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For a night, Penny is prime currency

By Buster Olney

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Mike Krukow, half of the Giants' broadcast team, said it best about Brad Penny in the seventh or eighth inning of the pitcher's debut with San Francisco on Wednesday night: He was able to do anything he wanted to do with the baseball. Penny had a great breaking ball. He was throwing hard, in the 95-97 mph range, at a time when some talent evaluators believe Penny cannot win with 92-94 mph because his fastball is too straight. He was able to spot the ball. Was it because he was back in the Nati ...

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