First, this is a great blog—really enjoy it. To the game, I’m still annoyed they pulled Stroman in a 0-0 game.... not sure why walking the 8 hitter was necessary—they could have let their No.2 starter go after him and then, with 2 outs, the O’s would still presumably hit for the pitcher... In any event, for a pretty boring game (I was in Citi), we saw some interesting stuff: Almora’s failed suicide attempt; game tying home run that wasn’t (followed by a great at bat by Pillar); McCann swing and losing the bat—it was the longest lost-bat toss I’ve ever seen; Squirrel trying to take second (ridiculous) and just completely stopping, mid-base path; and of course, a walk-off fielder’s choice. Willie Ball lives!
Haha. Curious if Stroman looked pissed on tv and what Keith/Ron/Gary had to say about the move. There was a hard hit single that inning, but he was cruising all game. A bunch of bad looking swings and misses...
Just a friendly heads up, I do not see Degrom in that video you shared of Harvey at Coti yesterday
Agree - thought it was him at first but now thinking it’s Hefner, right? Thanks, and sorry for the error.
Yeah looks like Hefner. No apologies necessary, enjoy the articles!
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First, this is a great blog—really enjoy it. To the game, I’m still annoyed they pulled Stroman in a 0-0 game.... not sure why walking the 8 hitter was necessary—they could have let their No.2 starter go after him and then, with 2 outs, the O’s would still presumably hit for the pitcher... In any event, for a pretty boring game (I was in Citi), we saw some interesting stuff: Almora’s failed suicide attempt; game tying home run that wasn’t (followed by a great at bat by Pillar); McCann swing and losing the bat—it was the longest lost-bat toss I’ve ever seen; Squirrel trying to take second (ridiculous) and just completely stopping, mid-base path; and of course, a walk-off fielder’s choice. Willie Ball lives!
Thanks for the kind words. I like your recap better than ours! 😂
Haha. Curious if Stroman looked pissed on tv and what Keith/Ron/Gary had to say about the move. There was a hard hit single that inning, but he was cruising all game. A bunch of bad looking swings and misses...
He did not look happy.