Just throw a fastball down the middle and he’s going to take it,” Casali says now, looking back at one of the most memorable pitch sequences of his career. “When he didn’t swing and didn’t foul it off, it was because he was doing an auto take.”On the next pitch, starting Giants catcher Buster Posey made a gutsy decision, signaling Romo to throw a fastball right down the middle—gutsy because Romo’s fastball was below average by Major League standards, and Cabrera is a future Hall of Fame hitter.
And yet, in the biggest moment of his career, Cabrera was caught off guard. He watched the perfect pitch go by without offering a swing, and the Giants mobbed Romo on the field in celebration of the team’s second championship in three seasons.“Are.
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