Adam Wainwright never welcomed being the example for the universal designated hitter advocates, who quickly pointed to the Achilles injury he suffered breaking from the batters' box last April as another reason why pitchers didn't need to hit.
St. Louis Official Site
Adam Wainwright picked up his second win of the season Monday, and by the time the Cardinals wrapped up their 10-3 pummeling of the Phillies, his monster home run in the fourth inning was just another face in the crowd. But that didn’t stop him from reveling.
KMOV
In the course of conversation during Monday night’s game, Randal Grichuk mentioned to a teammate that he had never seen a St. Louis Cardinals pitcher hit a home run. Adam Wainwright may have been listening.
STL Baseball Weekly (Audio)
Until Adam Wainwright gets his pitches sharpened to the point that he can use them to dominate hitters as he did for all those years, he has taken a simpler approach to each of his outings. His fastball may not be dialed in, for now, and his curveball may not have the same bite as it has in the past, but his focus seems to have found the mark.
ESPN
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