I just got the new Sports Illustrated, and as I was flipping through it, I noticed that Zach was in it twice. First, on page 35 he's on the Hot side of the Who's Hot Who's Not Column. Then on Inside baseball on page 58 there is an entire article on him. Just thought those of you who don't subscribe would find this interesting. If anybody wants to see the article let me know. Congrats Zach and keep up the good work.

From SI

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Notes: The sellout crowd of 38,579 was the third largest since PNC Park opened in 2001. The Pirates are 3-14 there against the Dodgers. ... Duke's 0.87 ERA in July was the lowest among all major league pitchers. .

16,000 tickets sold above the average. Wonder whey they waited to bring him up.

Economics...now he has a whole extra year before the free agency thing kicks in...

But it was still dumb...

Well everyone knows that Mr. Duke is good, not just us HSBBwebbers! . He is so good right now.