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4-17-09 Orioles at Red Sox

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Exactly my point. I'm not saying it's good. He knows he F'ed up. But the way people pile on him because of a mistake- when realistically he should've gotten out of the inning only allowing 2 runs- is just going overboard.

Exactly. I was watching while I ate dinner, and I'm glad I wasn't reading all the BS here. Guts is responsible for the walk and the dinger. That's because he was sitting forever while we were batting around. It happens. Whether it's "acceptable" or not is a dumb question. It happens when guys sit that long. After that, it was just a lot of weird BS.

Anyway, it is what it is. Despite all that, we're up by 2, which is a good thing.

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Guthrie gets what he deserved. His team gave him a 7 run lead and reacted by walking the first guy he sees on four pitches, and the third guy on five pitches. Talk about a major league choke act. A good pitcher goes out and shuts 'em down the next inning.
I'm sure Jeremy won't be offended when he reads the game thread.

But I will say this: You make your own luck. We've seen it a bazillion times.

That is what got me fired up. Calling a guy out for choking and asserting he's not a good pitcher because he wasn't perfect in that inning. He may not be offended, but I'm sure he'd have a few choice thoughts for the poster.

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Did you watch the at bat where he walked the guy? He was trying to throw strikes on the corners- he just wasn't getting ANY close calls. Then he started aiming and got out of whack for a few batters.

It seems like right now the ball has to be right down the middle to get the call.

Ask yourself what kind of pitcher starts nibbling as soon as he's given a 7 run lead? Guthrie should have gone out and just pounded the strike zone every batter, and instead he did the exact thing the Red Sox were hoping he'd do.

Big innings are made of such.

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