Dammit, that's typically how Oswalt gets in trouble. Oswalt never backs down, always pitching aggressively in the strike zone
Cody Ross may end up being the most important acquisition this season, even more then Oz, and it cost the Giants NOTHING.
Yup, we were talking about that earlier. Their GM really did a tremendous job of finding pieces here and there without sacrificing much at all. Posey delivering as a rook like many knew he could do was obviously huge as well. IIRC, it was just last season that the Giants had an anemic Astros-like offense.
And I think it's actually fair to say that Ross has surpassed beast mode given the stage and the pitchers he's faced. He's entered the Scola zone.
That is how I always felt about him when he was pitching for the Astros. He would continually challenge Pujols time after time.
I actually vaguely remember that. I think he saves one or two of those for late in games but I've seen him throw one earlier at times, too.