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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Well, no one likes to strike out, and players can get kinda cranky towards the end of a season when they're underperforming. So if you start to think that the other team is trying to strike you out instead of winning the game, I can see getting annoyed.
Not saying they should be annoyed -- I just don't even understand why Deadspin thinks the Sox were doing something wrong. Because batters were swinging at the first pitch? Really?
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It may be the pitcher has money on the line, too. That 200 K number could affect a bonus, or it may just be perceived to give him more negotiating leverage.
The don't-swing-at-the-first-pitch is Red Sox religion, and it's odd to see it broken by more than one player (certainly, not everyone has Wade Bogg's discipline, and they never have). But I'm not sure why they'd care, unless the guy did something like pitched at one of them.
