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OH FOY!
Astros threw 26-32 1st Pitch strikes, yesterday. Listening to advance Scout by Astros last week on radio, he said the Sox like to take a lot of 1st pitches. Teams are aware of this. Might have to be more aggressive in this series.
The 1st pitch looks like when its a 3-0 count and the batter, is just letting the Pitcher throw it in. Bogaerts is ridiculous on this. You keep digging yourself in a hole with Pitchers Counts, will be a problem.
The philosophy of drawing walks, and getting to teams BP, wont work in a short series. Other Manager, will be prepared for this. You have to swing the bats.