Maxbialystock
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One of the things this series was supposed to help determine was how effective is the Sox bullpen. So far, downright scary.
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Wow. In comes Taylor. Cora is not messing around.
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Whitlock: right pitcher, wrong day.
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Not Barnes. He is vastly overworked. There was a huge outcry on talksox when he pitched Sunday on just 5 days rest. So I'm thinking this time he gets six days, which is this Saturday. Better would be Taylor and Whitlock or just Whitlock and Whitlock.
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So the Sox are up 3-2 with 3 innings to go for the Yankees. No question Houck should come out for the 5th, and I think he will even finish it if his command doesn't disappear again. The question, however, is, who pitches the 6th and 7th innings? Anyone? Anyone?
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I think Montgomery just got his 2d bad call.
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I like that.
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Dinger by Vazquez, who has already earned his pay behind the plate!!!!!!!
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A total of 9 hits in this game, and all are singles.
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This, despite my whining after the 2d inning, is a ball game!!!!!
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Yes, but Montgomery is obviously cheating and needs to be investigated for imparting entirely too much spin to the baseball. If I remember, rule 14b says that experienced hitters with high OPS's are entitled to hit off a T or to have the pitcher throw 85 mph fastballs with no break in them.
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Right now that splitter is every bit as good as Montgomery's changeup.
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I didn't notice, but you are no doubt correct.
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I am pretty much anti-Vazquez, but today once again I give him credit for the job he is doing with Houck.
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I think the split finger, which they will sometimes show in slow motion and before the pitcher releases it, is very close to a fork ball. A sinker is I think gripped differently, but I don't know how--but it does have about the same velocity as a fastball, whereas a splitter is about 4-5 mph slower.
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I have the impression that lefty pitchers do better against the Sox lineup--despite the fact that the Sox routinely use mostly righty bats even against righty pitchers.
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I think both work in the right places.
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Sinker is a fast ball that goes down a little, even if its infinitesimal. Rather than sinker, I think Fat Boy might have been a better term.
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Houck threw all low stuff, well places, and mixed fastball, sinker, and slider to K Judge. Well done. Two splitters to Gallo, and a 3 batter, 11 pitch 3d for Houck! What a turnaround from the 2d inning and against the 2d, 3d, and 4th Yankee batters.
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If Houck can command his slider, fastball, sinker, and splitter, he might be all right.
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Yes and no. The problem is that at some point that pitch is in fact headed for the strike zone. This is especially true of the curve which has a lot of break to it.
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Am I the only one keeping track of what the pitchers are doing? Did no one else notice that that sinker to Bogey was incredibly stupid?
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Bonehead move by Monty and his stupid catcher!!!!! Curve was working great, so they decided to give Bogey a fastball right down the middle. 2-2 !!!!!!!!
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On the other hand, it is destroying Bogie as it did JDM.
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The one downside to Montgomery's great curve is that with men on base a WP can be costly.