Dodgers' Billingsley Focused, Ignores Eexpectations
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Chad Billingsley doesn't talk much about expectations. But the soft-spoken right-hander has faced them since 2008, when he went 16-10 with 201 strikeouts.
Those numbers added up to the expectation that Billingsley would get better.
It hasn't worked out that way. Billingsley went 12-11 in each of the last two seasons, with 179 strikeouts in 2009 and 171 last year. He is seeking better stats in 2011, but that's not an accurate measure of everything he hopes to accomplish.
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