Lourdes Gurriel’s steal of home might be the best moment of the BlueJays season so far. But more intriguing is what the thinking behind it says about the type of baseball Charlie Montoyo wants his team to play. (ShiDavidi)
Jr., advanced to third on the play, and as Sale zeroed in on McKinney, Rivera told his baserunner to watch for a full windup.That’s what Gurriel did, stunting further and further up the third-base line with the count 1-1 before breaking on Sale’s first move. Stunned, the lefty yanked his pitch to the backstop as the 25-year-old slid into the plate with the sixth straight steal of home in franchise history.
"Adrenaline," Rivera said of what he felt watching it happen. "I said, ‘Oh, he’s going, oh … yes!’ You get a little anxious over there." Throughout the spring, he talked about not being afraid to try different things in an attempt to win ballgames, using any means necessary. Four-man outfields, catcher wristbands with info sheets and match-up based batting orders are a few manifestations of that so far.
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