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SurhoffRules Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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Wind's been blowing out the last few days and that looked carried, just barely cleared the fence. Not that I like warning track action.

I don't care about the HR as much as the quality of that 1-2 pitch. He hung that thing bad...and right after I opened my big fat mouth to say how consistent that pitch was too.

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Yeah' date=' David still looked very good![/quote']

That he did. Really good fastball. And outside of the HR pitch and one other in the last at bat, his slider looked a lot better than last year. That's a quality pitch if he can throw it consistently. Even got a swing and miss with the change. I'm encouraged.

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To bring this thread full circle, the MLB Network broadcast was blacked out here for some reason. The game was not on NESN so I have no idea why it was blacked out. Ended up listening to some of it on Red Sox radio which consisted mostly of a running (and boring) conversation with Jeff Torborg who apparently lives in Sarasota.

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