Right, he was getting ahead on the hitters. And the bases were loaded. If he was walking batters on 4 or 5 pitches then I'd take a few pitches but Ellsbury was probably sitting on a fastball and he got one, but it was in a good location.
September 13, 1996 - David Ortiz was a player to be named later that the Mariners sent to the Twins in order to complete a deal for a player to be named later and Dave Hollins (.260/.358/.420 career hitter).