Protecting the Lead

A hard won lead is only meaningful when its protected. In baseball, the pitcher is the first line of defense in suppressing a competitors score, keeping their advances at bay and cementing victory.

The Protectors, brought to you by Miller Lite, is a series of webisodic shorts that examine sports greatest defensive athletes. The series features interviews with writers, coaches and athletes from the spheres of boxing, baseball, hockey, and soccer, and includes stats and footage of sports greatest bulwarks from the start of the game through todays current guardians.

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Sports

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• baseball
• pitcher
• pitch
• hit
• homerun
• miller
• lite
• throw
• beer
• mets
• pirates
• fastball
• curveball
• stadium
• yankees
• manager
• angels
• red
• sox

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