Something to keep in mind - it’s raining lightly. The infield could be very wet on ground balls.
That pitch wasn't down and in, that pitch was down and up.
In many ways, it is easier to hit a pitcher when he is wild.
I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter; that the only thing I knew about pitching was that it was hard to hit!
Well, David Eckstein, like most of us, has 20 digits. Ten fingers. Ten toes.
I think Tim Wakefield would even say tonight that Tim Wakefield got to Tim Wakefield tonight.