Beloved hurler CC Sabathia achieved baseball immortality in the Arizona desert last week. When he struck out former teammate John Ryan Murphy swinging on a 1-2 pitch, the veteran southpaw joined the ranks of the vaunted 3,000-strikeout club.
”I didn’t want it to be Murph,” Sabathia said. “Me and him are really close. I’ve known him his whole career and he’s a great guy. I didn’t want it to be (Diamondbacks starter Zack) Greinke and I didn’t want it to be Murph.”
Some players claim that they don’t think about milestones or other individual achievements.