Just watching the replay of that "key" pickoff at first the other night....the key there was Youkilis conciously laying the tag right where the baserunner was trying to reach his arm to the base blocking him totally!!! Great, smart play by Youkilis! Ortiz would not have made that play....with his bad knee I don't think he could have gotten down to make a tag like that....never mind making the necessary stretch at first!
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