The last time Seattle Mariners rookie Bryce Miller stepped off a major league mound he was closing out an historic debut that cemented his moniker next to the likes of household names like Johnny Cueto and Stephen Strasburg. After a 6.0 IP, 2H, 1ER, 10 SO, 0 BB grand entrance, Miller and his Union Soldier Mustache™ wanted to leave not a single doubt behind that he deserved to have his heaters shown on Pitching Ninja or his name mentioned at the top of the hour on SportsCenter.
But there was doubt. Quite a bit of it.