Comments on: Starting rotation struggles again http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=4266 A CLEVELAND INDIANS BLOG FROM THE ESPN SWEET SPOT NETWORK Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:55:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Edward Ennett http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=4266#comment-2715 Edward Ennett Sun, 03 Jun 2012 04:02:25 +0000 http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=4266#comment-2715 I think what frustrated me more than anything else in the game was the calls from the home plate umpire. The strike zone just seemed to be changing from pitch to pitch. One time it would be a strike, same pitch two balls later is a ball. For someone who live by pitch location and control and not by overpowering stuff, this had to be very frustrating. And ends up with balls being located where they are more easilly hit.

This is where the home plate umpire really can affect the game, as happened in the ALCS a few years ago, when a sinkerballer cannot get the call on low strikes, it causes them to elevate their pitches and they become way more hittable.

The strike zone was horribly inconsistent tonight, even the Fox announcers made some comments about it.

I was surprised that Manny sent Tomlin back out in the 6th inning, I understand he was letting him go for a win, but his pitch count was already pretty high, and Tomlin did just come off the DL. I think it would have been better to bring the relief in the top of the 6th.

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