Maxbialystock
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All due respect to our ump defenders, but Leon and Farrell are right.
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Thank you Leon for speaking up. That was a great slider by Reed--ball 1.
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This is a big game and time for the real Sox baseball players to show up. Like Reed.
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Scott has nerves of putty. He is not a man for tough times whatever his ERA. He walked Gardner after going ahead 0-2 and none of those 4 balls were even close.
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I told you.
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Just turn the sound off. Mine is.
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I would leave Kelly in. He's actually pitching well, and to me Scott ain't that reliable.
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Finally a darn curve. Why did Leon wait so long?
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Good pitch, but not to this ump.
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Pedey, Devers and HanRam in the 7h, but first Kelly needs to get us there.
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He fouled off a whole bunch
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Ok, that's 1. Plus guys hit the ball hard for a change. I'm feeling a faint pulse, doctor.
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Ok, I'm wrong. Way not to be aggressive, Nunez!
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Yankees love between pitch conferences.
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Nunez fell asleep. He could have scored.
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Last thoughts on Sale. I think he is a great competitor, but I also think he simply does not make in game adjustments--maybe because he can't. I also think that while his pretty good moving the ball from side to side in the zone, he is far less good at going up and down in the zone, especially down. That's why those two sliders were hit hard--they were up (still below the middle, but up).
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While you watch this series and perhaps think about it, ask yourself how well the Guardians would have done in the same 4 games. I would argue they would have taken 3 as well. It's September and right now this team doesn't look like it's ready for October and that's assuming they even get there.
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That pitch count--96 for Sale and 56 by Severino--speaks volumes because it underscores how much Sale has struggled, and that started before the dingers.
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The bad news is Sale can only go 1 more inning. That's also the good news. To me this is a pretty big game because the Sox are inviting the Yankees back into the AL East race. Actually, the Yankees have earned every win in this series. Losing 3 of 4 (and I sure hope I'm wrong about that) to the Yankees also underscores how weak our hitting is, and it also suggests that maybe rotation ain't so hot either. Only Fister pitched well.
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Yes, I did complain about this ump, but the biggest problem is Sale. The Yankee hitters are seeing his pitches entirely too well and in part that's because he has only 2--slider and fastball--and the slider is not a sharp one. Two of the dingers were off his slider.
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Why oh why does Leon keep calling for sliders when he know the Yankees can hit them? Meanwhile changeups, which have worked, are few and far between. This is on Sale, but it is also on Leon, the pitching coach, and the manager because there is no way they haven't all had input on what Sale should do.
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Now a big pitch count because Sale is stuck throwing fastballs, which finally got hammered for dinger #2.
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That 2-2 fastball to sanchez was right in the middle.
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Severino just mowed down our 3,4, and 5 hitters like they weren't there. So far he has thrown 52 pitches in 4 innings, which means he will get to the 8th inning if he keeps this up.
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It could well be that Severino benefitting from the simple fact that for the most part he is hitting corners far more often than Sale.