(USA TODAY Sports)
This observation is what had me screaming. The pitch selection was horrible, the guy didn't even offer, didn't even flinch at the breaking balls offered. He couldn't have screamed his intentions any better if he had a sign around his neck that said "looking fastball". And yet, they threw the fastball anyway. Yes, the location sucked. But the catalyst was the pitch selection, which sucked even more.
The Giants aren't doing this kid any favors, which is too bad.
from Yahoo Sports:
Giants rookie reliever Hunter Strickland stays confident amid rough postseason | Big League Stew - Yahoo Sports:
Strickland threw three off-speed pitches to Matt Adams in the eighth inning with the score tied 3-3. Adams didn't raise his bat off his shoulder. Then Strickland came with a fastball — a 97 mph heater he didn't locate like he'd hoped — and Adams crushed it into the right-field stands to give the Cardinals another lead.'via Blog this'
"He didn't even offer at the sliders or anything," Strickland said 18 hours later. "He was waiting on a fastball. He got it. He got the best of it."
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