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Originally Posted by Neags23
Why would you be proud of this? If that were my team, I'd be embarrassed. Somewhere around being up by 20 in the 9th, you can stop swinging for the fences.
I'm not saying the Rangers should have stood there with the bat on their shoulders, because that may be showing up the Orioles more so than swinging. But there's no excuse for hitting a 3-run homer up by 24 runs in the 9th inning.
I'm actually more proud of the Orioles for not plunking the next batter up. I thought for sure that'd be coming.
27-3, and Vazquez hits a 3-run dinger? That's just bush.
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So you're saying the Rangers should have intentionally made outs(?) In this day and age of 200+ million dollar contracts that's a little much to ask. Those guys are getting paid for the numbers they put up, whether the score is 4-3 or 27-3. I actually am a little surprised myself the O's didn't plunk that next batter. But that sort of thing isn't tolerated by the umps or commish's office anymore. So the O's pitchers were also worried about getting fined/suspended. It's all a little sad when you think about just how much money drives the game nowdays.