Daily Closer: Byrd Is the Word

Published: August 7, 2007, 9:15 am

Tags: baseball, cleveland indians, daily closer, paul byrd

Behold the leg kick, the high socks, the windmill windup; all he needed was the little stubby-billed cap to make one think that it was Christy Mathewson out there befuddling the Twins. I've been a fan of the Indians' Paul Byrd ever since that infamous game against the Mariners in April in which Mike Hargrove declared a snow day and robbed him of an abbreviated no-hitter. Well, who's laughing now? Certainly not Hargrove, who spends his afternoons sipping cinnamon lattes with Niles Crane at Cafe Nervosa. On Monday, Byrd Man finally got his shutout -- in more conventional fashion -- as the Indians beat the Twins 4-0 to split their series. Fun fact: Michael Cuddyer, (The Island of) Justin Morneau and Torii Hunter (Nos. 4-6 in the Twins order) were a combined 1-for-10; 3-for-31 for the series. Travis Hafner homered in the seventh for Cleveland. The great Elmer Flick posthumously approves. • The Ballad Of John And Yoko. Barry taking broadsides now, sustaining heavy damage as he

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