Nice for Rooker to get his first homer in his childhood favorite's ballpark. I have to say, I am impressed with Rooker's at bats so far. It was always said he strikes out a lot so I expected to see some wild chases. But he takes some really close pitches.
I do, too. Especially because other players with limited potential will often take awful swings-and-misses at the worst possible moments. Wade never does that.
And yet another baserunning blunder by Eddie. I just don't understand why he stopped. I mean, it looked like he was already two thirds of the way to to third. If you're aggressive, be really aggressive and run to the base at full speed...
Totally agree. But speaking of Odo's high fastballs, during his last start I got the impression that he barely threw it. Was that just my imagination or doesn't he throw them that often anymore?
If you just want to get an impression, you can watch this one game between the Orioles and the White Sox in 2015 on YouTube where they played without fans. And where they didn't play crowd noise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r0H6FqW94Q