Miguel Cabrera goes off on the umpire, a breakdown

Ow and two foul ball. Third baseman

grabs it, flips it. Umpire calls it.

Next pitch, another little safety swing

smothered by the foot of the third base

coach. Grabbed and discarded.

One and two. He finally doesn't swing.

And then he lays off another one. He's

feeling good about himself now. I'm not

swinging at your junk no more. You're

going to have to bring into the zone and

I'm going to smack it. It's got to be in

the zone now. This one's above the zone.

Did he swing? Yes, says umpire Dan

Sonia. AND HE'S LIKE, "OH,

WHAT?" I LIKED how he was pointing at

him like, "Come on, avenge me. Blue,

you're on my side, right? You got me."

NO. DAMN. COME ON, MAN.

Come on. That's no swing. what are you

doing? And then Dan just kind of I do

you guys remember this? I remember maybe

I never posted it, but I did a breakdown

last year about check swing that Dan

Ionia called all the check swings and I

remember going into the research and I

was trying to find like does he just

call everything a swing? I that's either

a fever dream or I did it. I can't

remember. Anyway, here's the It didn't

look like a swing from the live shot,

but then you get the side view, and

yeah, that surely looks like a swing. It

looks like if he met that ball

perfectly, timed it well, could have

blooped it over the shortstop's head,

maybe. Who knows if the pitch had enough

power. I just love that he pointed to

the umpire like, "Yep, tell him, tell

him." And then, no, he didn't tell him.

It doesn't have that second level of

swing where like the wrist break which

is what they used to call. But I think

even in that minor league system where

it has to go 45° or whatever they use

that they're I I want them to bring. I

want check swings to not be ambiguous

anymore and like the audience will just

know. I think this would be ruled a

swing cuz if he hits the ball that can

get some pop behind it. Next batter

Michael Garcia steps up. is going to

take a ball low and Akunia still John at

the umpire in the dugout and then Miggy

Cavs is going to race down there and I

think he's you know coaches try to take

the heat off the player so hey I don't

want Akuna to get kicked out of this

game so I'll run down there and if

anyone kicked out it's me I'll

antagonize the ump next pitch is low now

he's looking at him he says hey Dan

LET'S [ __ ] GO AND THEN Dan I staring

straight ahead I'm not looking at you I

think he was looking at him earlier and

he peaks you know a guy's yelling at

you. You're going to stare at him. And

that comes up because Mig Cavs is like

trying to get his attention still. Maybe

to get the heat off Akuna. The two-

pitch poured in there for a strike. And

then it cuts back to the dugout. And

they're still yelling at the umpire. And

I'm not positive on this one, but it

looks like he's saying something about

don't stare me down. Don't stare me

down. You stare me down. Huh? Now he's

staring right at him. He's like, "Yeah,

I am staring at you because you're

yelling at me." And it's kind of normal

and human nature to look at someone

who's yelling at you. Back to the game.

the 2-1 fast ball 94 miles per hour in

there. Little conversation with the ump.

Now, I've I've asked players before

like, "Hey, what do you say?" And they

said, usually you'd ask something like,

"Is that the edge?" And that means, you

know, is that as far inside as they can

come with you calling it a strike? And

it looks like maybe it's along those

lines like, "Hey, is that the edge of

the zone?" Yeah, okay, got it. Or is

that low? Is that inside? Two two pitch.

He slows it down to 79 miles per hour.

It was 94 and then that is a change up

at 79 miles per hour. And you can see

how out ahead he is. Look at that. He's

so out ahead. So, he got him fooled, but

he was able to foul it off and stay

alive, which is crucial. So, after the

79 mph, what does he do? Is he going to

speed him back up to 94? No. He goes

with a slider, which is 85 mph. So, he

meets in the middle. And again, it's not

what Garcia is looking for, but he's

able to fight it off. He's offbalance.

He's not timing the off speed. So, what

do we do here? We go back to an 86 mph.

again fouled off. Play made. Grabs it.

Secures it. Now, I would say if I was

the catcher and pitcher, okay, he he

wants the fast ball. He's not changing

his timing to try and hit these other

pitches. He's just fighting them off.

Maybe we stay there. We have one more

ball to work with. We put one even more

out of the zone. If he thinks he can

foul everything off to stay alive, let's

test the limits of his reach and his

balance to foul off an off speed. I

would not go back to the fast ball

because it seems like he's just waiting.

I'm going to foul everything off till I

get that fast. They go back to the fast

ball and it gets absolutely smoked for a

two-run home run to make a 5-2 game, a

five to four game. Venezuela dugout

erupts. They're back in this thing. It's

a one-run ball game. Akuna takes the

opportunity to yell at the umpires some

more. And Cabrera's like, "Hey, hey,

hey, hey, hey. I'm trying to take the

heat off you. Don't put it back on

yourself. Come on. I'm doing it. I'm

talking to him. CELEBRATE WITH YOUR BOY.

HEY. HEY. Come on. We just hit a home

run. Let's go. Jeez. FAMOS.

GREAT AT BAT by Garcia. Great at bat.

Didn't give in. Wasn't going to change

his approach. Trusted his ability to

foul off the breaking pitches and the

and the offspe pitches so he could get

the fast ball. Got the fast ball.

Absolutely handled it and hit a home

run. THESE GUYS LOVE IT. VAMO. OH, LOOK

AT THIS KID. OH, come on. Is that not

just pure joy? You got That's got to

melt your heart just a teeny bit. Okay,

back to it. They're celebrating,

enjoying themselves, still celebrating.

One- runun game. They're going to do it.

They believe. I'm home. And Miguel

Cabrera's like, "I'm on to you, Dan.

You're looking at me. Why you looking at

me? Enjoy the home run. We know you like

baseball, too. Even though you're an

umpire, he's like, "Hey, hey, hey. I'm

not going to look at you anymore. I'm

not going to look at you. And he's like,

"Hey, stop talking to him." I'm talking

to him. Okay, you stop talking to him.

Here's the replay. Fast ball. He doesn't

want it that high. The pitcher batter

does. Garcia's like, "Yeah, thank God.

That's what I was hoping you would bring

to me." Boom. Here it is. Ump cam.

Slow-mo. Woo! Right there. I mean, that

that is about as juicy. I know we're

watching it in slow motion, but still.

You want to watch it in fast motion?

Let's do a little fix the edit. Here it

is. Bam. Hammered. And you know what?

There was a phenomenal play made behind

the wall. These two gloves appear and

the first glove you're like, "Wow, dude.

Are you running and jumping over the

railing? Are you gonna reach that?" And

then last second, Black Glove just

steals it. Makes the grab. Mickey Cabs

celebrates with Garcia. And then in the

bottom of the fifth inning, we get

another check swing. This time, of

course, that's a swing, too. And Mickey

Cab says, "Okay, fair is fair. Fair is

fair. If you're going to call it a

swing, just call it a swing. Just don't

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