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by joez
I can't help but to keep harping on Encarnacion. Francona has to bench his ass. Encarnacion has no idea of how to approach an at bat save for hitting home runs. Why the "F" would you be trying to hit a home run when your team is down by three runs in the bottom of the 9th and you are leading off the half inning??? Wouldn't you think that he would be trying to get on base any way he could by walking or just putting the ball in play by cutting down on his swing??? Instead, he goes down swinging on a change up and looked very badly doing so. I swear, from what I"ve seen of Encarnacion so far, I can honestly say that EE has no clue.
Take Ramirez in the next at bat. K-Rod throws a fastball over the outside corner, Ramirez lines a rope down the left field line, JUST foul and what would have been a double. The next pitch is low but Ramirez showed bunt. The next pitch was a fastball over the inner half of the plate and Ramirez lines one down the right field line for a double. Chisenhall pinch hit and was out. Diaz flied out to center. Ramirez stranded at second. What new??
Lindor and Ramirez have put on a hitting clinic so far. You would think that the rest of the team would stand up, take notice, and follow suit.
“Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.”
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