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Pretty sure he is merely implying that Kim's mind was one step ahead of theirs and he was able to correctly assess just what their plan was. Even that may or may not be true, sometimes you just get a good swing on it.

Yeah guys, this. There was a conference on the mound and it seemed that Kim correctly assessed what was going to happen next and he made them pay. I always wonder about those mid-at-bat mound conferences... great hitters seem to take advantage, though I don't have anything to back that up.

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Yeah guys, this. There was a conference on the mound and it seemed that Kim correctly assessed what was going to happen next and he made them pay. I always wonder about those mid-at-bat mound conferences... great hitters seem to take advantage, though I don't have anything to back that up.

Kim came through for the team. That's what I like best.

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Yeah guys, this. There was a conference on the mound and it seemed that Kim correctly assessed what was going to happen next and he made them pay. I always wonder about those mid-at-bat mound conferences... great hitters seem to take advantage, though I don't have anything to back that up.

I think the great strategy discussed in those meetings tends toward: "just make your pitch", "let your defense help you", and the good 'ol standby "don't screw up".

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As I have stated before I'd be very surprised if Kim doesn't speak at least functional English. Learning English is pretty important part of a child's education in South Korea.

I have spoken about this with a few Koreans or persons closely related to Koreans. The consensus is that if Kim went to school in Seoul (and Baseball reference says he was born and went to high school there), he certainly understands English, but that he doesn't want to speak English to the media or teammates for fear of being teased about (or possibly misunderstood) due to his accented English. The same is true of Japanese players who went to school in any big city.

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He is the all time leader in saves through one's baseball age 21 season. He broke Terry Forster's record a month or so ago. To break into the top 20 on that list you need eight.

So that automatically makes him good? If I was a Toronto fan I would be about as happy with him as an Oriole fan was with Armando Benitez in big pressure moments!

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So that automatically makes him good? If I was a Toronto fan I would be about as happy with him as an Oriole fan was with Armando Benitez in big pressure moments!

I made no comment on that making him automatically good, but I'd assume he's not bad if he's been trusted with being the closer on a strong contender from almost the moment he came to the majors at 20.

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I made no comment on that making him automatically good, but I'd assume he's not bad if he's been trusted with being the closer on a strong contender from almost the moment he came to the majors at 20.

Or one could assume Toronto has nobody else on their roster right now they believe a better choice to close games. If the Orioles didn't have Britton this season they most likely aren't even in the race for the WC right now!

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Or one could assume Toronto has nobody else on their roster right now they believe a better choice to close games. If the Orioles didn't have Britton this season they most likely aren't even in the race for the WC right now!

Like I said, if a major league team that's been in the postseason in consecutive seasons there's a pretty good chance their 20-21 year old closer is not half bad. But I'm sure you'll continue to argue the point based on one at bat.

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