Jonathan Zaslow
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Podcast Appearances
But anything close, Dan.
No, no.
Not with instant replay anymore.
You guys are using hundred- There's no ABS.
But you guys are using hundred-year-old rules.
These guys play usually under, I know the strike zone, and I can get it right, and they will fix it.
with instant replay.
It simply was not a strike.
And you guys are real casual about making it this absolute, David.
This isn't the reason the loss.
This is the reason for the loss.
And no, the game would have continued if that was called correctly.
It was not called correctly.
Guys, this is the hardest thrower in the history of throwing baseballs, okay?
It's easy for you guys to sit here and say how easy it is to swing at that pitch if it's close.
I think it's easy.
This man throws very hard, and he threw a breaking ball 3-2.
Like, I'd say he throws 105, you gotta sit fastball, it's 105.
He throws a breaking ball, it's out of the strike zone.
He shows the plate discipline of not swinging at it, and you punish him for it by all of you saying you gotta swing in that spot, as if he's Carlos Beltran at the end of the Mets series before instant replay.