Blue Jays ace Marcus Stroman has proven that even the best control pitchers can miss the mark — or that even a recent graduate of Duke University can use the wrong word in trying to express his feelings.
Stroman should have pulled out a thesaurus when he tweeted about his lack of “respect” for Rougned Odor not long after the Rangers second baseman delivered the hardest punch baseball has seen in years to the jaw of Jose Bautista on Sunday afternoon.
Stroman could have called Odor an idiot. He could have screamed for justice, stressed that he was furious or even labelled the right hook a cheap shot.