On Wednesday night, Atlanta Braves left fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. entered the final game of a four-game set against the Miami Marlins on an absolute heater. As the Braves lead off hitter, Acuna Jr., one of the favorites to win the NL's Rookie of the Year Award, homered in five consecutive games, including all three against Miami. He was 8-for-13 so far in the series, with four total homers and nine RBIs.
So how do you stop him? The new school thinking would be “get him out,” which is much harder than it sounds. The old school thinking would be to back him off the plate, something that's gone on in baseball many years. No, you shouldn't go full Roger Clemens and try to murder someone, but sometimes you have to get a guy that's destroying you out of his comfort zone.
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Marlins pitcher Jose Urena went the old-school route, opting to intentionally hit Acuna Jr. in th..
