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An unusual sequence in yesterday's Yankees game. It's the last time they meet this season, and the series was tied 6-6. The game winner will hold any possible playoff tiebreakers between the two teams.
With the Yankees up 7-1 in the 7th, Jazz Chisum is on first, and Boston didn't hold him on, so he stole second. The Boston announcers call it a bush-league play and complain that he doesn't know how to play the game. Jazz takes off and steals third on the very next pitch. One Boston announcer is apoplectic and saying the Sawx should bean Austin Wells to make up for Jazz's play. -Boston's pitcher grooves a fastball, and Austin hits a home run. Boston's announcers are not happy, as the next Yankee also hits a home run. The wheels fall off, and the Yankees go on to win 16-1, and the Sox announcers insist Jazz doesn't understand how to play the game. Jazz, uncharacteristically, had nothing to say after the game, but calling for a player to hurt another shouldn't go unpunished. When your team loses the biggest game of the season by 15 runs, blaming an opponent seems pretty weak. The Yankees widened the gap between the teams by winning three of the four games.

This year's schedule is just plain strange. The Yankees had eight days off in August, including two in the middle of a home stand, but had to fly to California and play today without a travel day.
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A 7-1 lead is not enough to apply the blowout rules, especially now that a blowout where you can use a position player to pitch has been codified by MLB.

As far as calling for a beanball- that is never the call of anyone but the guy who is going to get knocked onto the back of his head if the batter charges the mound, which is the pitcher. They don't do that much for things like that anymore anyway. That's mostly reserved as retaliation for hit batsmen, dangerous slides and similar things that can cause injury.
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Agree. Just a day or so ago a team lost with a 6 run lead in the 9th inning. I absolutely want my team trying to add runs when up by 6. It’s a Neanderthal radio announcer commenting. Just ignore him.