08-25-2020, 11:26 PM
I disagree on the Votto call, Cinci. I see it as Votto's wimpy approach screws up again. One of the biggest unwritten rules in baseball . . . too close to take with two strikes. I did not see the next inning so I can't compare the pitch to the Brewers hitter.
This is where I blame Bell. Batters are going to the plate and just "doing their thing" instead of playing within the team's needs. Players don't think of their slumps so much when they lift a deep fly ball when you need one or hit a ground ball to second to advance a runner and they come back to the dugout with high fives instead of "get 'em next time".
The Castellanos/Galvis force out to the plate is on the third base coach. He should have recognized it wasn't going to be caught and sent him sooner.
Then Winker, when the team just needs a base hit, goes full Scott Schebler and tries to hit the five run homer and winds up popping out.
Congrats to Mark Payton for picking up his first MLB hit.
This is where I blame Bell. Batters are going to the plate and just "doing their thing" instead of playing within the team's needs. Players don't think of their slumps so much when they lift a deep fly ball when you need one or hit a ground ball to second to advance a runner and they come back to the dugout with high fives instead of "get 'em next time".
The Castellanos/Galvis force out to the plate is on the third base coach. He should have recognized it wasn't going to be caught and sent him sooner.
Then Winker, when the team just needs a base hit, goes full Scott Schebler and tries to hit the five run homer and winds up popping out.
Congrats to Mark Payton for picking up his first MLB hit.
Only users lose drugs.
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