Starter Ben McDonald on the influence of veteran Rick Sutcliffe in 1992: “Sutt was a blessing for me, he really was because … there was a bunch of young guys in 89, 90 and 91, I’m really talking the pitching staff. So, I didn’t have that veteran guy that could help me along. And Moose (Mussina) was a lot smarter. Moose went to Stanford, I went to LSU. He graduated, I didn’t. But he picked things up a whole lot faster than I did. Moose didn’t need a whole lot of help, he needed a little bit every now and then, but he picked it up pretty quick. It was obvious. It took me a little longer to figure it out. … Sutt really helped me piecemeal a game plan together over time. … It was the first time I had a guy that was 6-foot-7 that fought mechanics like I did from time to time. … I could go visit with him about mechanics and those kinds of things. So, it was nice to have him and he took the pressure off us.”

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