Chris Sale still can’t get over the homer Jacob deGrom hit off him
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Chris Sale knew before anyone else Jacob deGrom was a special talent. When the two met in college, Sale, a star pitcher for Florida Gulf Coast University, in Fort Myers, and deGrom, a shortstop/pitcher for Stetson, deGrom blasted a home run off Sale.
On Tuesday Sale said this wasn’t just any home run. The Red Sox lefty marveled at what deGrom did back in 2010.
“I was pitching in the conference tournament,’’ Sale told The Post. “Don’t let him lie to you, that ball was crushed. Oh, my god. Crushed. And he did it batting lefty. I did win the game, but that was not the fun part.’’
That win moved Sale to 11-0. The fun part was the long home run to right field hit by deGrom off one of the filthiest pitchers around was deGrom’s only home run at Stetson. In that game deGrom pitched against Sale, and that is when scouts really started to take notice of his pitching ability. The rest is history.