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Varmint Cong, LOL :- D
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Seriously:
Butler's 2-run shot -- (nominal) 90 fastball, (actual) 87-88 fastball ... no movement ....
Very top of zone, belly-button high, centered or a little towards the inside third
Gordon's long 2-run homer -- (nominal) 90 fastball, (actual) 87-88 fastball ... no movement ....
Absolutely picture-perfect tube job, up in zone but not at top of zone, waist high, bisecting the plate (literally the place where we teed the ball for my son's team when he was 7 years old)
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Notice that Butler and Gordon* are (sort of) the two KC hitters strong enough to hit HR's, and they did so...   A tadbit scary if you have to face lineups with 7 home run hitters :- )
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It's one game.  I'm not saying that proves anything.  But if the question was, were the HR pitches mistakes?  The answer is, OUCHY WOUCHY.