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Oh. Oh. Charlie Morton can't pitch at night. That was the sinking feeling I got shortly after releasing the last piece about Morton's SOMETIMES stellar pitching. I almost wanted to take it back. "Sometimes," actually held true for about two innings, probably as long as the sun was in the sky. Morton got five of his first six outs on strikeouts, and six of his first eight. Those are numbers any pitcher can be proud of. At least he lasted longer than his one-inning 10-run 90.0 ERA start against the Chicago Cubs. But maybe that wasn't really the case, because of where Chicago and Phoenix are longitudinally. Chicago is at the eastern end of its (central) time zone. Go east across Lake Michigan and you're on eastern time. Meaning that it is about as dark at, say, 7:30 p.m. in Chicago as it is ...

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