The truth is stranger than fiction

After reading Dejan's recap of yesterday afternoon's game, it would appear that my little fictional conversation below was much closer to the truth than I realized.

Pujols is now 4 for 6 against Snell, all of those hits being home runs, and that might not be a coincidence. Partly because he owns a 96-mph fastball and 144 strikeouts, Snell's approach is to do anything but tiptoe around the plate. No matter the opponent.

"If you lose your aggressiveness, you might as well call it quits," he said. "I'll never lose that."

Subtext: Pitch around people? Snell doesn't do that.

At least we know he's taking the whole thing in stride and won't be having Pujols-centric dreams for the next year, a la Brad Lidge.