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1 minute ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

If you listened to Sutcliffe he said you can't blame a catcher when a pitcher spikes a fastball in that situation because he's looking to frame the low strike.

 I only listen to catchers when it comes to catching. I caught in college and I would have been torn a new asshole for not blocking that, despite being nowhere near the MLB level. You're always looking to frame... However, with a man on 3rd. First priority is that guy not scoring. 

 It's an unforgivable mistake at the MLB level

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Just now, Richie said:

 I only listen to catchers when it comes to catching. I caught in college and I would have been torn a new asshole for not blocking that, despite being nowhere near the MLB level. You're always looking to frame... However, with a man on 3rd. First priority is that guy not scoring. 

 It's an unforgivable mistake at the MLB level

SO not blocking a really bad pitch is unforgivable. OK

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4 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

SO not blocking a really bad pitch is unforgivable. OK

Not even attempting to block a pitch that is easily blockable (with a runner on 3rd) is lazy and unforgivable. Yes

Literally just turn your glove over. That was a routine stop to make. Bounce in front of the plate = Pitcher's fault. Bounce after crossing the plate = catcher's fault. Especially seeing as it was dead center in front of him. That pitch would have been stopped by most JUCO catchers. 

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Except for Engel, all of the Sox batters in the 4th inning took at least 3 pitches before swinging.  Shows how with plate discipline you can both score runs and run up the pitch count.

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1 minute ago, Insp said:

Except for Engel, all of the Sox batters in the 4th inning took at least 3 pitches before swinging. 

This just simply isn't true. lol. I don't know what else to say.

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@Insp

Every single hitter in the 4th swung at one of the first two pitches. 3 of 5 swung at the first. All three of those AB's resulted in hits - two were the HR's by Anderson/Skole.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/playbyplay?gameId=380528105

White Sox 4th inning:

Palka - 1st pitch: Swinging Strike (Curve Ball, 73 MPH)

Skole - 1st pitch: Foul Ball (Fast Ball, 90 MPH)

Anderson - 1st pitch: Foul Ball (Slider, 83 MPH)

Engel - 2nd pitch: Pop out

Tilson - 2nd pitch: Foul Ball (Slider, 81 MPH)

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11 minutes ago, Richie said:

Not even attempting to block a pitch that is easily blockable (with a runner on 3rd) is lazy and unforgivable. Yes

Literally just turn your glove over. That was a routine stop to make. Bounce in front of the plate = Pitcher's fault. Bounce after crossing the plate = catcher's fault. Especially seeing as it was dead center in front of him. That pitch would have been stopped by most JUCO catchers. 

I tend to listen more to a ML pitcher who probably threw to 50 ML catchers in his career than blame a catcher trying to catch ML stuff. Juco players don't catch for ML pitchers.

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