It was all in the pursuit of greatness.
Quinn Mathews wasn’t worried about what armchair pitching coaches might think when he took the ball for Stanford in the ninth inning against the University of Texas in the second of a three-game NCAA Super Regional series last Sunday.
He recorded the final three outs, secured Stanford’s 8-3 win over the Longhorns and then did his best to ignore the rest: baseball pundits exploding in confusion after a college senior threw 156 pitches in a complete game effort.
