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Even though they’re not ballplayers, Paul and Chantal understood the psychological significance of this story. Sutton was saying, Okay, Lasorda, this is my day to pitch and my mound. I’m in control! Don’t you dare screw with that again. And a pitcher who’s got that sort of cojones—giving a batter a free pass to second base just to make a point to his manager—will also have the guts and the grit to figure out how to keep winning ball games. He will make adjustments.
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