He still doesn’t know that the proper play was to run at the guy, not just eat the ball and give up what should have been an easy out. Hopefully someone tells him.
"My reaction is to second base. But now after the play, I think it's better to eat the ball on that play"
- Francisco Alvarez on the wild pitch in the 10th inning
52 years ago today: The most breathtaking sporting event of all time — Secretariat wins the Belmont by 31 lengths.
Let’s pick it up as the breakaway starts…
Gerrit Cole appeared to make the decision to intentionally walk Rafael Devers with the bases empty.
He held the Red Sox hitless through the first 3.1 innings and the only baserunner was a Devers hit-by-pitch in the first inning.
“This young man has had a very trying rookie season, with the litigation, the notoriety, his subsequent deportation to Canada and that country's refusal to accept him. I guess that's more than most 21-year-olds can handle …”
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