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I hope he can't hit cutters, sinkers, and curveballs, cuz that's all he's gonna see until he gets to the later innings. Not sure if Motte will come out of this with his reputation intact, but the starters have a chance:
"Unlike the Rays, who stayed as far from the inner-half of the plate as possible, the Tigers threw inside strike after inside strike to Cruz, the majority of them, as Washington noted, fastballs."
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. . . and FWIW, I liked beaning Fielder in game 1 inning 1. Let's not waste time establishing who has control of the inside of the plate. Our pitchers make their living down and away.