KANSAS CITY -- Debbie Skaggs, a high school softball coach going on three decades, could tell her son was eager as soon he took the mound on Tuesday, for his first Major League game in nearly two years. She noted how his right shoulder was flying open, how his delivery was speeding up, how his body wasn't staying over the rubber quite long enough.
Later, Tyler Skaggs confirmed it himself after delivering seven shutout innings in the Angels' 13-0 win over the Royals at Kauffman Stadium.
"Everything just felt really fast in that first at-bat," he said, "and after that it started to slow down.