San D wrote:smoovethug wrote:RynMan wrote:Funny how it is smart because he got a base hit. I'm sure he would have been "stupid" to swing at it if he had got out.
Yeah I was going to say this as well. I remember a couple years back Griffey swung at a pitch when they were trying to intentionally walk him because he was in a slump, I don't think he got a basehit out of it though.
Maybe the announcers and the media may have gotten on him for being "stupid", but they would have been wrong. Anytime a player the caliber of Cabrera has a pitch to hit, he should swing.
Now if it was someone on that team like Borchard or Olivo, it would have then been stupid if he popped up.
I agree with that, but did you see the video? That was hardly right down broadway. It was semi-eephus above the letters and a foot outside the plate.