he covers first base.
"As the play's going on, I just react, but after it's over, I think about it every time," Richards said Thursday. "I'll probably think about that forever. … It kind of seems like yesterday, you know?"
On Aug. 20, 2014, Richards tore the patellar tendon in his left knee trying to get to the bag, a brutal end to a brilliant season. Richards' electric stuff had produced a 13-4 record, 2.