Rangers lose on arrogance

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silvey77
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In watching the tenth inning of today's Rangers Mariners game, Jake Diekman from the Rangers threw 3 high fastballs at 97 MPH in a row to Lee for the Mariners. Lee missed the first, fouled the second and was right on it. Then at 0-2 he threw the same pitch again and watched it sail 415 feet into the left center field bleachers. I do not think that this was a "mistake" pitch, although it appears as such when you see the homer highlight.
I did not see Diekman shake a sign, so I assign blame to him for not shaking the catcher and the catcher for calling the pitch.

In this case it also could be the Rangers coaching staff as there is a rookie catcher that has never caught Diekman before so that call could have come from the bench.

Supremely ticked that in a division that is going to come down to just a few games to give one away on pride. Swallow it, throw a ball in the dirt, and you last another inning.
No man in the wrong can stand against a man in the right that keeps on a comin'
gigem1223
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There is a thread for this...

And it not arrogance, it's confidence. Diekman should attack a .231 hitter.

If you want to be mad at anything, be mad at the coaching staff for continuing to put Desmond in the middle of the line up.
TayTrox
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I don't think you know what "arrogance" means.
ORAggieFan
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There is a thread for this...

And it not arrogance, it's confidence. Diekman should attack a .231 hitter.

If you want to be mad at anything, be mad at the coaching staff for continuing to put Desmond in the middle of the line up.

He had 12 plate appearances before. Not sure throwing his BA out is a good defense.
CampingAg
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Holy cow. Where to start with this one. One of the dumber posts I've read on this board.
chanceg2784
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Meh, that's baseball. Tip your cap and move on to the next 1/162... We would be just as pissed if he tried to get too cute with an 0-2 count and served up a hanger.
MSFC Aggie
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Give him the heater

wbt5845
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I fully expected him to attack with fire. I think that's the good % play.
Frankie T
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Look guys Jake Diekman throws 2 pitches - a fastball and a slider. So if he's just thrown 2 fastballs then you have to call the slider. Every. Single. Time. You can't mix it up and maybe throw a fastball or maybe throw a slider or else the the batter will know what you are going to throw. And that? Well that's just arrogance.
PatAg
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Meh, that's baseball. Tip your cap and move on to the next 1/162... We would be just as pissed if he tried to get too cute with an 0-2 count and served up a hanger.
stupid no matter what
silvey77
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Same location on all three too. and great pull by MSFC. Blue star for you
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