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Andrew Joseph

Matt Brash got the Red Sox’s Yu Chang to swing at a slider so outside that he started laughing

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It’s no secret what Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Matt Brash can do to opposing hitters. His slider and curveball are some of the more devastating pitches in baseball, and we saw that last week when he got Willi Castro to swing at a pitch between his legs.

But Brash’s humiliation of big-league hitters knows no bounds. And on Monday, it was Red Sox infielder Yu Chang’s turn to look foolish in the batter’s box.

Facing Brash in the seventh inning, Chang swung at a 90 mph slider that was so outside it hardly registered on the pitch-chart graphic. Chang was clearly looking fastball after already seeing a first-pitch slider, but Brash is not the pitcher you want to be caught guessing against.

After the brutal swing, Chang — a .156 hitter this season — collected himself in the box and started laughing. Honestly, there wasn’t much else he could do after a swing like that.

Brash — who also has a fastball around triple digits — continued with the slider against Chang and ultimately got him to ground out for the second out of the inning.

As great as that slider was, fans couldn’t believe that an MLB hitter swung at it.

This was how Twitter reacted

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