Byline: Rick Morris
2009-10-05

The one word that sums up this forthcoming October like no other is "continuity." One factor that I like to examine each year centers around star players making their postseason debuts. Last year, I counted 14 such players (as teams like the Dodgers, Brewers and Devil Rays were taking the stage with some fine young talent) - this year, I count only four, all of whom are pitchers: Rick Porcello, Edwin Jackson, Randy Wolf and JA Happ – and two of them won’t be playing if the Tigers lose the play-in game on Tuesday. And since Wolf is a little long in the tooth for the "young star makes his playoff debut" storyline, that just drives home the reality even more.


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