yankeesince59
"Oh Captain, my Captain".
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Napoli himself was shocked and amazed he got that pitch. Hence the idiot comment afterwards. He figured he would get something nasty and strike out again.
...I've seen a few pitchers shaking off McCann, and it cost them. It was ultimately Tanaka's dicision on which pitch to throw and why he wanted to throw a FB in that situation is beyond me...like you said, he made Napoli look very bad earlier on at least 2 ocassions with the splitter which is the pitch he should have thrown.
...I suppose McCann could have called time out, got an interpreter, and told Tanaka in Japanese, "Throw the fucking splitter or I'll kick your ass".
