Looks like the plan against Yamamoto was to be aggressive early. He definitely countered in that second inning and got hitters more where he wanted them by going strike-to-ball early in counts.
i'll say it... it's stolen fastball valor to group schlittler's cutter in with his four-seam and sinker, a pitch with seven inches of gloveside break is not a fastball
today's newsletter: a consideration of the many wonderful cars in One Battle After Another, in particular Willa's 2005 Yaris, Sensei's T-Bird Super Coupe and Bob's boosted 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
One Battle After Another has been getting a lot of “best movie of the decade” talk, and I’m inclined to agree but I’m curious — what’s the competition?
![a remix of a yoda meme:
after Sending out Treinen 37 times in a row while standing in front of the bullpen at 1:34 am
[picture of Dave Roberts looking dazed and confused]
2:12am... going back for more Treinen
[picture of Dave Roberts walking with a weird facial expression]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:egz5afcri76srzndjucwbaph/bafkreid5nbfkqpaxz6zc2dt2kepflehchfdqq7bozjfvvunvonqhcg3qa4@jpeg)
