Boston Red Sox

Watch: Pablo Sandoval swings at pitch above his head

By Nik DeCosta-Klipa @NikDeCostaKlipa

June 29, 2015

1 minute to read

Pablo Sandoval did something Monday against the Toronto Blue Jays no baseball player has done in years.

But it wasn’t something to be proud of.

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According to ESPN Stats & Info, it was the highest pitch any player had put in play in five years.

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As tempting as those post-2012 R.A. Dickey knuckleballs can be, there should be limits to what one will swing at.

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Sandoval has never been known for his plate discipline, even though he’s been improving.

Consider this a minor relapse (one more time in slow motion):

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[fragment number=4]h/t to Blue Jays Plus and Melissa Couto for the Vines.

What if the Red Sox were all homegrown:

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