SEATTLE - It's not often that you see a plate appearance that goes longer than four or five pitches. But to Cleveland Guardians José Ramírez, those are kind of part of the job now. During Cleveland's home game against the Boston Red Sox on April 25, Ramírez faced an old foe for the fourth time in his 12-year career in the Majors: a 10+ pitch at-bat.
With the bases loaded in the second inning, the Dominican was up against Boston's Chase Anderson. In what seemed to be an endless loop of pitches, Ramírez finally connected one of Anderson's throws and sent the ball flying 384 feet away from home plate, completing Ramírez' sixth-career grand slam with the Guardians.
