Whoops - an Indians shutout.
Chicago, what happened????
The home plate ump screwed up this game, biased against Lester. I got that feeling early on. He called a high strike for Kluber that was 3-6 inches above the zone early. The Cubs’ hitters then lost confidence in the pitch calling and began swinging at pitches out of the zone. Meanwhile, Lester couldn’t buy a strike. I saw several times where Lester questioned the pitch call. His pitch count increased fast, and the Indians were getting second chances.
I’ve been watching baseball for 35 years and played up through college. I saw very quickly what the ump was doing.
Hitters can’t make an adjustment in game from a strike zone that’s been the same all season long but then is different in the first game of this series.
I speculate that the league wants a 7 game series or the ump just had an attitude and screwed with the game.
Baseball!! Gotta love it!
Big game tonight, let’s play two!
Happy Friday!!
Looks like another cool night by the Lake! Low 60’s and the wind blowing out at 10, last I checked!
Play Ball!