the knocks

Three of the knocks, however, went over the fence, with a two-run blast from Shohei Ohtani in the first inning and a pair of solo homers from Will Smith in the fourth and sixth lifting the team to a 5-2 win at Dodger Stadium.

“I love all that stuff,” the knocks and taps, the banging on walls, the sudden changes of temperature in a room.

The knocks against Snell over the years have revolved around his durability and consistency.

Wrote PFF in its scouring report of Stone: “In his first season playing in a full-time role on a defense that deploys three safety looks as much as any team in the NFL, Stone boasted an 84.9 PFF coverage grade in the regular season that ranked seventh at the position and brought in a position leading seven interceptions. The knocks on Stone will be about his lack of deployment in the box or the slot and his poor run defense and tackling, missing 19% of tackle opportunities this season.’

Not the music, but the knocks and steps and whizzes and shrieks.