Reggie Willits

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You know, I've heard enough already about Ian Kennedy of the Yankees and no-hit wonder Clay Buchholz of the Red Sox. Just remember this: September is a funny time of the year for rookies. Especially rookie pitchers.

Each week in this space we've tried to do the leg work for fantasy owners, both casual and serious, to scope out the stories behind players who you may or may not have ever heard of. Although I had seen in person or...

Reggie Willits belts a majestic fly ball toward the leftfield foul pole in Baltimore's Camden Yards, a typical blast during batting practice, when coaches groove 55-mph meatballs and players jovially pump balls out...

If you saw Roger Clemens pitch against the Orioles on Wednesday, you saw him stink up the joint. He wasn't completely, absolutely, without redemption terrible -- is he ever? -- but he certainly wasn't Clemensesque,...