Forget Home Runs, Drama in Bronx Built Pitch by Pitch

by Frankie PiliereFiled under: Twins, Yankees, MLB Playoffs, American League Division Series, Scout's Eye ViewIn Advanced Scouting, MLB FanHouse's professional talent evaluator breaks down the playoffs from a scouting perspective.Pitch selection, execution of those pitches, and the situation those pitches are thrown in is never more scrutinized than it is in the playoffs. Time and time again, one pitch in a given situation drastically swung the momentum of the Game 2 between the Yankees and Twins Friday night in the Bronx. The game may have ended with home run heroics, but the tone was set by the pitchers throughout, whether it was in a positive or negative fashion. First, there were the two starters, who in their own ways came up big. Nick Blackburn took a strategy to the mound that has proved again and again to be the most successful against the New York lineup.Forget Home Runs, Drama in Bronx Built Pitch by Pitch originally appeared on Fanhouse MLB Blog on Sat, 10 Oct 200...