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Malike Hangout Grand Counsel

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"Should of"? C'mon, man!

Of course it should have. All diving plays should result in an out. They were clearly playing a lefty to pull, and he slashes one down the line, resulting in a long run and a dive. That should be an out 100% of the time.

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This pitcher has allowed ten hits in a game three times. In his career. We are one of those three teams tonight.

Sale wasn't Sale tonight sorry bro that doesn't play. I bet the other 2 times they scored more then 2 runs.

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I agree with you in general, but Chris Sale rarely walks anyone. You can't just wait around for a walk from him, because more than likely it's not going to happen.

He certainly doesn't walk anyone on the first pitch, or a 1-0 pitch. Plus, he thrown a lot of pitches already, and it was pretty obvious he wasn't pitching his best game today, but the Orioles refused to even try to let him beat himself.

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Sale may be very good......but that still doesn't change the fact that our approach in those at bats with the bases loaded was TERRIBLE.

What was wrong with Pearce's approach? He got down 1-2 but fought off a bunch of good pitches and got a fly ball.

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Or maybe...just maybe...their scouting shows something crazy, like that Sale tends to concentrate on getting strike one over with runners on.

These guys are professionals, they might know what they are doing.

Sale already has a high pitch count, at this point I would rather they find a pitch they like then try and work a walk that isn't going to happen.

Totally agree that Sale wouldn't walk either of those free swingers.

But at LEAST try to get yourself into a decent count. That's all. Sale's not one of the best just on stuff alone. He's no dummy. He knows they swing at everything, at all times. Why not make them swing at balls?

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Of course it should have. All diving plays should result in an out. They were clearly playing a lefty to pull, and he slashes one down the line, resulting in a long run and a dive. That should be an out 100% of the time.

Heh, nicely played. But mainly I was questioning the grammar.

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That's a pretty bad outing by Chen. 5 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, only 3 SO and 1 HR.

Cruz catches that and it 6IP 2ER 5 h 2 BB 3 K. Thats a quality start with a 3 ERA and a 1.166 Whip. If that is bad then we are gonna have a ton of bad starts.

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Totally agree that Sale wouldn't walk either of those free swingers.

But at LEAST try to get yourself into a decent count. That's all. Sale's not one of the best just on stuff alone. He's no dummy. He knows they swing at everything, at all times. Why not make them swing at balls?

I was away from the game at the time (thankfully) did they swing at balls or strikes? 0-0 is better then 0-1.

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