Reds July 2025 Thread

[cinci4life]

(9 hours ago)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Because it WAS a strike against Fraley.

Messing up once doesn't mean you should then willfully mess up twice or more.


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Also, nice EDLC!

It was a strike barely. The point is consistency. If you call a pitch that is lower and more in the zone a ball, you can't call a higher one in the same general area a strike.

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(8 hours ago)cinci4life Wrote: It was a strike barely. The point is consistency. If you call a pitch that is lower and more in the zone a ball, you can't call a higher one in the same general area a strike.

It could have been nearly 2" higher and STILL have been a strike.

The point is, there was a bad call and the manager went and got himself thrown out to make a point over that call. The point was already made. Job done.

What possible point at that time could Fraley make by getting thrown out arguing against a correct call?... "Hey, remember how our manager told you to do a better job calling balls and strikes? Well I want to tell you to do a WORSE job at calling balls and strikes by getting myself thrown out arguing against a correct call?"

It would make zero sense.

[cinci4life]

(8 hours ago)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: It could have been nearly 2" higher and STILL have been a strike.

The point is, there was a bad call and the manager went and got himself thrown out to make a point over that call. The point was already made. Job done.

What possible point at that time could Fraley make by getting thrown out arguing against a correct call?... "Hey, remember how our manager told you to do a better job calling balls and strikes? Well I want to tell you to do a WORSE job at calling balls and strikes by getting myself thrown out arguing against a correct call?"

It would make zero sense.

Did you really think Fraley wasn't going to be upset taking a pitch called strike 3 that was in the same general area but a bit higher that was just recently called a ball for TB? Any player in the situation would justifiably be upset.