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impressed by the Rook last night!
After the first batter and a half I thought, "Uh oH this might be a long night if the ump is going to be stingy".  It was kind of like the ump saw those first hald dozen or so On the black strikes and thought, "No way does this kid throw a Maddux fastball, those must just be accidents, BAll1!".  But Fister never even blinked!  That was the most impressive part, he just kept throwing thoseborderline strikes and never cussed the ump or got upset, and eventually he won him over!
Also that Change up is a plus plus pitch right now.  That thing is GOREGOUS.  It moves A TON and so gets swings and misses, but he usually starts it off the plate and moves it one so it gets plenty of called strikes as well!
Another impressive thing about last night was that Doug whipsawed thime with only two pitches.  He threw a couple of Curves early on and they were splashed for line drives, and he simply put it away, never threw another one.  Now THAT is some keen awareness!  It wasn;t even that the pitch was all that bad, it was located and had fine movement, he just recognised that the Angels were on that particular pitch for whatever reason, so he shelfed it, like for the rest of the game!