When did his hair go from blonde to greasy dark?
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I donât think heâs not all there. I think he obsesses over shit, but who wouldnât at the highest level of a sport.
It will be white or gone by the time he leaves the Bronx.
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I donât mean not all there. Maybe fragile is a better word.
I could see that a little bit. But he also just may have a huge ego and struggle with the idea that making the perfect pitch doesnât always mean it doesnât get hit.
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Outside his exit from Houston which was crap. I see a little bit in him from people I know , thatâs probably why Iâm âdefendingâ him.
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Seems like a guy with a 300m arm but doesnât want to have it, other than to please his dad.
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Sorry to sidetrack. Speaking of pleasing people. While Dusty ainât perfect, damn his guys seem to love playing for him.
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It appears he does understand that good hitters hit good pitches.
From The Athletic and the video posted above at the very end
Hereâs what Cole said when asked what makes the Astros such a difficult team to face:
âTheir ability to hit good pitches,â Cole said. â(Saturday), we made two and a half mistakes. The changeup to (Alex) Bregman he hit for a double in the sixth was supposed to be a ball. It was just kind of a show-me pitch to get back to something else. McCormickâs leaked a little bit more over the plate than we wanted to. He still looked like he was going to put a good swing on it regardless. I would have liked the curveball to (Kyle) Tucker to be a little more competitive. Yuli (Gurriel) always lifts the ball and isnât going to put the ball on the ground. Bregman had a fantastic night and hit a 100 mph fastball that split the corner for a base hit. He took a slider three or four inches underneath the zone and lofted it to left field to give himself a good chance to get a hit. (Jeremy) Peña was able to move the runner from second base to third base on a slider that was outside of the strike zone.
âI threw pitches on the edge all night and they put really good convicted swings on pitchersâ pitches and obviously had a little luck go their way, especially to right field with a couple of hits there. Altuve, another example, four inches off the plate looking for an expanded slider, executed the best we can, dumps it into right field for a double. Split the corner to (Trey) Mancini on a 97 mph fastball that he flies out to the warning track. These are good pitches and theyâre putting good swings on them regardless of if theyâre over the plate or not. Top to bottom, thatâs what they did all night.â
Being the absolute baddest alpha male on your block for a long time and then getting it shown to you that you are, in fact, not, can be a very humbling experience. Not everybody deals with it the same.
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Same here.
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Some alphas make excuses like âthey cheatedâ or âthe wind screwed usâ
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Now to see if they actually get this game inâŠ
Rain predicted in NYC for the next four days.
Should be pretty light and intermittent after tonight at least⊠today does look like a wash though. Iâm guessing theyâll call it pretty early, both to give the Yankees a break and to avoid a repeat of the fiasco during the division seriesâŠ
Neutral site is the only solution.
I suggest Arlington.
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Iâm more concerned that theyâll force guys to play on an unsafe field so as not to jeopardize the WS schedule.
There are apparently G4 tickets going for as little as $19.
Mets stadium
I saw $16
Fair weather fans.