The first thing you absolutely need to know is that people who put articles on the internet often write headlines that promise way more than the articles deliver, like “13 Things That Will Kill Your Cat and You Need to Get Rid of Right Now!” which is a cheap trick I’d never use just to get more people to read an article about baseball.
I read this after I watched (some) of the Home Run Derby. I think Mancini's pitcher cracked under the pressure - he got a lot of bad ball that final round.
Good point on the home run derby. When Alcides Escobar played for the Royals, he would pop an occasional home run and would spend the next several games trying to channel his inner A-Rod instead of making contact and hitting line drives. Okay, I loved the inside-the-park job leading off Game 1 in the 2015 World Series, but as a rule an Esky home run was kind of like Ground Hog Day warning - six weeks of bad hitting. Love the glove, though.
I read this after I watched (some) of the Home Run Derby. I think Mancini's pitcher cracked under the pressure - he got a lot of bad ball that final round.
Good point on the home run derby. When Alcides Escobar played for the Royals, he would pop an occasional home run and would spend the next several games trying to channel his inner A-Rod instead of making contact and hitting line drives. Okay, I loved the inside-the-park job leading off Game 1 in the 2015 World Series, but as a rule an Esky home run was kind of like Ground Hog Day warning - six weeks of bad hitting. Love the glove, though.