12 Aug 2010
The White Sox' pitching staffs from 1998 to 2000 were a lot of things, but timid about throwing at hitters wasn't one of them.
Over that three-year period, Jim Parque hit 27 batters, caused one bench-clearing brawl against the Detroit Tigers and even hit Omar Vizquel -- then a Cleveland Indian -- before charging him.
James Baldwin hit 25 batters in that three-year span. Even Jaime Navarro hit 18 in 1998 and '99, but that might have been from a lack of control.
So ...
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BY JOE COWLEY jcowley@suntimes.com
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