2016 World Series Game 1 Live Blog

7:59	Dave Cameron: Welcome to the World Series!

7:59	Dave Cameron: This should be a fun series.

7:59	Dave Cameron: Let’s start with a poll.

8:00	Dave Cameron: World Champion? Cubs in 4 (0.9% \| 2 votes) Cubs in 5 (21.2% \| 46 votes) Cubs in 6 (34.2% \| 74 votes) Cubs in 7 (7.8% \| 17 votes) Indians in 4 (0% \| 0 votes) Indians in 5 (3.7% \| 8 votes) Indians in 6 (20.8% \| 45 votes) Indians in 7 (11.1% \| 24 votes) Total Votes: 216

8:01	Bork: I love that they used the Imperial March when the Cubs came in. Because when I think of evil baseball empires, the Cubs are the first team that comes to mind.

8:01	Kevin: When napoli got announced it felt like it was about the 6th time he was in the world series… turns out its only 3 but with 3 different teams so still impressive

8:01	CamdenWarehouse: So this might actually be the first WS game that I’ve watched. It is at least the first one in 15+ years. It might have something to do with growing up in the dark ages of the O’s and not really caring about post season baseball as a kid.

8:02	Paul Swydan: Hi everyone! Be right there.

8:03	Bob: Great, so half of those sweet old people will be profoundly disappointed in the outcome and probably die soon thereafter.

8:03	EccentricChemist: How excited are you to see Kyle Schwarber tonight?

8:03	Dave Cameron: One of the more fun parts of the series.

8:04	Dave Cameron: Jon Lester is “the hottest pitcher in baseball”, because Andrew Miller doesn’t exist, apparently.

8:04	Stuafoo: Is there much of a precedent for Schwarber’s situation? At least with any success?

8:04	Dave Cameron: Nope! That’s why it’s fun.

8:04	5 Run Homer: This is gonna be really really fun. I’m cheering for Chicago, but there is really no losers in this series. Baseball! Love it!

8:05	Ryan: Cubs fan here, was not expecting it but actually got chills watching Schwarber come out during intros

8:05	Paul Swydan: I like how we’re all friendly right now. It’s a nice feeling that I expect will last approximately 5 minutes into the game.

8:06	Bob: Yea I’m a Cubs fan, but Cleveland is a likable team. Gonna be fins as hell.

8:06	EccentricChemist: Expected MVP of the series for both sides and darkhorse sleeper on both sides? I am guessing Miller or Bryant and Kluber or Zobrist.

8:06	Dave Cameron: If Indians win, it’s probably because their offense goes nuts, so I’ll go Lindor or Santana with Cleveland. If the Cubs win, it’s probably going to be a pitcher; I’ll go with Hendricks.

8:07	Paul Swydan: BTW, hi Bork.

8:07	Dude: Which starter gets more K’s? Who lasts longer?

8:07	Dave Cameron: Kluber more Ks, Lester goes deeper, because Andrew Miller isn’t lurking behind him.

8:07	klof: Thoughts on Coghlan getting the start? Didn’t expect that one.

8:07	Dave Cameron: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/chris-coghlan-is-starting-in-the-world-series-and-thats-weird/

8:08	Mark: Will Carson be doing any of these? Is it in his contract that he only gets to talk tangentially about baseball?

8:08	Dave Cameron: Sunday! Eric and Carson are doing game five.

8:08	Eric Y: Andrew Miller gets used just as aggressively down 1 or 2 runs, right?

8:08	Dave Cameron: Yep, score doesn’t really matter.

8:09	Dave Cameron: As long as its close-ish.

8:09	Paul Swydan: I agree that Coghlan starting is super weird.

8:09	Paul Swydan: Though I’m biased in that I don’t like Coghlan since he likes to take the knees out from under Asian ballplayers.

8:10	Paul Swydan: For the record, I say Cubs in 6, but I want it to be Indians in 7.

8:10	Paul Swydan: Not ready to let go of this season!

8:11	Dave Cameron: Also, for those who haven’t live blogged with us before, this is less like a chat than the weekday Q&As we do, so don’t get mad if we don’t publish your question.

8:11	E: Does Bryant normally bat 2nd?

8:11	Dave Cameron: We’ll definitely publish your comments, but this isn’t a strict Q&A.

8:11	Forrest: Joe Buck said something about the dwindling amount of #1 starters in baseball over the years…that doesn’t actually make numeric sense

8:11	Dave Cameron: It’s also just wrong, even the way he defines it.

8:11	Dave Cameron: Baseball is full of dominant starting pitchers right now.

8:12	Paul Swydan: My favorite pages on B-Ref are the Batting Order and Defensive Lineup pages. If you go to the Cubs’ page, you can see that Bryant hit second in the lineup from roughly July on. http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/2016-batting-orders.shtml

8:12	Nate: “Circumstances” strike again!

8:12	Bork: Bryant’s stance hurts my knees.

8:13	Twitter: @FlippedBats: and kluber sitting 95 on the sinker. adrenaline is pumping

8:14	Tim : WHY COGHLAN? WHY? DID JOEY M LIKE MIKE MATHENY GET AT THE LINEUP CARD OR SOMETHING?

8:14	Paul Swydan: Oh man, Bryant was halfway to first.

8:14	Dave Cameron: That’s not a strike.

8:15	JC: Guess that half of the plate is a little larger than most nights.

8:15	Paul Swydan: We don’t have audio on the replay, but it seems as though the ump waited until Bryant started running before he made the call.

8:15	Blat: Late strikeout calls piss me off for some reason

8:15	5 Run Homer: Good framing might be my new favourite thing to watch

8:15	Paul Swydan: Speaking of umpires, we’re going to have a fun piece on the men in blue on Friday from Jon Roegele up at THT.

8:15	Dave Cameron: Not every bad call is good framing.

8:16	Bork: Is Rizzo always eating up half the plate with his body?

8:16	Dave Cameron: Yes.

8:17	twb: there was a good article on here a yearish ago about how rizzo had been hit by several pitches in the strike zone

8:17	John: Pretty clearly outside. Which starter would benefit more from an expanded zone?

8:17	Dave Cameron: Probably Kluber. Lester has better command.

8:17	Paul Swydan: Watching the replay again, I don’t think it was the framing. Perez pulls the ball up, but that doesn’t account for the fact that it was outside.

8:17	Paul Swydan: Just a bad call IMO

8:18	twb: I miss the TBS strike zone on every pitch

8:19	Paul Swydan: Yeah, I am now used to having a live strike zone graphic of some sort. It’s unnerving to not have it on these FOX games.

8:19	JC: We see our first Cleveland steal attempt in the ____ inning.

8:19	Dave Cameron: 1st.

8:19	Paul Swydan: It’s nice that they use it on replays, but…

8:19	Mattingly’s Sideburns: Is this the Cistulli French soccer league chat?

8:19	Paul Swydan: Yes.

8:19	filihok: Ump is miked up, loudly.

8:19	Ryan: 34% call same Cubs Strike Zone @CubsUmp Call hurts #Cubs Strike 3 should be ball 4 Top 1 Kluber vs Bryant 34% call same 0.9in from edge 26 Oct 2016

8:20	Bleh: Any evidence that umps are more or less likely to call a strike when players do that?

8:20	Julio Pepper: Damn Lester looks sharp.

8:20	Paul Swydan: Not that I know of. That’d be hard to account for. Maybe Statcast can do it.

8:20	Dave Cameron: Probably because of Arrieta’s breakout and Hendricks ERA this year, he’s become wildly underrated.

8:21	Austin, Texas: Little known fact: Francona has 2-3 sunflower seeds entering AND exiting his mouth at all times and gum

8:21	Javier: Looks like it’s gonna b a fast, low-scoring game. Thoughts?

8:22	Dave Cameron: I would bet the whole series will be. It’s cold, and these pitchers are all going to be good.

8:22	klof: Lindor going on first pitch?

8:22	Paul Swydan: Alright, here we go stolen base/Taco Bell fans!

8:22	Paul Swydan: I want my free taco.

8:22	Dave Cameron: He’ll go.

8:22	Owen: STEAL. ON. THE. FIRST. PITCH. STEAL. ON. THE. FIRST. PITCH.

8:22	anonymous: The odds of NOT getting a free taco are astronomical

8:23	Mattingly’s Sideburns: TACO TACO TACO

8:23	Stuafoo: Tacos for everyone!

8:23	Abe: I want my taco!!

8:23	filihok: I need free food

8:23	Bork: Canada doesn’t get free tacos 🙁

8:23	Paul Swydan: Get it together, Canada!

8:23	Kevin D: TACO!!!!1

8:23	Classy: Does canada get free poutine?

8:23	Drone Related Injury: one

8:23	Abe: Does Lester have to pay for the tacos?

8:23	Paul Swydan: I clapped the same way Lindor did when he got to second base, what do I win?

8:24	Dock Ellis: How much productivity is lost tomorrow because everyone is having diarrhea from the free taco?

8:24	JC: Would you try and steal third?

8:24	Dave Cameron: No real benefit with two outs.

8:24	Paul Swydan: That only happens the first or second time you eat Taco Bell. After that you develop an immunity.

8:25	JC: But less than two outs you generally would?

8:25	Dave Cameron: Yeah, probably. Getting to third with one out means you can score on an out.

8:25	Paul Swydan: Did everyone see the stat that David Ross is now both the second-oldest (2016) and seventh-oldest (2013) to start a World Series game? (it might have been be on a World Series roster)

8:25	Bork: Would Napoli run on Lester? Because I wanna see Napoli run.

8:26	Paul Swydan: The only real benefit to going now is to get in Lester’s head, and I think he proved he’s beyond that against LA, despite what Smoltz is saying.

8:26	E: Is Swydan an Indians fan?

8:26	Paul Swydan: I’m rooting for them more in this series because A) I love Terry Francona and B) I can’t stand Joe Maddon and his Chris Coghlan-esque decisions.

8:27	Dave Cameron: Well to be fair Tito is starting Chisenhall against an LHP, which is just as bad.

8:27	Paul Swydan: That is fair.

8:27	Crusty Juggler: Dave, has anyone accused you of having a Jon Lester bias because you’re both cancer survivors?

8:28	Dave Cameron: Most people who accuse me of having a bias wish I wasn’t a survivor.

8:28	Joe Buck: How many runs do the Indians need this inning to have Lester pulled before 3 outs

8:28	Dave Cameron: 6

8:28	Paul Swydan: This is definitely not how I saw this first inning going.

8:29	Crusty Juggler: That was a not a fun response to the cancer survivor question. Gosh.

8:29	Paul Swydan: Dave said it with a smile on his face, I assure you.

8:29	Dave Cameron: Well that’s a fun RBI.

8:29	anonymous: BABIP GODS HAVE SPOKEN

8:29

twb: sqib

8:29

Bork: Wow

8:29	Brian: I hate Maddons smug face.

8:29	5 Run Homer: Welp

8:29	Twitter: @FlippedBats: come on

8:30	JC: Curse of the BABIP goat

8:30	smitty: warm up miller

8:30	Neal O: Walks will kill you.

8:30	filihok: Judging by my reaction to that hit, I’m rooting for the Indians

8:30	E: Did the mlb pass a rule that said 75% of players need to have that new Mohawk haircut?

8:31	Dave Cameron: And neck tattoos.

8:31	Paul Swydan: It’s OK to root for Cleveland. If you judge this by the CITY’S sports championships, Cleveland is WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY behind Chicago.

8:31	Dave Cameron: Remember when I said Lester had better command than Kluber?

8:31

Bork: LOL

8:31	PJ: % Guyer gets HBP?

8:31	PJ: I WAS RIGHT!

8:32	PJ: MOST HBPs of ANYBODY ALL SEASON

8:32	Twitter: @FlippedBats: and you thought rizzo stands close to the plate

8:32	Mac: Guyer getting hit is so perfect

8:33	Doug: Let’s say Lester gets out of this, but loads the bases again next inning: do you bring in Chapman?

8:33	Dave Cameron: Chapman is much better with the bases empty.

8:33	Paul Swydan: Lester only hit 6 guys this year, but oddly 2 of them came in his last 3 starts of the regular season. Not predictive or anything, but I do find it interesting.

8:33	Dave Cameron: So no.

8:34	LJS: Grandpa!

8:34	Bork: Ross using that old man dadbod to make the catch

8:34	Dave Cameron: Ross is like three years older than me.

8:34	Paul Swydan: That’s the kind of catch you make when you’re not worried about playing next season.

8:34	Bork: Dave using that old man dadbod to make the chat.

8:35	JC: Old man Dave! Old man Dave!

8:35	Stuafoo: Ross will now be getting a neck tattoo of the protective netting

8:35	Brett Lawrie’s Empty Redbull Can: O/U on Andrew Miller IP in this series? I’d take the over on 14 if we assume 7 games.

8:35	Dave Cameron: I’d probably go under 14. I’d put it at more like 10.

8:36	EccentricChemist: It is Miller time right?

8:36	Dave Cameron: They can’t really afford to be too aggressive with Miller today, given that Kluber is only starter who can go deep.

8:36	Dave Cameron: If you go Miller early today, bullpen could be whipped by game four.

8:37	anonymous: No one has sufficiently explained to me why Rajai Davis is hitting leadoff for a World Series team.

8:37	Dave Cameron: Indians don’t have good RH OFs.

8:37

Paul Swydan: For the record, the Cubs pitchers who inherited the most runners this season were Travis Wood, Justin Grimm and Carl Edwards, so you’d have to think they’d be on the short list to come in if Lester gets in trouble again. Montgomery also, who wouldn’t show up in a list like that since he wasn’t on the team the whole year.

8:38	JC: I’m a little giddy for Schwarber’s AB

8:38	filihok: Schwarber homers here, right?

8:38	Dave Cameron: Here we go.

8:38	Paul Swydan: Also for his career, Rajai Davis is much better against lefties.

8:38	Paul Swydan: Schwarber already looks out of breath.

8:39	Drone Related Injury: He’s the story of the World Series?????

8:39	Dave Cameron: One of them, at least.

8:39	Dave Cameron: This is super interesting!

8:39	Bork: Schwarber better hit a HR cause he aint making it to first.

8:39	Paul Swydan: His back pocket is untucked.

8:39	Tom: Honestly, I saw much more media coverage of Schwarber than Kluber, Lester, Lindor, Arrieta, Rizzo, or anyone else–he really is the biggest story, at least so far.

8:39	anonymous: That swing was… not close.

8:40	twb: I love that Theo sits down in the stands on the road

8:40	Paul Swydan: Me too. Hoyer was right next to him too. And Macleod is often with them as well.

8:40	tz: Schwarber has 5 more plate appearances this year than Raul Mondesi Jr. had before last year’s Series

8:41	Sgt. Pepper: “He was running without any discomfort”, well without anymore discomfort than when he normally runs

8:41	Dave Cameron: That’s only if you ignore the minors.

8:41	Dave Cameron: Mondesi played the whole year, just not in the big leagues.

8:41	5 Run Homer: Aw man

8:41	CamdenWarehouse: He looked kinda bad

8:41	alpha: he didn’t look awful

8:42	Dave Cameron: Come to a consensus, you two!

8:42	Dave Cameron: (I don’t think it’s possible for us to not think a player looks bad while striking out, generally)

8:42	Tyler: He looked average

8:42	Paul Swydan: Swing didn’t look great, but the plate discipline looked OK.

8:42	Dave Cameron: I would bet the exact same swing would have “looked better” if it had made contact.

8:43	Dave Cameron: Our ability to discern good or bad swing is almost entirely determined by the result.

8:43	Paul Swydan: Yeah, definitely.

8:43	tz: Corey Kluber > anonymous pitching machine

8:43	Paul Swydan: Big, if true.

8:44	filihok: Are we worried that his swing’s not there, or that his timing/recognition are off?

8:44	Dave Cameron: The latter

8:44	Paul Swydan: They should make life model decoy pitching machines, like ones that can turn into having Corey Klubers or Roger Clemens or Randy Johnson’s repertoire, just like the training robots in Ultimate Spider-Man.

8:44	Paul Swydan: Sorry, we watch a lot of Ultimate Spider-Man in my house.

8:45	Dave Cameron: That two-seam is nasty.

8:45	5 Run Homer: Baez dude… right there

8:45	Dave Cameron: That was a painted corner.

8:45	alpha: But Joe Buck said it was down the middle

8:45	Dave Cameron: Don’t listen to Joe Buck.

8:46	greg: How does Joe West keep on getting to work the World Series?

8:46	CamdenWarehouse: do I just press a button for another announcer?

8:46	Dave Cameron: Well you can hear his words without giving them credibility

8:46	Johnny Baseball : Canada gets to hear Matt Vasgersian and Buck Martinez

8:47	Paul Swydan: Chris Coghlan hasn’t had a hit in almost a month – Sept. 27.

8:47	I’m here for the gangbang: You can always go SAP and have no idea what they’re talking about

8:47	Harold Reynolds: To be fair, the camera angle is pretty bad

8:47	Sam N: I’d rather have Vasgersian than a taco…

8:47	Paul Swydan: No way, I’ll take the taco.

8:48	Elbo: The Spanish announcers are fun even if you don’t speak Spanish. Great enthusiasm.

8:48	Dave Cameron: That two-seamer.

8:48	Dave Cameron: So nasty.

8:48	Abe: This is delightful.

8:48	5 Run Homer: Kluber is good. Coghlan is not.

8:48	Paul Swydan: Ump rubbed some funk on that strike 3 call.

8:49	Tim : David Ross is gonna be a gym teacher next year.

8:49	Paul Swydan: You say that like it’s a bad thing.

8:49	Dave Cameron: I learned yesterday that Alan Embree is coaching one of the local high school teams here in Bend.

8:49	Paul Swydan: No way!

8:50	Ramalamadingdong: My pants are shrinking.

8:50	Paul Swydan: It’s not your pants.

8:50	JC: Does he coach with a mouthful of chaw like the old days?

8:50	Paul Swydan: That was my first thought as well, JC!

8:50	Dave Cameron: I’ll report back in the spring.

8:50	Dock Ellis: Can I pause this chat like 15 seconds? Streaming on Fox Sports Go and this chat is basically a rolling spoiler alert.

8:50	Paul Swydan: Sorry.

8:51	Barves: Listening to Joe Buck is a Godsend when you’re stuck with Chip Carey and Joe Simpson every day

8:51	Paul Swydan: Perspective.

8:51	Dave Cameron: Spent two nights in Golden, Colorado on my cross country drive. The river there they brag about is really nothing to write home about.

8:51	Dave Cameron: It’s a creek.

8:51	PJ: I’m watching on my television. Thanks to Comcast, I’m about 30 seconds behind, Dock.

8:51	Sumner: same here, Doc. I’ve been looking away from the chat and catching up between hitters.

8:51	I’m here for the gangbang: Yeah I’m on the 15 second delay too and I’m watching on actual TV. It’s brutal.

8:52	Dave Cameron: Sorry all! We’ll try to slow down our reactions a little bit.

8:52	Sean: I really want Chris Archer for some broadcasting

8:52	Sean: Dream team of Archer and Arod

8:52	tz: An animated movie starring John Jaso?? Can’t wait til it comes out!

8:52	Bork: I feel like Chris Archer and Marcus Stroman would be an amazing broadcasting duo.

8:53	Paul Swydan: Ouch. I do want to see that movie though.

8:53	Classy: Biggio coaches high school in houston. My cousin had him.

8:53	Jay Z: Just going from my eyeballs, it looks like that two steamer has more bite than I have ever seen from Kluber. (CLE fan)

8:54	Dominik: Paul there are actually pitching machines that simulate the timing by projecting a pitcherhttps://youtu.be/ZnGTeNmKOlA

8:54	Paul Swydan: I’ve hit off of those before, there’s one at Coors Field. I meant more the repertoire of each pitcher. That’d be so cool.

8:55	Dave Cameron: Lester throws to first!

8:55	Dave Cameron: Sorta.

8:55	Nietsniew: Kick save and a beaut

8:55	I’m here for the gangbang: Good way to break those small bones in your foot

8:55	Julio Pepper: Say Cleveland gets a 6 run lead this inning – are you yanking Kluber?

8:56	Joe: This strike zone

8:56	Paul Swydan: No, if they get a six-run lead, Kluber is pitching a complete game and saving the whole bullpen for the Bauer experience in Game 2.

8:56	tz: Whenever I see a “Shoulder Closed” sign while driving, I think of Jason Kipnis.

8:57	Token Londoner: Bullpen might pitch more than half the innings in games 2-4

8:57	Dave Cameron: I’d say it’s a good bet.

8:57	Paul Swydan: Def a good bet, especially if Bauer starts bleeding again.

8:57	JC: Even Baez’s mistakes are thrilling

8:57	Guest: the fox nfl music is totally inappropriate for the deliberate majesty of baseball!!!!

8:58	Paul Swydan: You know, I never thought about that much, because I DO like that song, but it would have been nice if they could have created at least a remix for baseball and/or other sports they televise.

8:58	JT: why is trevor bauer bad at pitching? It really seems like he shouldnt be

8:58	Dave Cameron: Command is important.

8:58	Elbo: Buck names Kipnis as “heart and soul”? I’d have bet on Napoli for that Buck honor.

8:58	kevinthecomic:

8:58	Dave Cameron: Well it has to be a white guy.

8:59	Paul Swydan: Yeah heaven forbid it be Lindor. Or Fowler on the Cubs.

8:59	Nick: He’s a white second baseman. Every white second baseman is the heart and soul

8:59	Elbo: “Heart and soul” is usually a catcher. Napoli at least is an ex-catcher.

8:59	Johnny Baseball : Would you say command is most important?

9:00	Dave Cameron: Well there’s a minimum threshold for stuff. Jared Weaver’s command didn’t do him any good this year.

9:00	tz: Great move by Tito slotting Kluber for games 1, 4, and 7. An extra start by the guy whoy far their best starter, and game 4 is super pivotal since 75% of time the series is 2 games to 1.

9:00	Paul Swydan: Isn’t Salazar pitching Game 4?

9:00	Sean: Cleveland fans don’t need a reminder about the browns

9:01	LJS: Fowler is totally the heart and soul

9:01	JT: Im sure hes pretty tall but dexter fowler looks extra tall today

9:01	Dave Cameron: Kluber is good.

9:01	stephen: 5 strikeouts looking

9:01	alpha: can they at least attempt to swing?

9:01	Paul Swydan: Fowler is definitely extra tall. And, he’s also super ripped. That surprised me the first time I interviewed him, because he’s so skinny and wears his uniform a little baggy, so you don’t think of him as ripped. Or, at least I didn’t.

9:02	Elbo: $10 says Buck names Ross as heart-and-soul before the series is over.

9:02	Bryan G: Maybe Kluber thinks he can finally get his 20-strikeout game if it’s in the World Series?

9:02	Aroldis Chimpout: Does Joe Buck not realize that the team Bernie Kosar played for relocated to Baltimore?

9:03	Paul Swydan: I believe that when the Browns came back they were granted the old Cleveland Browns’ history.

9:03	Location: This is not quite how I expected this game to go so far

9:03	Nate: Biggest baseball pet peeve: when we dig out obnoxious stats so we can have a “first”. First time two 22-year-olds start at SS in the WS.

9:03	Dave Cameron: That is the first time Nate has complained about something in a live blog.

9:03	Old Chub: If the Indians rebranded as the spiders would anyone really care after the first season?

9:04	Bork: DADBOD

9:04	LJS: Grandpa!

9:04	CarrotJuice: FOREVER YOUNG

9:04	E: My wife would never support a team called the spiders

9:04	Jason: Honestly the Spiders sounds like a minor league team name

9:04	Paul Swydan: No. My pick was to name it after Bob Feller though. Cleveland Heaters is an awesome name IMO. http://www.hardballtimes.com/naps-kings-hammers-and-other-fellers/

9:05	5 Run Homer: Oh my god that pitch

9:05	Paul Swydan: So pretty.

9:05	Bork: God damn Kluber

9:05	Sean: What was that movement. Just stupid

9:05	anonymous: none chance

9:06	2-D: Dex cannot see that two seamer

9:06	5 Run Homer: Kluber rocks

9:06	PJ: Nobody can see that two seamer

9:06	Netflix and Rich Hill: every time i blink it’s 0-2, 1-2. Kluber is pounding.

9:06	Barves: Heaters would lead to too many Steamers jokes.

9:06	Bronn: This absolutely reminds me of Maddux. I can’t count how many times in the 90s I’d see a lefty bail out of the way of a pitch that caught the inside corner.

9:06	Stuafoo: Seems like every pitch starts off the plate and ends up a strike

9:07	Paul Swydan: Feel like that’s still an upgrade over racist jokes though…

9:08	Ricky: Kris Bryant is in a full squat batting stance

9:08	Sean P : As a Cubs fan, Kluber reminds me of Kyle Hendricks but with 5-7 MPH of added velocity

9:08	Bleh: Indians fans from the 1995 World Series are having flashbacks to being dominated by the Maddux two-seamer.

9:08	Dave Cameron: This is sick.

9:08	Netflix and Rich Hill: this is ridiculous

9:08	PJ: he’s just toying with them!

9:08	Joboo: Kluber is lord

9:08	Stephen: wow

9:08	anonymous: How’s that for a “first”, Nate?

9:08	Abe: WOOO!

9:08	Paul Swydan: So filthy.

9:09	Guest: CKS gaining a lot of members tonight

9:09	Alfrz: Klubers good. He doesn’t have a fan club on this site for no reason.

9:09	CamdenWarehouse: “this commercial free break is brought to you by T Mobile” ah the irony

9:09	Paul Swydan: I HATE this mid-inning cut back to the studio guys btw.

9:10	Paul Swydan: They did this during Red Sox games this year, but in the middle of the 5th.

9:10	Netflix and Rich Hill: I wish there was a fangraphsTV

9:10	Dave Cameron: No you don’t.

9:10	JC: Frank Thomas’ shoulders have to be four feet across

9:10	Bork: fangraphsTV should just be a camera in Sullivans house

9:10	Dave Cameron: That’s creepy.

9:11	Paul Swydan: I do too! The MLB guys had a better version of what we would do though when they had Petriello and Leitch and those guys on. They did a really good job with it.

9:11	Paul Swydan: Also yeah, that’s creepy. Come on Bork, you’re better than that.

9:11	yeah jeets: i would watch fangraphs tv if it was carson cistulli trying to announce this game

9:11	5 Run Homer: I’d pay a great deal of money for Carson to be in a broadcast booth

9:12	JC: Carson is probably apoplectic because of Kluber right now. (This is assuming he’s aware of and watching the game.)

9:12	Paul Swydan: Me too. Carson would be/is great.

9:12	yeah jeets: halfway through the game Carson would probably say “i’ve fulfilled my obligation” and bounce

9:13	Sean P : Mickey Callaway is hot BTW

9:13	CamdenWarehouse: Carson in a three man booth just doing his own thing while Dave and Eno broadcast would be absolute gold

9:13	Paul Swydan: I’m not sure putting Dave and Eno in the same room for 3 hours a night would be a good idea.

9:13	Dave Cameron: Actual question asked on a broadcast: “It’s nice to have (Andrew Miller), isn’t it?”

9:14	Dominik: why is he not going? make him throw you out at least once

9:14	Sean: Shouldn’t London be running?

9:14	Paul Swydan: Auto correct!

9:14	99: Could you legally broadcast audio of you calling the game without getting MLB permission?

9:14	Dave Cameron: No.

9:14	The Hamburglar: Carson and Dayn Perry booth would be ideal

9:15	Dave Cameron: Hah

9:15	anonymous: LOL IT HAPPENED

9:15	5 Run Homer: Lester can’t throw! Oh my lord that’s lame

9:15	CamdenWarehouse: Hilarious

9:15	Nietsniew: It literally does not matter what lindor does

9:15	Roy Halliday: How can he just not throw over?

9:15	PJ: WHAT! he literally won’t throw hahaha

9:15	JC: Wow. Had him dead to rights.

9:15	Stuafoo: Oh my god

9:16	Nietsniew: Why didnt he run at him

9:16	CamdenWarehouse: He should have just gone

9:16	Paul Swydan: What a throw.

9:16	Dave Cameron: Not nearly a good enough jump for knowing that he won’t throw to first.

9:16	Nietsniew: GRANDPA

9:16	PJ: What a tag

9:16	JC: Ah the throw and the tag. I’m in love.

9:16	kball: cue the tag talk

9:16	Sean P : That young Baez tag

9:17	Paul Swydan: Oh, did the tag miss him?

9:17	Adam: HE MISSED HIM

9:17	CamdenWarehouse: Baez didn’t even look

9:17	Roy Halliday: Didn’t touch him

9:17	tz: Baez tagged the dirt which tagged Lindor.

9:18	Sgt. Pepper: Anyone catch the very audible “god damn it!” coming from the dugout?

9:18	Paul Swydan: According to PITCHf/x, Lester has no case.

9:18	Netflix and Rich Hill: He mighta scraped him. The Indians prob figured there wasn’t enough evidence to overturn it.

9:19	aspergillus fumigatus: why didnt he get off farther?

9:19	Dave Cameron: Yeah, they just aren’t getting big enough leads.

9:19	Sumner: watched Lester for years now… not a good sign for him when he gets hot.

9:19	Abe: There’s no reason to stay close after what we just saw.

9:20	Token Londoner: They should be halfway up to second as a lead

9:20	Dave Cameron: At some point, he can run at you and then shovel it pass it.

9:20	Dave Cameron: But yeah, you have to take bigger leads.

9:20	Paul Swydan: I think it’s probably more just muscle memory/programming and/or not wanting to get caught by a back pick. But if you know you’re running, then yeah.

9:21	5 Run Homer: Ruh-Roh

9:21	Big Nick Digger: Oh boy

9:21	Sean: Who wrote the article about how runners could take bigger leads but won’t cause it’s so odd?

9:21

Abe:

9:21	Will: That’s not good

9:21	DaveB: World series… you think one could hydrate properly…

9:22	kevinthecomic: It’s the 50 degree Cleveland heat that got to him

9:22	Mom: Orange slices! Get the orange slices!

9:22	5 Run Homer: This is weird

9:22	E: Is there like a time limit and then you have to remove someone? How does this work?

9:22	Alfrz: This can’t seriously be allowed. He should be pulled.

9:22	Eric: Realistically, how long can they wait for him?

9:23	JC: I’m sorry but it’s kind of funny that they’re feeding a grown man in the outfield

9:23	Tyler: Cold weather always made cramps more likely for me

9:23	Crusty Juggler: Santana wore himself out chasing after Trevor Bauer’s drone

9:23	Dominik: is he really cramping after 3 innings of DHing?

9:23	Tom: pretty sure its too late for gatorade…

9:24	The Hamburglar: If there’s a baseball god, Santana will beat out a throw to the plate on this next hit

9:24	Paul Swydan: Wow, what a weird inning on the bases.

9:24	Stuafoo: Catchers are allowed to run out and talk for like 20 seconds? But a runner gets to stretch on the grass for a couple minutes?

9:24	Crusty Juggler: Every millennial just changed the channel.

9:25	T: Is very bad to drink Jobu’s rum. Is very bad.

9:25	Paul Swydan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvrzntd2pRk

9:25	Carson Cistulli: Question: Were the fluids provided to Santana fair trade and sustainably produced

9:25	Bork: Who would come in to replace Santana?

9:26	Sgt. Pepper: Organic non-gmo gatorade

9:26	Paul Swydan: Naquin or Crisp are basically the only options, unless they want to ride without a backup catcher.

9:26	Dave Cameron: That Indians bench is not great.

9:27	Bork: Commercial question: Pregnant Borkwife (21 weeks) is feeling AWFUL tonight. Any suggestions for drinks/food to remedy this?

9:27	Paul Swydan: Yes – the drinks/food she tells you to get her. 🙂

9:27	Dave Cameron: Starch

9:27	Dave Cameron: Boring bland starches.

9:28	CamdenWarehouse: A couple bourbons and you won’t mind anymore

9:28	Ned Ghost: I heard 7-UP fixes everything.

9:28	The Hamburglar: Hamburgers

9:28	Sgt. Pepper: Give her whatever they gave Santana

9:28	anon: gingerale

9:28	Netflix and Rich Hill: Bork, saltines. But you really should be googling that or reading “What to Expect”

9:28	DaveB: Ginger Ale

9:29	Paul Swydan: I would third the Ginger Ale, though what we buy at the store really isn’t ginger ale.

9:29	The Hamburglar: Lindor already stole the base. They can stop running this commercial now

9:29	Carson Cistulli: Answer: hand milled grains, warm water and mulling spices

9:29	Abe: My wife would feel better just watching the Cubs strikeout feebly for a few hours.

9:30	Crusty Juggler: Paul is a ginger ale snob? My goodness.

9:31	Paul Swydan: I’m not, I just find it funny/sad that we aren’t really drinking what we think we’re drinking. Reading food labels can give you a very “living inside the Matrix” feeling.

9:31	Bork: Just wait until you hear Paul’s opinion on what we call wasabi.

9:32	Sean: Is it me or is Rizzo really close to the plate?

9:32	Dave Cameron: It’s not you.

9:32	Netflix and Rich Hill: I love these chats. I love the faceless names more than anyone I work with.

9:32	The Hamburglar: Well it is partially him, since he observed it

9:32	Paul Swydan: Netflix and Rich HIll is a pretty choice name.

9:33	anonymous: salazar pegged for a start, or coming out the bullpen this series?

9:33	Dave Cameron: Bullpen.

9:34	tz: How many innings for Kluber tonight?

9:34	Dave Cameron: 6

9:34	5 Run Homer: SO CLOSE

9:34	Netflix and Rich Hill: no god damn way

9:34	anonymous: OH HAY THAT SWING LOOKS OKAY

9:34	Netflix and Rich Hill: haha okay

9:34	Stephen: Schwarber!!!!!

9:34	Nietsniew: CLASSIC

9:34	Joe: My god

9:34	Bork: SOMEONE GET THE OXYGEN

9:34	LJS: Schwarbs!,,,,

9:35	Sgt. Pepper: Ok get Schwarber his gatorade

9:35	Nietsniew: NAH HES TOO RUSTY GUYS

9:35	Bronn: That was hilarious timing.

9:35	Paul Swydan: Hey Dave I think his swing looked better there. 🙂

9:35	Dave Cameron: Me too!

9:36	Elbo: That was an unnoticed great throw by Chisenhall.

9:36	Dave Cameron: How many war movies has Mel Gibson made?

9:36	JC: How many wars have there been?

9:38	Dave Cameron: Next two innings are probably the Cubs big chance. Kluber’s thrown a bunch of pitches, going to start wearing down a little bit.

9:39	Dave Cameron: They need to keep it close, then try to get a couple runs before the 6th.

9:39	The Hamburglar: More than anything, I’m just jealous Dave gets to watch the game in the Pacific Time Zone, whereas I’ll be up past midnight

9:39	Dave Cameron: On the other hand, this means I didn’t really get to spend any time with my kid today, and instead of my dog being tired after a full day of exercise, she’s demanding attention.

9:40	Paul Swydan: I’m letting my son stay up late with me tonight. He’s singing “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” right now.

9:40	anonymous: These pitchers appear to be very good at baseball

9:40	Abe: My dog has turned into a tiny, furry ball on the couch after going to our town’s new dog park for an hour and a half this afternoon.

9:41	Dave Cameron: Want to trade? I took Liberty on a 5 mile walk yesterday, and by the time we got home, she was ready to go again.

9:41	Roy Halliday: Kluber goes 6, then Miller & Allen?

9:41	Dave Cameron: Yep.

9:41	Noodle: Are you guys watching Pitch? I saw first episode and thought it was ok, pretty intriguing

9:41	The Hamburglar: Roberto Perez? Really?

9:41	Paul Swydan: I am, but I’m 2 episodes behind.

9:41	Zmccoy: Wow what a story Perez is

9:41	Bork: YOUNGBOD?

9:41	JC: That was a missile

9:41	Paul Swydan: This is like Game 1 of the ALDS all over again.

9:41	Roger: Who needs Jonathon Lucroy!

9:41	Paul Swydan: Roberto Perez is guaranteeing himself a long career with those 2 postseason HRs.

9:42	PJ: Ballgame! Indians: 69-1 in games they’ve led by 3+ runs at any point in 2016.

9:42	5 Run Homer: He’s Freese-ing

9:42	Joe: Was that out?

9:42	Paul Swydan: It was. It hit the fence over the wall.

9:43	vlock1 : The International Brotherhood of Backup Catchers welcomes Roberto Perez

9:43	Zmccoy: Is it just me, or does this game feel way more over now?

9:43	Dave Cameron: That run makes a big difference.

9:43	Alfrz: Fortunately. The Indians record of being 69-1 when up 3 runs were not all against the cubs.

9:43	filihok: Cubs can hit.

9:43	Joboo: Who’s first out of the pen for the Cubbies Dave?

9:43	Dave Cameron: Probably Edwards or Grimm.

9:44	Noodle: Paul, what do you think of the show? I’m curious because I don’t know anyone else who watches it

9:44	Paul Swydan: I like it so far, but I also WANT to like it.

9:44	Tom: Does Lester see the 5th?

9:44	Dave Cameron: I’m guessing no.

9:45	Stuafoo: Interesting research project: monetary value of each post season home run

9:45	Paul G.: Mel’s war movies: The Patriot, Braveheart, Gallipoli… not a lot of war movies really. Lots of violent movies.

9:45	Dave Cameron: He did another WWII one.

9:45	Dave Cameron: We Were Soldiers.

9:45	Bronn: Vietnam, Dave.

9:45	Paul Swydan: That’d be cool, but given that so many guys who hit them are on minimum deals, not sure you could tell concretely.

9:45	Dave Cameron: Right, my bad.

9:45	Paul Swydan: You guys haven’t even mentioned Gibson’s most violent movie, Passion of the Christ.

9:46	Paul Swydan: It’s not about a war, but it’s definitely his most violent.

9:46	JA: Still see Kluber coming out in the 6th after the extra run?

9:46	Dave Cameron: He’s going to be pushing 100 pitches by then.

9:47	Ryan: How do you guys kill time during commercials? I prefer baseball sporcle, myself

9:47	Lou Sockalexis: Pull Kluber after 5 and start him fresher in g4?

9:47	Dave Cameron: No.

9:47	Paul Swydan: Well, right now, talking with you guys. Often, I’ll be editing. If I don’t have work to do, I’ll try to read a book.

9:48	Sean: Coghlan is flummoxed

9:48	Roger: 18 called strikes–what’s the record for a single start?

9:48	Dave Cameron: I would bet Colon has some starts with 30+

9:49	Guest: APOCALYPTO SON!!!!!!

9:49	Joe: Pretty sure Heyward could have done this.

9:49	Nate: He looks like Oakland Coghlan instead of Chicago Coghlan…

9:49	tz: Apocalypto may as well have been a war movie.

9:49	JT: didnt colon throw like 56 strikes in a row a few seasons ago?

9:49	Dave Cameron: I think it was like 43, but yeah.

9:50	JC: Dave, does Fangraphs keep track of a team’s winning percentage after they go down by X runs?

9:50	The Hamburglar: Did that kid just ask for his bat while he was on deck?

9:50	Paul Swydan: I think he did, yes.

9:50	Guest: You don’t know unless you ask.

9:51	Dave Cameron: David Ross is getting phased out?

9:51	Bro Charboneau: Would it be a win-win for teams like the Indians and the Redskins to rename themselves after a regionally accurate Native American nation like the Chicago Blackhawks / Utah Utes?

9:51	Dave Cameron: We’re in danger of not having old backup catchers now?

9:51	Dave Cameron: Is every type of player these announcers like in danger?

9:52	Paul Swydan: Maybe? I doubt it.

9:52	Dave Cameron: It’s possible to appreciate a player or player type without pretending that it’s under attack.

9:52	Evan: Maybe the announcers should be phased out.

9:52	Elbo: Isn’t Ross phasing himself out? Surely the Cubs would like him back.

9:52	Bronn: Is David Ross the most underrated player in the World Series?

9:53	twb: baez isn’t going away, they like him

9:53	Paul Swydan: No, if anything, he’s overrated now. Definitely not underrated.

9:53	jmarsh123: Maybe Fox isn’t using K-Zone so they don’t show up the umpire when he gets 25% of them wrong

9:53	Paul Swydan: I think it’s probably more like FOX doesn’t think the casual fan wants to see the K Zone.

9:54	Napoli’s beard: Every time I see Ross’ mouth move, I imagine he’s quoting Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon

9:54	Paul G.: For anyone who thinks to pull Kluber early, listen to Dan Bern’s “Sunday Never Comes.”

9:54	Count Von Count: JUST IN: White second basemen declared an endangered species

9:54	Asdasd: Sabermetrics hates everything you like.

9:54	Duke of Tralee: Don’t mean to get political and it’s kind of buried in her platform, but Clinton has promised to ban old backup catchers who are good guys.

9:55	The Hamburglar: Just “appreciating” a player or team isnt sexy enough Dave. You need to create a false narrative!

9:55	Andrew: Last true team re-naming (Devil Rays to Rays doesn’t count) that didn’t have to do with a move was the Washington Bullets–>Wizards. I don’t remember it well. Were there a lot of similar arguments opposed to the change as we see today with Indians/Redskins?

9:55	Paul Swydan: Well, the St. John’s Redmen changed to the Red Storm a long time ago.

9:56	Paul Swydan: But no, I don’t remember having these conversations when I was a kid.

9:56	David: Isn’t Heyward the most underrated player in WS at this point?

9:56	Paul Swydan: Probably.

9:57	Owen: I appreciate guys like you two who evaluate commentators rationally. It’s too bad that the inevitable heat death of the universe will phase you, and all life forms, out.

9:57	Guest: The fighting Sioux

9:57	Matt: Is Lindor considered a top 3 SS by most? If not then hes probably heavily underrated

9:58	Paul Swydan: Right, North Dakota. That was more recent though.

9:58	Bork: New Orleans Hornets to Pelicans

9:58	vlock1 : To the best of my recollection, there was no hubbub over the Bullets->Wizards switch. The owners just said, “We’ve decided to change.”

9:58	Paul Swydan: No that’s not true, they changed it after the murder rate in DC went way up and people complained Bullets was insensitive.

9:59	Dave Cameron: Ross dropping the ball a lot tonight.

9:59	Paul Swydan: A lot!

9:59	Zmccoy: cold night

9:59	Tyler: Smoltz really likes Byrant’s smile

9:59	Dave Cameron: Great change-up.