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Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II
To be honest, this at-bat doesn't sound that awful. One really bad decision (swinging at the first 3 feet outside pitch), one just missed it (fouled straight back) and one hard to defend swing that's easier to understand with two strikes on him. He did well not to swing at the first, third and fourth pitches, and simply didn't execute on the one good pitch he got all at bat.
I know this probably isn't the case all the time, but I'd have to imagine he has had far worse at bats than this.
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Zimmerman never had to give him that mistake pitch. He makes that pitch the one three feet outside he strikes him out.
The pitcher generally doesn't win the entire at bat by throwing one quality pitch. Zimmerman did. One pitch at the start and he didn't have to come within three feet of the plate again. The fact he did was a mistake on his part, not a great at bat by Upton.