vs. RED SOX, 4/18

[ArtVanDelay]

This is pathetic. Why does each team have separate strike zones?

[scOtt]

Markakis does not catch that.

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I don't know about that. Nick did have a knack for catching balls like that. If he could get to them...

[Hank Scorpio]

Awful lotta pitches for Tillman through 4 2/3 innings. He needs to be better.

[gmelson26]

Ugh... our "ace" is pitching a 3 hit shutout and might not make it 6 at this rate.

[Woody Held]

Actually umpire is switching back and forth according to the batter. He is always on the batters side

Swing hard,just in case you hit something

[eddie83]

That doesn't mean Machado HAD to expand the zone. That's the point. That entire at bat was reactionary. He did exactly what Buchholz wanted him to do. When you do that' date=' you didn't have a good at bat as a hitter.[/quote']

The last pitch had late life. Right near the corner.

[Uli2001]

Well, Buchholz didn't really get him to "roll over" it - that phrase usually refers to when a player is out in front of an off-speed pitch and pulls a weak ground ball. He took the pitch the other way, just didn't square up on it.

Nice catch by Pearce!

That was a slider and Machado grounded weakly. I think maybe you are being too fine with the semantics here...

[MurphDogg]

That doesn't mean Machado HAD to expand the zone. That's the point. That entire at bat was reactionary. He did exactly what Buchholz wanted him to do. When you do that' date=' you didn't have a good at bat as a hitter.[/quote']

Except he took the next two pitches to run the count full. He shouldn't have swung at the 1-1 pitch, but it wasn't a terrible at-bat.

[scOtt]

I don't know about that. Nick did have a knack for catching balls like that. If he could get to them...

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[ArtVanDelay]

Strike this little leprechaun out.

[scOtt]

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Really LIVE version! Nice youboob!

[Emory Eagle]

That doesn't mean Machado HAD to expand the zone. That's the point. That entire at bat was reactionary. He did exactly what Buchholz wanted him to do. When you do that' date=' you didn't have a good at bat as a hitter.[/quote']

First things first - your screenname and avatar are hilarious. Secondly, hitting itself is reactionary - Machado isn't seeing the ball too well, so these things happen, but I don' t think he got himself out there.

[weams]

0-2 Finish HIM.

[Hank Scorpio]

That was a slider and Machado grounded weakly. I think maybe you are being too fine with the semantics here...

Typically when you rollover on one, you pull it.

In fact, that's the definition of rolling over.

[MDK02]

Big K.