cuba in the final!
It was painful to watch Ortiz's last at-bat. Mainly because it was a thumbnail sketch of the fatal flaw in the DR's (and also the USA's), game. Endowed with, on-paper, a devastaing offense, and lacking in defense and pitching. The MLB game features the long ball and downplays the other elements of the game. Unable to scratch out runs when it counted and unable to prevent small ball tactics.
Ortiz was in the exact situation that he generally thrives in. Heck, he even got his pitch and was able to get solid wood on it—but he got under it. There's that old adage about baseball being a game of inches. Had Ortiz's bat been up an inch or so, there's no doubt that we'd be talking about the DR's 4-3 victory instead.
Go Korea!
Ortiz was in the exact situation that he generally thrives in. Heck, he even got his pitch and was able to get solid wood on it—but he got under it. There's that old adage about baseball being a game of inches. Had Ortiz's bat been up an inch or so, there's no doubt that we'd be talking about the DR's 4-3 victory instead.
Go Korea!
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