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...Trachsel--the Chicago right-hander who bravely buzzed a belt-high fastball at McGwire for the record--was enjoying a breakthrough season in his young career. At 14-8, he had rebounded nicely from a disappointing 8-12 record in the 1997 campaign, and his 4.31 ERA in a hitter-friendly, expanded league is better than it looks...
...pause with me for a moment before reducing Trachsel to a trivia answer or enshrining him along with the Fred Merkles and Bill Buckners of baseball lore...
Post-season play--which seems like an afterthought to much of the baseball community--will occur without the services of the reigning home run king, but Trachsel's Cubs are in the thick of the National League Wild Card race...
Unfair though it may be, Zachary's long, successful big-league career boils down to one fat pitch, much the same way Trachsel's threatens...
...Trachsel, like Zachary, has a chance, albeit a slim one, at October glory, something McGwire, for all his individual success, does not. The record's sexiness notwithstanding, every at-bat for every Cubbie still involved in the pennant chase is at least as significant as every...