Anything happen since the last edition of the Useless Information Department? Oh, not much. Only a Cy Young who met his match — exiting the shower! … and one of the great moments ever in Not Base Stealing! … and a catcher who was frozen in his crouch until 1 in the morning!



Whoa. It was another wacky week, all right. So as always, our Useless Info maniacs have it covered.



Marathon Man of the Week



“Let’s play 18!”



Is not a thing said by anybody ever — not unless they’re heading for the golf course, anyway. But some men are born to play 18. Even better, some men are born to catch 18.



And by that, obviously, I mean two things: 18 innings and Erik Kratz.



The Giants’ trusty 38-year-old backup catcher spent 18 innings, 265 pitches and 5 hours, 35 minutes squatting last Friday night. He even drove in the winning run, on a thunderous fielder’s-choice thunker at 12:50 a.m., in the...