You know, just a week ago it looked like Greg Holland was going to be part of the solution, rather than part of the problem. He returned from a hip injury — ahem, pardon me; that’s a very convenient hip injury — on the 19th of June. From that day through the 2nd of July, Holland threw 6.2 innings spread over seven games, allowed just four hits, one run (unearned, even), and struck out eight batters. Best of all, he didn’t walk a single hitter over that spread of about two weeks, which, considering what we saw from him the first month and a half of the season, was close to being worth pilgrimages, like one of those pieces of Jesus toast that farmers from Iowa spend their life savings to see.
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