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Bedard's 1st Complete Game Is a 2-Hit Gem; O's Ace Strikes Out 15
Eric Bedard, who did not walk a batter in Saturday's 3-0 win over the Rangers, leads the big leagues with 149 strikeouts.
(Jerry Lai - AP)
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Reporters hurled 12 questions at Bedard at his locker, and the interview session lasted 2 minutes 11 seconds. No, the franchise strikeout record didn't really excite him. Yup, he felt great. Well, a perfect game would have been better.
After he defeated Roger Clemens and four-hit the New York Yankees two starts ago, Bedard bolted from the clubhouse before reporters arrived. Trembley threatened punishment if he did it again. Bedard is the rare player who would like zero attention, no matter how great he plays.
"A lot of people misread his aloofness as not caring," Trembley said. "That's the furthest thing from the truth."
Said Gibbons: "I wish I had the mentality he has. Nothing fazes him, good or bad."
Still, the veneer belies an honest desire. Hernandez sensed Bedard had an edge in the ninth inning.
"He looked like, 'This is my game, and I'm going to finish it,' " Hernandez said.
And so Bedard did, tearing through the final three batters as easily as he had the first 24. He slapped his glove with his left hand, shook hands with teammates and walked into the dugout, past a television reporter hoping for a sound bite.
But this was Erik Bedard, so like the Rangers, the reporter came up empty. Bedard had just thrown the finest nine innings of this season, perhaps of his career. The last thing he wanted to do was talk about it.
