Mike Hampton made it really awfully close this time to making it all the way through a rehab start. He’s totally trying! Did you see the effort he put into 71 really super tough pitches before feeling more “discomfort” in his owie left pectoral muscle? He’s on the perfect team because he’s so totally super brave about this!

Except, you know, this extends his streak of 32 straight months without throwing a major league pitch while he collects $15 million this year. Also, that 71st pitch was thrown in the fourth inning, which means he couldn’t even beat Triple-A hitters when he was able to throw. Other than that, though, kudos!

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