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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Huh?
Upton's blast was an inside changeup at his eyes. Uggla's was 99 and center-cut.
They weren't diving out there at all - Herrera was making it easy for them.
Watching that swing from Uggla makes me wonder if Alnorth wasn't right, though. Uggla was absolutely sitting dead red there. I don't really think Upton was (afterall, a righty hitting a hung changeup from another righty is about the easiest thing in the world). Heyward...I dunno - he looked like he was just doing what you were supposed to do against a power pitcher - sit fastball and adjust breaking ball. Heywards shown a slider-speed bat all year and he just happened to use Herrera's velocity against him.
I don't see that the Braves batters did anything 'wrong'.
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They weren't. They knew what was coming and swung for the fences. They were hacking without a care in the world, knowing Herrera wasn't going to throw inside. The fact in this game was that the Braves wanted to hit home runs to win the game... and the Royals were trying to hit singles all game.