Absolutely embarrassing play by him. Popups are considered K's when calculating FIP because they are outs at the same percentage (very close decimal difference) to K's.Cmon west you gotta have that. Easy out.
Hot bats are an epidemic in D1 college these days. So much so that you're seeing it brought by national outlets.Sosa was very intently shaking and listening to one of their bats on Friday
And it's not even the rule, i.e. there was no intentional interference w the defender and he didn't step on the white bag.This is a big flipping game for both teams and it is most likely to be a razor thin game.
Calls like that make no sense and even if he gets the next batter out have a cumulative effect by rolling the lineup and adding stress pitches to the pitcher at worst.
And Miami gets runs at best.
Wake a pitching factory and their weekend rotation is excellent but I agree overall. We seem to make a lot of defensive swings.Amazing how much feeble contact we manage to get with metal bats.