Montero in to try to close it out
Vazquez with a 2-out flair single
That was rather indifferent of the defense.
Ponche!
That’s a winner!
Ponche!
Ballgame!
Bielak was solid.
Despite spending most of April below .500, this team is 1/3 of the way through the season on a 96 win pace.
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Who wins the 1/3 of a hat? Or is it a 1/3 sized hat?
Great win!
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That’s a visor.
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Jesus Fucking Christ, Jerry Layne is fucking awful.
https://twitter.com/umpstrikezone/status/1663738517942312962/photo/1
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The calls were brutal but Lane getting into Pena’s face was total bush league. And he had a very very short leash ejecting Cintron.
Pena was great - not taking any bait.
Cintron did his job (& Dusty’s job) taking focus off of Pena.
This was after a very inside pitch was called a strike. 2 pitches after Lane called Altuve out on a pitch very outside (marked as pitch #2)
Umpires need to:
- get calls right as often as possible
- be accountable
- stop initiating confrontations and making themselves the forefront of a game.
The best umpires of my generation’s early MLB fandom walked away from confrontation, not towards them, and they certainly did not initiate them.
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“You’d better get going Earl. You’d better get going.”
Salazar has been over matched - a quick, wasted AB until this game & was only mentioned 2x in this thread: a muff and a terrible strike call against him leading off the 7th.
Underlying his 2 K’s, 0 for 3 for the night, he seemed more comfortable at the plate - at least he stayed at the plate longer…
His began to made some noise, barreling FIVE loud FB:
- (93.3 & 92.6) in a 9-pitch AB ending the 2nd
- & (91.6, 91.6, & 92.0) in an 8-pitch AB for the 2nd out in the 4th.
I am pulling for him to make the most of this opportunity.