http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/01/06/chris-sales-secret-hbp-tendencies/ Bringing BP-quality analysis to Boston Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/01/06/chris-sales-secret-hbp-tendencies/#comment-10737 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 01:25:19 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=13449#comment-10737 Actually, Vlad would intentionally swing at a pitch that was going to hit him. Once, he pulled a home run down the line on a pitch that would have hit him. When asked after the game why he swung at a pitch that was so far inside that it would have hit him, he answered “because if I didn’t swing at it, it would have hit me!” (Exclamation point added just for fun)

]]> http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/01/06/chris-sales-secret-hbp-tendencies/#comment-10685 Sun, 08 Jan 2017 00:22:45 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=13449#comment-10685 Wow. You strike out and it hurts like hell to boot. It’s like being billed for the bullet used in your own execution.

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