Orlando, again
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Runner on 1B, 0 out, here comes the mighty Paulo Orlando again. Marco goes to 2-1 and then throws the blue pitch above, a fastball at the SHINS and way inside, ball three except ...
... Orlando absolutely blasts it down the LF line for a double. Like we tolja, it has only been three or four times that Dr. D has ever seen this, every single hitter going wild on a pitcher who's throwing well. Norm Charlton was tipping off his pitches for a couple of weeks in 1995 and it looked about like Monday's game -- not as bad.
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OK, runners on 2nd and 3rd, nobody out, Cam Gallagher strikes out, K.
Servais comes out and mercifully removes Gonzales from the game.
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You want to take a Mike Leake 7 IP 2 ER game, and cut out the graphics, and tell me whether the pitches are any better than the above? Well, we started the series off with "Marco Threw Well" and we confess that's a bit of clickbait. With the ball-strike ratio, falling behind more than he should ... he wasn't missing by much, but he was indeed behind. What we should say is that he threw the ball perfectly decent, as well as a Mark Buehrle type will throw when on his B game.
So, am interested in your thoughts. Tipped pitches, or the Royals had the signs, or it's just one of those things, or something else?
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Enjoy,
Dr D