2017 World Series Game 4 Live Blog

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October 28, 2017
8:12
Dave Cameron: Happy Game 4, everyone.
8:13
Dave Cameron: Just having a quick dinner, then will start chatting.
8:13
Dave Cameron: In the mean time, let’s have some polls.
8:13
Dave Cameron:

Alex Wood goes
1-3 innings (15.0% | 28 votes)
 
4+ innings (53.7% | 100 votes)
 
5+ innings (23.6% | 44 votes)
 
6+ innings (4.3% | 8 votes)
 
7+ innings (1.0% | 2 votes)
 
8+ innings (1.0% | 2 votes)
 
9 innings (1.0% | 2 votes)
 
Total Votes: 186
8:14
Dave Cameron:

Gurriel Suspension
Should Have Been Tonight (54.0% | 126 votes)
 
5 Games Next Year is Fair (45.9% | 107 votes)
 
Total Votes: 233
8:16
Dave Cameron:

1 World Series Game is Worth
0-10 Regular Season Games (36.7% | 72 votes)
 
11-20 Regular Season Games (32.1% | 63 votes)
 
21-30 Regular Season Games (14.2% | 28 votes)
 
31-40 Regular Season Games (5.6% | 11 votes)
 
41-50 Regular Season Games (11.2% | 22 votes)
 
Total Votes: 196

8:18
Dave Cameron: Alright, let’s get ready to talk some baseball.
8:18
Dave Cameron: Gut feeling: Wood is really good tonight, goes 5 or 6, and Jansen pitches at least 2, so the Dodgers bullpen issue turns out to not be a big deal.
8:19
Jstodola : Which starter will last longer?
8:19
Dave Cameron: Wood.
8:19
Dave Cameron: Would guess Morton gives way to McHugh after 3-4.
8:19
LJS: Just Dave tonight?
8:19
Dave Cameron: Yeah, just me. Didn’t want to ask too many people to give up their Saturday nights.
8:20
J. Cole Hamels: Does the “the appeals process would delay it until 2018 anyway” argument mean that the appeals process needs to be improved?
8:20
Dave Cameron: I would guess MLB will look to add some language that clarifies how postseason suspensions will be handled going forward.
8:20
ChatzMcGee: Hinch’s results or Roberts’ process?
8:20
Dave Cameron: The latter.
8:21
Patrick: Wood didn’t last so long last time though. What makes this time different?
8:21
Dave Cameron: Maeda isn’t available tonight.
8:21
Dave Cameron: And they probably don’t want to throw Fields/Stripling if they don’t have to.
8:21
Nick V: Most of them are probably watching this anyway, though?
8:21
Dave Cameron: I know it might sound weird, but there’s definitely a difference between watching the game and helping run a live blog.
8:22
Mike M: Would you have been tempted to use Kershaw tonight? I know we’ll see him a 3rd time in Game 7 anyway.
8:22
Dave Cameron: No chance.
8:22
Mahatma Gagne: Rich Hill is around to bail out Wood for a couple innings in case of danger.
8:22
Dave Cameron: That could happen, maybe.
8:23
Chet Manley: Would you normally be doing other work related stuff while following the game if you’re not running the blog?
8:23
Dave Cameron: Not really, but it’s a lot easier to interact with the world around you when not live blogging. Don’t have to entirely ignore your family if just watching the game, for instance.
8:24
Frank: Since you’re already chatting on short rest, will you be unavailable for Game 7,  or ready for a fireman-type role?
8:24
Dave Cameron: I’m already signed up for Game 7.
8:24
Jackie Cistuli: Send help
8:25
Guest: Are you mentally exhausted after live blogging a game? I’m mentally exhausted just following them and can’t imagine how you pay attention to your screen and the game
8:25
Dave Cameron: After Game 2 ended, I had to go clear my head before I could write.
8:25
Dave Cameron: I was whipped.
8:26
Dave Cameron: The Dodgers have made so many outs at second base this week.
8:27
Lunar verLander: McCann threw someone out…wow
8:27
Show Hey O’Tawny: Wow, he got him by a mile there
8:27
4th true outcome: Forgot granderson was on the dodgers for a minute
8:27
Dave Cameron: Not on the WS roster.
8:27
Tim: Why the delayed steal?
8:27
Dave Cameron: No idea.
8:27
Tyler: 2 months without throwing someone out is awful
8:27
Joe: Dave how is your cable ahead of mine again!
8:28
Dave Cameron: I’m using an antenna.
8:29
LJS: Players not on WSroster still get rings, right?
8:29
Dave Cameron: Yup.
8:29
Mike M: The Astros do not have a well-regarded team defense, but they’ve been very steady executing key bang-bang plays. Preparation or SSS luck?
8:29
Dave Cameron: Both?
8:30
Dave Cameron: Be interesting to see what Wood’s velo is like.
8:30
Dave Cameron: He sat 94 early in the year when he was awesome, more 92 late in the year when he struggled.
8:30
Bernie Brewer: 92 first pitch.
8:30
Dave Cameron: Then 90.
8:31
Dave Cameron: It looked like that hit the dirt to me.
8:31
Stringer Bell: is this worth a replay?
8:31
Dave Cameron: Yep.
8:32
Kates: That didn’t hit him.
8:32
Kates: Well, maybe it did.
8:32
Guest: Ball changed directions
8:32
Dave Cameron: Ground would do that too.
8:32
Dave Cameron: Need a side angle to see if it was dirt or shoe.
8:33
Bernie Brewer: Is it worth it if you’re a batter to make a big deal out of any little contact? Should teams be teaching Springer to fall down clutching his foot?
8:33
Dave Cameron: I think if you overdo it, it won’t work.
8:33
Dave Cameron: But yes, if it it grazes you, you gotta be a bit more demonstrative.
8:34
Bernie Brewer: I guess you don’t watch soccer Dave. 🙂
8:34
Nick V: It doesn’t work in soccer either. You get carded for overdoing it.
8:36
Fair line: 90 and going nowhere he wants it to
8:36
Dave Cameron: Yeah, wouldn’t call this a great first inning for Wood.
8:36
Bob: Is Smoltz correct here about Wood having phantom injuries?
8:36
Dave Cameron: Every Dodgers starter had some fake injuries this year.
8:38
Peter from Pittsburgh: How could any playoff suspensions happen going forward? The league has said it’s unfair to the other players on the team and pointed out the need to dock salary. Surely they didn’t just make up a reason to get out of this situation?
8:38
Dave Cameron: Guess they’ll codify this after the season, but I can’t imagine either the owners or the players really want suspensions to be enforced in the postseason.
8:38
Dave Cameron: And while there’s a reasonable case to be made that they should be enforced then, the two stakeholders negotiating the discipline won’t want it to happen.
8:39
Jstodola : If my child does something wrong I don’t wait until next year to punish her!
8:40
Dave Cameron: If you took your kid to Disneyland and spent $10K on the trip, would you really equate time out hours there to time out hours at home?
8:40
Dave Cameron: Or would you try to figure out how to craft a punishment that disincentivizes the action without ruining your vacation?
8:41
Clay(2000 lbs) Kershaw: Do I have 24 other kids?
8:41
Dave Cameron: Is your last name Duggar?
8:42
M: My last name is Dugger lol
8:43
Anonymous: Baltimore Chop!
8:43
Tony Womack: Off the foot!
8:43
Uncle Jimbo: Puig needs to hit the dirt if the ball hits his foot.
8:44
bosoxforlife: Definitely hit the foot.
8:44
Kates: Not reviewable? Weird.
8:44
Tom: That has to be reviewable, right?
8:44
Dave Cameron: Should be, you would think.
8:44
Dave Cameron: Really glad you can’t challenge that, but we can super slo-mo a guys entire body to see if he momentarily came off the bag!
8:44
Dave Cameron: Makes perfect sense.
8:45
Bernie Brewer: Okay, so maybe overselling every bit of contact isn’t the best thing, but Puig can’t be running on that right?
8:45
Dave Cameron: I would imagine Puig is maybe sensitive to hustle critiques.
8:45
Dave Cameron: And would prefer not to hear a lecture about how lazy he is for not running out a ball.
8:45
Tyler: How  is that not reviewable? Do not get that logic
8:46
Clay(2000 lbs) Kershaw: Shouldn’t you always finish a play out and then find out if it gets called back? That seems like Little League 101 to me.
8:46
Paul: So if MLB incorporated video replays to “get it right”, then why not dive all the way in. Personally, I hate the replays.
8:47
Dave Cameron: Don’t have to have a perfect system to have a better-than-nothing system.
8:47
Dave Cameron: But I don’t know why that isn’t reviewable.
8:49
Dave Cameron: Wood’s command is a 20 so far.
8:49
forestation: Alex Wood is not long for this game. Command way off
8:49
Dave Cameron: Doders can’t pull him early.
8:49
Dave Cameron: Don’t have enough arms to get through.
8:49
James: Fields?
8:50
Dave Cameron: He won’t pitch unless it’s a blowout, probably.
8:50
Jumbo Davis: Who’s the long man for the Dodgers tonight? Let’s say to get two innings coming into the fifth?
8:50
Dave Cameron: McCarthy
8:50
Peter from Pittsburgh: Houston fans giving a standing ovation to the guy getting suspended for racism. Bold move.
8:50
Dave Cameron: Tribalism makes people do dumb things.
8:51
ChatzMcGee: that helped.
8:51
Jumbo Davis: Fitting
8:51
Hello Dave: The universe won’t let this stand. Gurriel will be responsible for 8 outs tonight.
8:51
Ringo: I believe in baseball gods
8:52
Dave Cameron: Some good D there.
8:52
Show Hey O’Tawny: That was nifty
8:52
Dave Cameron: Nope.
8:52
Guest: Wood doesn’t look good but he’s stealing some innings so far
8:53
Manny Z: so using the f word in your name is better then what gurriel did ?
8:53
Dave Cameron: Sorry, hadn’t seen that guys nickname. I deleted the comment.
8:54
Glenn : At least you used replay, Dave
8:54
Dave Cameron: Fun fact: if your burger is actually touching the flame, you’re doing it wrong.
8:55
Dave Cameron: Burger King’s entire pitch is “we’re creating a terrible chemical reaction on your food”
8:55
Kates: It should be mentioned that Yu Darvish handled the thing with amazing perspective and grace. We could all learn from him.
8:55
Lunar verLander: At least they’re not lying about the quality of their food
8:55
HotDogNotSandwich: Just to be clear, doesn’t everyone agree that using the f word in your name is better then what gurriel did?
8:55
Dave Cameron: Yes, of course.
8:57
Show Hey O’Tawny: This has been a very groundbally game
8:59
Hello Dave: So we have no idea where this velocity came from for Morton, correct?
8:59
Dave Cameron: He tried to throw harder, and it worked.
8:59
Show Hey O’Tawny: Curveballs are fun
8:59
Deylen: That was a good curve
8:59
Tim: beautiful pitch on that strickout
8:59
Ben: Dave, are you at the bar again?
8:59
Dave Cameron: No, home tonight.
9:00
Deylen: Wow 97?
9:00
Dave Cameron: He throws hard now.
9:00
Divcoman: And right on the corner again and again
9:00
LJS: This postseason has really increased my appreciation of curveballs
9:01
Show Hey O’Tawny: That was a fantastic pitch
9:01
Guest: If we’re moving towards shorter outings in general, you’ll see more guys “discover” velocity, right? More of a max effort game
9:01
Dave Cameron: Yep
9:01
Show Hey O’Tawny: Wow
9:01
forestation: Morton actually looks better tonight than against the Yankees, when he kinda got lucky
9:01
Jason: Wow
9:01
SubmarineSailor: Charlie Morton sits 96 now. What a time to be alive, people!!
9:01
Show Hey O’Tawny: Charlie Morton rules
9:01
Jeff: You can’t take that pitch
9:02
Dave Cameron: That was as borderline as a pitch gets
9:02
Lunar verLander: Pitchers duel between Morton & Wood…just like everyone expected at the beginning of the year
9:02
bosoxforlife: That inning was very impressive.
9:02
Lance Biggerstaff: Will teams start to pay more for a guy that goes all-out for 150 innings and gets hurt a lot over the durable, 200 inning guy who doesn’t strike out as many guys?
9:02
Dave Cameron: Yup
9:03
John Autin: Does anyone else think mlb.com gameday zone box shades pitches towards what was called?
9:03
Dave Cameron: Nope
9:03
Dave Cameron: It’s just showing Stacast location
9:03
bosoxforlife: Should the Astros rip up Morton’s contract and sign him longer term?
9:04
Dave Cameron: Nope.
9:04
Dave Cameron: He still gets hurt a lot.
9:04
John Autin: What are TV broadcasts using? ‘Cause I often see a difference.
9:04
Dave Cameron: Same tracking system, but they can draw their own graphics box
9:04
Dave Cameron: So the size of the overlay varies
9:05
Mingo: “Yup” “Nope” “Nope” Dave Cameron out here speaking like that Drive Time commercial
9:05
Bernie Brewer: It does not feel like Alex Wood has faced the minimum at all. Astros doing him some favors.
9:05
Tyler: Size of the box looks the same for every player
9:06
Dave Cameron: Right, that’s one of the downsides of the TV boxes. I’m pretty sure they don’t have individualized overlays.
9:06
Coppy: If Houston wins the series, what do other teams try to copy?
9:06
Dave Cameron: Curveballs forever.
9:07
Clay(2000 lbs) Kershaw: Also playing an obnoxious sound effect constantly before game time.
9:07
Schmoo: If Wood looks so bad tonight, what are the Astros hitters missing here? Or is it luck?
9:07
Dave Cameron: They’ve swung at some bad pitches.
9:08
Elbo: Wood has abandoned his fastball
9:08
Dave Cameron: It wasn’t good.
9:10
Deylen: They’re not chasing Wood’s slider at all
9:11
Dave Cameron: 89 with a fastball.
9:11
Dave Cameron: Wood does not have his normal velo tonight
9:11
CJ: I’m exaggerating a little, but aren’t starting pitchers are going the way of Running backs at this rate?
9:11
Dave Cameron: Yeah.
9:12
Dave Cameron: 89 down the middle and McCann swung through it.
9:12
Show Hey O’Tawny: Oof
9:12
4th true outcome: Major props to wood if he can grind through 5
9:12
Show Hey O’Tawny: McCann made that look like a much better pitch
9:12
Hello Dave: McCann been under the radar terrible this series
9:13
Tim: why is McCann starting against the lefty?
9:13
Dave Cameron: Framing.
9:13
Ringo: Could the Dodgers put Wood on the DL after this start?
9:13
Dave Cameron: Not unless he was legit hurt.
9:14
Dave Cameron: MLB is scrutinizing postseason roster moves much closer.
9:14
Guest: This is an absolute houdini act
9:14
Show Hey O’Tawny: Hit some fly balls, it’s 2017! I demand homers
9:14
woeful SFG fan: Wood’s getting results better than his performance.
9:14
Jim: Gritty
9:14
John: 110 EV from Springer
9:14
Dave Cameron: Reddick’s was 106
9:15
Dave Cameron: Altuve 103
9:15
woeful SFG fan: Need some fly balls!
9:15
John: Next inning might be no bueno for Wood…
9:15
Dave Cameron: Yeah, that’s the one I’d be really worried about if I was Roberts.
9:15
Jim: Hey, talk trash on the velo all you want, everything hit hard is on the ground.
9:16
Dave Cameron: Looked more like bad hitting than good pitching to me.
9:16
bosoxforlife: I don’t know what everybody else is watching but I just watched three hitless innings.  Looks good from here.
9:16
Dave Cameron: Process != Results
9:17
John Autin: 10 straight innings without a homer. They changed the ball!
9:17
Dave Cameron: Or they left the stadium where it was 100 at first pitch
9:17
Nick V: It’s apparently in the 40’s right now in Houston.
9:17
Tom: We’re being spoiled with beautiful curveballs this series.
9:17
woeful SFG fan: Was that a righty on righty change?
9:18
Nick V: Yep.
9:18
Dave Cameron: The difference in quality of stuff between these two SPs is stunning.
9:18
Papelbon’s Velo: Seager really struggling
9:18
Bernie Brewer: That is just mean by Morton.
9:18
Show Hey O’Tawny: I can’t handle Charlie Morton looking like an ace
9:18
SubmarineSailor: Pretty changeup
9:19
John: The movement on the two-seamer is amazing
9:20
Dave Cameron: Just nasty from Morton/
9:20
Nick V: 41 pitches through 4. What.
9:20
ChatzMcGee: Morton has been real good, but the Dodgers also just look horrible.
9:20
Bernie Brewer: Charlie Morton’s average FB velocity this year (95.0) was harder than Jake Arrieta’s (94.6) during his Cy Young season.
9:20
Show Hey O’Tawny: 12 outs on 41 pitches
9:20
Conner from AZ: Everything moving and to the corners
9:20
Show Hey O’Tawny: 5 Ks
9:20
John: Wow. He made Turner look foolish there
9:21
Spooookie Wilson: So, Astros pitching well, hitting worse?
9:21
Ringo: I keep wanting to feel worried for the Dodgers but then I remember they have Kershaw tomorrow
9:21
Dave Cameron: Losing tonight would put them in a tough spot, but if they can steal this one, they’re in a good spot.
9:21
Dave Cameron: This game probably determines the series.
9:22
Kevin: Do you think we could create a stat that can encompass luck based on pitch location, movement, velo and expected results? Some metric To help differentiate performances like these between Morton and wood
9:22
Dave Cameron: Eventually, yes. Will also need some kind of sequencing variable.
9:23
Doug: Agree that this game could decide it. Dodgete shouldn’t wait to go to Kenley, even though they have other good relievers. He’s their best.
9:23
Dave Cameron: Kenley pitches tonight no matter the score
9:23
Dave Cameron: If it’s close, he goes 2
9:23
Show Hey O’Tawny: Wood is gonna get blown up eventually, I think this inning is huge
9:23
bosoxforlife: If Wood really has been living a charmed life, then this inning should be the true test.
9:24
Cole: When would you pull Wood? One base runner?
9:24
Dave Cameron: Have to ride him a bit, due to thin pen.
9:24
Dave Cameron: Probably try to get him through 5.
9:24
Deylen: 0 swings and misses !!
9:24
CJ: I’d think Dodgers should have someone up from now on
9:24
Dave Cameron: You prefer Fields here?
9:24
Show Hey O’Tawny: That can’t be right, McCann swung through one
9:24
Tim: McCarthy?
9:25
Dave Cameron: I like McCarthy but he hasn’t pitched much this year.
9:25
John: That was a mistake pitch. Bregman missed it
9:25
Nick V: They were talking about the changeup on the zero swings and misses.
9:25
Dave Cameron: Bregman’s lineout was 96
9:25
Dave Cameron: 5 balls hit 95+ by HOU tonight; they are 0 for 5 on them.
9:26
CJ: If they have that little confident with McCarthy, why did they keep him instead of , I don’t know, Ryu?
9:26
Dave Cameron: Ryu can’t really pitch in relief due to his warmup routine.
9:26
Joc who stole all the bases: Wood devil magic is turning into a Thing.
9:26
Show Hey O’Tawny: This must be extremely frustrating for Houston
9:26
John: Forsythe just made a really tough play.
9:26
Plzdodgers : Dave, where are you seeing exit velocity?
9:27
Dave Cameron: https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?game_pk=526514&type=exit_veloc…
9:27
Dave Cameron: That was a huge inning for Wood.
9:27
Dave Cameron: Should be able to sneak him through bottom of the order, then have Morrow to go after the top of the order in the 6th.
9:27
Seth Moko: Alex Wood is a modern-day baseball GOD!!
9:28
Woeful SFG Outfielders: We’ll have epic pitching duel narrative soon with only one pitching well
9:28
Schmoo: This is really confusing
9:28
Mr. Man: Sometimes runs allowed is as good as an indicator as swinging strikes, or is it just me?
9:28
Dave Cameron: No
9:28
SubmarineSailor: What is the probability of Roberts letting Wood see these guys a 3rd time through? Its zero, right?
9:29
Dave Cameron: With thin pen, if he goes 1-2-3 next inning, probably lets him get to those guys but has someone warming
9:29
Clay(2000 lbs) Kershaw: Can you guys all write a bunch of ominous warnings about Morton having a potentially terrible inning? It’d make me feel better.
9:29
Papelbon’s Velo: Can you really pull wood if he has a no hitter though?
9:29
Dave Cameron: Yes.
9:29
Hello Dave: Should any pitcher ever see a lineup a 3rd time in the World Series?
9:29
Dave Cameron: Sure, the Kershaws and Verlanders
9:29
Dave Cameron: The Woods and Mortons, less often.
9:30
Nick V: Though with how sharp Morton looks tonight, Hinch has to be tempted, right?
9:30
Dave Cameron: Hinch will ride him, yeah. He clearly has no trust in his relievers.
9:30
Jstodola : Smolz will lose it if Wood pulled with no hitter
9:30
Woeful SFG Outfielders: Pretty sure he trusts Peacock
9:30
Dave Cameron: Peacock is a starter being used in relief.
9:31
Dave Cameron: By reliever, I mean Harris, Giles, Devenski, etc…
9:31
Elbo: Bellinger misses a center cut hanging curve
9:31
Bernie Brewer: Morton got away with a bad CB there.
9:31
Show Hey O’Tawny: Oh my lord Bellinger
9:31
…: so when is bellinger gonna do something?
9:31
Joc who stole all the bases: Bellinger is lost.
9:31
Conner from AZ: Bellinger is a mess right now. That front hip is bailing out protecting that hole in his swing where they throw the curve
9:31
Bernie Brewer: I never imagined Charlie Morton ever inducing a bad swing like that. This doesn’t feel real.
9:31
Tim: There’s that curveball again
9:32
Show Hey O’Tawny: That was an ugly-ass swing on a pretty pitch
9:32
Matt: Tough call on who’s got the best curveball in this series
9:32
Dave Cameron: Nah, it’s McCullers
9:32
John: Bregman is a vacuum at third.
9:32
Show Hey O’Tawny: That was nice, Bregman is good
9:33
Show Hey O’Tawny: Better than Kershaw’s?
9:33
Dave Cameron: Yes
9:33
Mike: So, who’s got the best slider in the series?
9:34
Dave Cameron: Verlander
9:34
Dave Cameron: Morton is just dealing.
9:34
hscer: Morton is also giving a beating to Tango’s pitch count estimator
9:34
Jason: Sick
9:34
Conner from AZ: I mean that’s just incredible
9:34
John Autin: What a K pitch there!
9:34
Nick V: Holy wow.
9:34
Show Hey O’Tawny: That was awesome
9:34
Schmoo: Pinpoint. He is on fire
9:34
SubmarineSailor: Charlie is PAINTING out there. Unreal
9:35
Tim: This is a fun game
9:35
Morton Salt Girl: Morton and Wood facing the minimum through 4 and a half.  Just as predicted.
9:35
Canyonero Driver: Why doesn’t every pitcher just decide to throw 7 mph faster and develop one of the sharpest curves in baseball?
9:35
Manfred Mann: Chances we see Yu on the mound again this series?
9:35
Dave Cameron: Very good
9:35
Dave Cameron: Dodgers not going to turn away from him after one bad start
9:36
Bernie Brewer: Morton so far: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 everything else bad, 7 K
9:36
Alec Asher Wojciechowski: Which side is benefiting most from this pitchers dual?
9:36
Dave Cameron: Dodgers. They absolutely would have taken 0-0 at this point before the game started.
9:37
Show Hey O’Tawny: Morton looks so so much better than wood, baseball is weird and dumb
9:37
John Autin: Paging Andy Hawkins — he owns the last WS stint of 5+ innings facing minimum batters.
9:37
Papelbon’s Velo: More hope in seager or belli to break out first?
9:37
Dave Cameron: Seager
9:38
brian eno: darvish’s slider – 6th best in baseball by pitch value since coming into the league. nearly doubles verlander’s. that goes for every single year, as well.
9:38
Dave Cameron: Verlander fixed his slider in July.
9:39
John: Would you be warming Morrow yet?
9:39
Dave Cameron: No, save him for the top of the order.
9:39
Conner from AZ: Something has to be said for Wood
9:39
Dave Cameron: That was a good change.
9:39
Guest: He is battling
9:39
John: Best change yet
9:39
Adam: Good job by Wood shaking off the fastball
9:39
Ringo: Kevin Appier reference!
9:39
Tim: Hey, a swinging strike on Wood
9:39
Justin seager: Great change up by wood there
9:40
Show Hey O’Tawny: This has been an okay inning
9:40
Doug: Hypothetically Wood gets through 6, it’s still 0-0. Do you jusr go straight to Kenley for the 7th?
9:40
Dave Cameron: Morrow, probably.
9:40
Dave Cameron: Then Kenley
9:40
Cowdisciple: Wood at 65 pitches and dealing.  Trust him to…  85 pitches?
9:40
Dave Cameron: Trust him to McCann
9:40
Dave Cameron: No way I’d let him face Springer/Bregman/Altuve again
9:40
Conner from AZ: I was gonna say something has to be said for his delivery and getting the results he has when he has generally not pitched himself into the most favorable situations thus far
9:41
ChatzMcGee: Think Barnes has only stolen one strike all night, that’s a pretty good job by Diaz, because Barnes is real good.
9:41
Clay(2000 lbs) Kershaw: I feel like Gattis should be standing up there with an axe handle.
9:41
forestation: Lol Morton is pitching a 1 hitter but Wood has a no hitter
9:41
Show Hey O’Tawny: Astros look completely incapable of elevating the ball
9:42
Deylen: Really good job by Wood for giving Roberts a pretty lengthy outing so far
9:42
Adam: it’s Wood vs. Woodsman
9:42
Papelbon’s Velo: The first dodger to no hit a team in the world series is alex wood and his 89 fastball, love baseball
9:42
Ringo: Astro hitters are swinging like Wood is throwing a wiffle ball.
9:43
Dave Cameron: That was a legitimately good inning.
9:43
Dave Cameron: Kudos to Wood.
9:43
Conner from AZ: Everything down now. Moving down
9:43
ChatzMcGee: I mean, you gotta appreciate the grit, or whatever the hell hes surviving on.
9:43
Dave Cameron: He’s just junkballing now.
9:43
…: Those last sliders were excellent
9:43
Jeremy: Wood back out for the 6th?
9:43
Dave Cameron: They’ll let him face Gonzalez/McCann for sure.
9:44
Dave Cameron: And if he gets to 2 outs with bases empty, probably Springer
9:44
Dave Cameron: But you have to have someone warming in case he doens’t get those guys.
9:44
Joc who stole all the bases: This is definitely the best case scenario for the Dodgers
9:45
CJ: If Dodgers wins the series, this may be the ‘turning point’. Love baseball
9:45
Joc who stole all the bases: Is this live?
9:45
Dave Cameron: Yes
9:45
ChatzMcGee: You think Roberts might be cowed a bit from going to his pen early? Or does he stick to the right process?
9:46
Dave Cameron: I think he’ll be a little more conservative tonight because he doesn’t have Maeda
9:46
Dave Cameron: If he had Maeda, almost certain he’d be the guy on mound for top of the order.
9:46
Dave Cameron: Wood in the 5th: 15 pitches, 4 fastballs
9:47
Fair line: The stand-up to cancer segment >>> god bless America. That was well done
9:47
Nick V: Seeing Orbit with a stand up to cancer sign was both amusing and sobering.
9:47
Joc who stole all the bases: Establishing the changeup
9:48
StrangePenguin: Possibly unpopular opinion: I don’t like the cancer bit
9:48
Dave Cameron: Ok Satan
9:48
1 Hit: Only hit of the game was first batter!
9:48
Guest: Hey Dave – I stand up for my mom but also for you and a whole bunch of other people
9:48
Dave Cameron: Thank you.
9:48
Dave Cameron: Best of luck to your mom!
9:49
Dave Cameron: That’s one way to start a rally against him.
9:49
Jumbo Davis: A bless of luck!
9:49
Cowdisciple: Hbp on a check swing is pretty sucky.
9:49
Kates: Lead off runner on base. Here we go…
9:50
Guest: Morton’s got a pretty quick move to first
9:50
Nelson: Why is Barnes getting so much action over Grandal this postseason?
9:50
Dave Cameron: Hot hand decision making.
9:51
Dave Cameron: Same reason Enrique Hernandez is starting vs an RHP.
9:51
Elbo: Kike has a hot hand vs rhp’s?
9:51
Dave Cameron: The grand slam lingers.
9:51
cmbvi: Dave Roberts trying to sneak bites of a rice crispy treat. We see you, Dave.
9:52
Hello Dave: Dodgers are going to see curveballs in the dirt in their nightmares
9:52
Bernie Brewer: Wood looks like he’s getting at least the start of the inning.
9:52
Dave Cameron: As he should
9:52
Dave Cameron: No reason to pull him before McCann
9:53
Nick V: Camera angle made that look harder hit, like Bellinger’s fly in game 2. Sheesh.
9:53
Ringo: Rice Krispies are full of good decisions. It’s analytics!
9:53
Clay(2000 lbs) Kershaw: If you’d told me that Joc would be having the best at bats of all the young Dodger lefties I wouldn’t have believed it.
9:53
Jumbo Davis: Do match-ups really matter if a guy like Wood is throwing sharp fire?
9:53
Dave Cameron: Yes, and he’s not.
9:54
John: I’m getting nervous as an Astros fan…
9:54
brian eno: generous call there
9:55
Jumbo Davis: “Tension in this ballpark right now”
9:55
Hello Dave: Two perfect pitches after 3-0
9:55
Nick R: Painting
9:55
Elbo: Strike zone has been generous but not outrageous
9:55
Ryan S: This has been the best playoff strike zone I’ve seen so far.
9:56
Ringo: I’m glad a pitcher isn’t batting here
9:56
Jeremy: Last night’s zone was excellent too.
9:56
Clay(2000 lbs) Kershaw: ENRIQUE!
9:56
Joc who stole all the bases: Oh boy
9:56
Dave Cameron: Baseball is amazing.
9:57
Show Hey O’Tawny: Things are happening!!
9:57
Jumbo Davis: That’s life, man.
9:57
Uncle Jimbo: Hot hand!
9:57
Deylen: What an AB
9:57
…: some stew is on the stove
9:57
Elbo: Ok, Dave Roberts is smarter than I am.
9:57
Fair line: YOU GUYS ARE AHEAD OF ME AND IM SAD
9:57
John: This is bad. Need a K from Chuck
9:57
Roberto Beers: There’s Morrow.
9:57
forestation: Hot Hand Hernandez. He will bat against RHP for rest of series
9:57
Joc who stole all the bases: Wood just had more GRIT
9:57
Canyonero Driver: This is such a great series. Can we make it a best of 9?
9:57
bosoxforlife: Maybe the first ball Morton thrown down the middle tonight.
9:57
Bernie Brewer: Alex Wood limps along for 5 innings of no hit ball while Charlie Morton is overpowering dudes, and now the Dodgers have the best chance to score. Baseball is weird.
9:57
Mattingly’s Sideburns: Balls hit in the air. Balls up in the zone. Seems like Morton is tiring.
9:57
brian eno: that was two down the middle in a row
9:58
Tony Womack: Morton looks less sharp this inning.
9:58
brian eno: morton’s losin it fast
9:58
Ryan S: Tired at 63 pitches?
9:58
Hello Dave: Need one of those grounders
9:58
JoeZ: This feels like most of Morton’s games so far this postseason
9:58
Show Hey O’Tawny: Harris in the pen
9:58
Jim: That was a bad call.
9:58
John Autin: Gift call there on 1-0.
9:58
Bernie Brewer: Dodgers win expectancy: 60.4%. Feels higher than that.
9:59
Dave Cameron: Road team
9:59
Bernie Brewer: Ryan S, these have been max effort pitches for all 63. Not like a regular season start.
9:59
Some Dude: This postseason is amazing
9:59
Dave Cameron: Bregman again.
9:59
Dave Cameron: Maybe stop running on contact to 3B.
10:00
Guest: WOW
10:00
Anonymous: SAVAGE
10:00
Canyonero Driver: Don’t run on Bregman.
10:00
Roberto Beers: Barnes with a case of the Puigs
10:00
Mariners Fan: Chris Taylor not all that
10:00
Show Hey O’Tawny: Bregman is better than you
10:00
Hello Dave: Why run there
10:00
I AM: THE BREGMAN
10:00
Joc who stole all the bases: The contact play bites again
10:00
Papelbon’s Velo: No reason to go there
10:00
Jeremy: That’s terrible baserunning.
10:00
Nick V: Whoa. Bregman is so smooth.
10:00
Doug: Honestly he plays third like a shortstop
10:00
Michelle: Bergman strikes again!
10:00
The F Word: Is the contact play ever a good idea?
10:00
John Autin: Contact play was RIGHT with 1 out.
10:00
Dave Cameron: Dodgers have made, what, 7 or 8 outs on bases this series?
10:01
He Hate Me: Bregman’s having a pretty good postseason for a 23-year-old.
10:01
Show Hey O’Tawny: And Morton gets out of it
10:01
John: Wow. Wow. Wow.
10:01
Show Hey O’Tawny: That was fun
10:01
Stevil: Gaffe of the series?
10:01
Deylen: That was not fun
10:01
Nick R: I love baseball
10:01
brian eno: wow morton just barely escaped that inning
10:01
Ryan S: If I see Greg Bird get thrown out at home another time I’m gonna throw up.
10:01
MikeS: Running there was not all that crazy. Only way Bregman could get that out, was like he did
10:01
Dave Cameron: You mean field the ball and throw to the plate to get him by 15 feet?
10:02
Frank: All i want to discuss is Morton throwing right-on-right changeups twice in that AB. Not sure if he’s thrown a changeup to a lefty tonight
10:02
Elbo: I don’t understand why anyone thinks that was a mistake. Still have a RISP with 2 out if they make the play
10:03
Dave Cameron: Runner on 2nd isn’t same thing as runner on 3rd, for one.
10:03
MikeS: The play was not easy as he made it look
10:03
Dave Cameron: He’s a good defender, but it wasn’t like that was a tough play.
10:03
Monsignor Martinez: But it could have instead been a double play
10:04
Dave Cameron: Nah, that was a chopper.
10:04
Ryan S: The value of running on contact isn’t that high. If he waits .5 seconds before running to see where the ball is going he scores most times anyway
10:04
Benny: Fox has the No-Hitter graphic. Now you gotta leave him in!
10:05
Dave Cameron: If he gets McCann, imagine he gets a chance to get through this.
10:05
Dave Cameron: If he doesn’t get McCann, you have to pull him.
10:05
Papelbon’s Velo: This start from wood is so fun
10:05
Nick R: Man that was lucky turner
10:06
Dave Cameron: Well then.
10:06
Dave Cameron: Wood has been better these last few innings than early.
10:06
Dave Cameron: Getting rid of his fastball and just living off the soft stuff.
10:06
Show Hey O’Tawny: That was a shit call
10:06
Cowdisciple: Location has been pretty flawless
10:06
Canyonero Driver: I didn’t realize Alex Wood had such a good change up…
10:06
Nick R: Looked like a strike
10:07
Seth Moko: Does Wood’s command typically get better as he goes like this?
10:07
Dave Cameron: No.
10:07
Fair line: What completely different and equally impressive starts from Game 4 starters
10:07
SubmarineSailor: Morton has gotten that same call more than once. I can’t be mad
10:07
John: Good job to lay off the high FB George
10:07
hscer: hey, Smoltz is actually prepared to see Wood leave
10:07
Tom: You have to feel like he could allow a HR at any moment, though.
10:08
Dave Cameron: Yup.
10:08
Dave Cameron: Like that.
10:08
Roberto Beers: LOL
10:08
hscer: like there?
10:08
Conner from AZ: Yup
10:08
Papelbon’s Velo: Lolollo
10:08
Show Hey O’Tawny: And there it is
10:08
John Autin: Like, there.
10:08
Jason: Nice!
10:08
Jumbo Davis: Wow
10:08
Fair line: Whoops
10:08
Sgt. Pepper: welp
10:08
Nick R: There t goes
10:08
Dave Cameron: “You have to stick with your starter” fails again.
10:09
Dave Cameron: We won’t get a 4 inning Smoltz lecture this time.
10:09
John: First hanger he’s thrown in the last few innings.
10:09
Show Hey O’Tawny: That’s why the hot hand is not good
10:09
Cowdisciple: That wasn’t even a mistake pitch.  Springer must have been looking for it.
10:09
ChatzMcGee: That sucks for Wood, he gave it his all, and the bats have been useless.
10:09
Jason: Heck of a third time penalty to pay
10:09
Bernie Brewer: Downside of abandoning the FB is that guys can just sit on the breaking pitch.
10:09
Monsignor Martinez: He kept it down
10:09
Some Dude: That was a beautiful swing
10:10
CJ: Dodgers bats in Houston has been THE problem.
10:10
Tony Womack: Wood looks bad now but it wouldnt hurt if LAD scored a run or two
10:10
Clay(2000 lbs) Kershaw: This game will break your heart.
10:10
forestation: If Roberts didn’t pull Wood there, would any other manager?
10:10
Dave Cameron: No
10:10
Dave Cameron: But this is probably where yesterday hurt them.
10:10
Dave Cameron: If Maeda was available, I doubt Wood gets Springer there
10:10
Bernie Brewer:

10:11
ChatzMcGee: To be fair, even you said you’d let him face Springer with no one on.
10:11
Dave Cameron: I was predicting what Roberts would do.
10:11
Dave Cameron: I 100% would have yanked him
10:12
Guest: But it wasn’t a totally disastrous decision, was it? Process-wise
10:12
Dave Cameron: Disastrous, no, because of the 2 outs/no on situation.
10:12
Dave Cameron: But obviously high risk of a HR there.
10:12
Jstodola : No hittter factor in Roberts decision?
10:12
Dave Cameron: No. He had no chance of actually completing the no-no.
10:13
Dave Cameron: Think he got to face Springer just because there were 2 outs and no one on, preference to bring Morrow in to begin fresh inning if possible.
10:13
Anonymous: sorry I’m lazy.  What is ideal exit angle for mashing taters?
10:13
Dave Cameron: 27 degrees
10:13
brian eno: this series, and this game, is on the dodgers’ bats.
10:13
Guest: How long does Morton go now?
10:13
Dave Cameron: He gets the 7th, then Jansen
10:13
Deylen: Roberts would’ve pulled him after 6 regardless
10:14
Dave Cameron: Yup. That as his last batter either way.
10:14
Lunar verLander: I think you read “Morrow” when they said “Morton”
10:14
Dave Cameron: Oh
10:14
Dave Cameron: Guessing Hinch tries to get 1 more out of Morton
10:15
The One Armed Man: What’s the quintessential Los Angeles food? Sushi?
10:15
Dave Cameron: Lemongrass
10:15
Garrett: Think Hinch will try to get 2 out of Giles?
10:15
Dave Cameron: Didn’t trust Giles to get 3 outs up by 2 last night. So no.
10:15
David: You would pull Morton, correct?
10:15
Dave Cameron: Yes, but I trust Harris and Devenski more than Hinch.
10:16
Dave Cameron: Bregman is having a series
10:16
The Real Matt: I AM THE BREGMAN
10:16
Guest: Holy shit
10:16
Show Hey O’Tawny: BREGMAN IS BETTER THAN YOU
10:16
John: Bregman for MVP
10:16
Ponger: HOLY COW
10:16
Monsignor Martinez: Turner got Turnered
10:16
Tom Glavine: Now THERE’s a throw most 3Bs wouldn’t make
10:16
Conner from AZ: Turner is slow
10:16
Dave Cameron: That was weird
10:17
Tony Womack: Yikes
10:17
Guest: Here we go, Smoltz
10:17
Lunar verLander:

Alex Bregman 84.5 MPH across the diamond to get Turner.
29 Oct 2017
10:17
Dave Cameron: Smoltz really lecturing us about the eye test right after no-hitter guy gave up a go ahead bomb and then reliever got an easy out?
10:17
Dave Cameron: Okay Soapbox John
10:17
Elbo: Belly this time takes the hanger
10:17
ChatzMcGee: Bellinger has no idea what he’s doing right now.
10:18
Dave Cameron: Smoltz actually making up a strawman about bullpen usage then criticizing people for not admitting they were wrong write after Wood gives up a bomb.
10:18
Dave Cameron: What a tool.
10:18
hscer: then Smoltz accuses [you] of being disingenuous based on results
10:18
Dave Cameron: Smoltz has some good insights on pitching, and he’s better than some other guys Fox has had in the booth./
10:19
Dave Cameron: But man, he’s been obnoxious about this.
10:19
Dave Cameron: Bellinger!
10:19
Clay(2000 lbs) Kershaw: REDEMPTION!
10:19
Papelbon’s Velo: Belly!
10:19
Bernie Brewer: Baseball is so weird.
10:19
Joc who stole all the bases: That was a weak swing too!
10:19
weezy: oh this is sweet.
10:19
Guest: It’s a miracle
10:19
John: Almost tied the game
10:19
Nick V: Belly dance.
10:19
Guest: He slapped that ball like 320 feet
10:19
Ryan S: He Frazier’d that one
10:19
Show Hey O’Tawny: Bunch of hangers
10:20
A.: Pull Morton now
10:20
The One Armed Man: I believe in the baseball announcer gods!
10:20
Dave Cameron: I guess AJ Hinch isn’t gutsy anymore!
10:20
Show Hey O’Tawny: Awesome start from Morton. That was fun
10:20
John: Harris coming in!
10:20
Tony Womack: Great performance
10:21
hscer: will Smoltz admit he’s wrong for thinking Morton should have started the 7th?
10:21
Dave Cameron: Of course not
10:21
bosoxforlife: Tough to be any better than Morton was tonight.
10:21
Bernie Brewer: “And you’re never gonna hear John Smoltz own being completely wrong on his Hinch praise”
10:21
ChatzMcGee: <blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>John Smoltz is kind of a dick.</p>— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) <a href=”

John Smoltz is kind of a dick.
26 Oct 2017

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10:21
forestation: Smoltz is mild mannered so lots of people tend to give him a pass for ridiculous comments
10:21
Dave Cameron: He was really good on Jonah’s podcast
10:22
Joy Division T-Shirt: Rob Lowe is a dick.
10:22
Dave Cameron: He’s not a luddite
10:22
Dave Cameron: He’s just got an agenda on this one topic
10:22
Dave Cameron: And refuses to acknowledge what is actually happening
10:23
Papelbon’s Velo: 52/7, didnt know harris was that good
10:24
Show Hey O’Tawny: Puig thought he got one out, looks like
10:24
Papelbon’s Velo: 52/7 is great but still like half a kenley haha
10:24
Benny: Bellinger has to tag there. Scores regardless if ball drops
10:24
Tim: no tag up?
10:24
Ryan S: He got fooled by Puig too
10:24
A.: I think that’s like his first time on base in a week, to be fair
10:25
Nick V: Dodgers look like they have no idea what they’re doing on the bases.
10:25
Ponger: So who’s up in the Houston bullpen after Harris? Both Devo and Giles?
10:25
Dave Cameron: Knowing Hinch, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s McHugh
10:25
Dave Cameron: A clutch hit!
10:25
Tony Womack: tied up!
10:25
Sgt. Pepper: This one has the makings of a classic
10:25
CJ: YES!
10:25
Joc who stole all the bases: LOGIE BEAR!
10:26
Show Hey O’Tawny: Forsythe!
10:26
brian eno: woooooo
10:26
Elbo: I’m surprised Belly didn’t run backwards on that one
10:26
John Smoltz: This wouldn’t have happened if Hinch trusted his starter.
10:26
The 6ix: Feel bad for Morton.
10:26
Conner from AZ: Hinch dies even more inside
10:26
Show Hey O’Tawny: Morton looks sad
10:26
Tim: Nice night for Forsyth – he’s also had 2 nice defensive plays
10:26
legeisc: Pulling start fails again…
10:26
Bernie Brewer: 106 mph on that hit from Forsythe.
10:26
John Autin: Relievers can allow hits, too.
10:26
John Smoltz: Should’ve thrown a different pitch.
10:27
Tyler: This is going 13
10:27
Long Live Jeff Frye: This is going to 15 innings–calling it.
10:27
John: That was a center cut pitch.
10:27
#PuigYourFriend: Is it pronounced “Fore-scythe” or “Foresight?” Pretty sure I’ve heard Buck say both
10:27
Dave Cameron: The former
10:27
Joe: Compromise: it’s going 14
10:28
Fair line: Devenski up!
10:28
Garrett: Because if it goes 9 it means the next 2 innings will be great entertainment.
10:28
Ponger: I guess McHugh can still throw the last four innings of the game afterall
10:28
John Smoltz: Numbers are killing stolen bases! Numbers are killing starting pitchers! Numbers killed my puppy!
10:29
brian eno: morrow again and then jansen for the 8th/9th?
10:29
Dave Cameron: Yup
10:29
Dave Cameron: Jansen probably starts warming this inning so he comes in if Morrow gets in trouble
10:30
Matt: The game is killing numbers! …looks at WS teams
10:31
Fair line: Would you Dave (Cameron) Roberts have faith in Jansen for more than 6 outs?
10:31
Dave Cameron: Probably not
10:31
Dave Cameron: But they don’t have to be the 8th/9th outs
10:31
Dave Cameron: If you need Jansen to get out of a jam in the 7th, could finish with someone else
10:32
Connor: Smoltz seems to have a problem admitting when he’s wrong
10:32
Dave Cameron: It’s really just on this one issue
10:32
Dave Cameron: Everything else, he’s fine
10:32
Dave Cameron: Even good
10:32
Dave Cameron: But he can’t accept that this is how pitching should work now.
10:32
A.: Are the Tonys available tonight?
10:32
Dave Cameron: Yep
10:32
CJ: Who would you trust for closing after Jansen?
10:32
Dave Cameron: Depends where you are in the order
10:33
Dave Cameron: Depending on if you have enough time to get him up, maybe Hill
10:33
John Autin: COULD finish with someone other than Jansen. But has anyone actually done THAT with a closer yet? We saw Wade Davis enter in the 7th, but he finished.
10:33
Dave Cameron: Last year, Jansen got replaced by Kershaw in 9th when he ran otu of gas
10:33
Tim: who pitches game 6 if Hill pitches tonight?
10:34
Dave Cameron: It’s Hill’s throw day. He can probably give you an inning tonight.
10:34
Dave Cameron: Especially if you’re only getting 18 batters from him on Tuesday anyway.
10:34
Adam: Classic 3-0 call
10:35
Bernie Brewer: “Altuve is short. Judge is tall.”
10:35
Chet Manley: Did you know that Jose Altuve is short and Aaron Judge is tall?
10:35
Hello Dave: Would’ve hit him if he didn’t swing at it
10:35
ChatzMcGee: Pretty good fielding today… mostly by 3B… all by 3B.
10:36
…: and forsythe!
10:36
Cowdisciple: Seems like if you need Hill in a tie game tonight, let next week take care of itself.
10:36
Dave Cameron: Yeah
10:36
Show Hey O’Tawny: Tony W in the pen
10:36
Jeremy: Devenski up
10:37
Fair line: Dave, you got AJ on the phone huh
10:37
Dave Cameron: I would imagine that the front office has been feeding him “trust your relievers” information all week
10:37
A.: Does Morrow ever get another chance to start?
10:37
Dave Cameron: No
10:38
Jason: Is Travis doing the live blog from the game tomorrow?
10:38
Dave Cameron: No, Paul has tomorrow night
10:38
Matt: With Darvish not going very far yesterday, you could probably throw him game 6 on short rest, and just let game 7 sort itself out between Hill/Wood/Kershaw and the rest of the pen if you get that far
10:38
Dave Cameron: Shouldn’t need Darvish on Tuesday
10:39
Dave Cameron: Kershaw goes deep tomorrow, then off day, then Hill/Maeda/Morrow/Jansen on Tuesday, then Darvish/Kershaw/Jansen on Wednesday
10:39
Dave Cameron: That’s obviously best case scenario.
10:39
CecilFielder: When you say “this is how starting pitching should work now” do you mean only playoffs or regular season as well?
10:39
Dave Cameron: In the postseason
10:39
Dave Cameron: Can’t do this in the regular season
10:39
Dave Cameron: Right now
10:40
A.: If Kershaw gets rocked, is the series over?
10:40
Dave Cameron: Probably
10:40
Dave Cameron: LA needs to win tomorrow, most likely
10:40
forestation: As vaunted as the Dodgers pen is, seems like the only guys Roberts trusts in all situations are Morrow, Maeda and Jansen. Which may still be 2 more than most other teams.
10:40
Dave Cameron: He’d use Watson/Cingrani more if HOU had better LHBs
10:40
Dave Cameron: But they don’t
10:41
Guest: How bad would it be for the LA bullpen if the game goes 15 or more innings?
10:41
Dave Cameron: It only goes 15 if a guy like McCarthy pitches well for a long time
10:41
Tony Womack: Does the fangraphs game odds take into account who is available in each bullpen?
10:42
Dave Cameron: No
10:42
Show Hey O’Tawny: Analysis: Joc and Bellinger swing very hard
10:42
Jstodola : Will Devenski go 2 innings?
10:42
Dave Cameron: Doubt it.
10:42
Dave Cameron: Giles if they get the lead, McHugh if they don’t
10:43
Dave Cameron: I know Joc doesn’t like it but that was a strike.
10:43
ChatzMcGee: joc is mad.
10:43
John Autin: NOBODY expects the high change-up!
10:43
Conner from AZ: High changeup usually isn’t a thing you get away with
10:43
Hello Dave: So bad it was good
10:44
Tom: That one goes a mile if he’s ready for it.
10:44
Dave Cameron: Just under it.
10:44
Papelbon’s Velo: Hefty seing
10:44
Deylen: Almostttt
10:44
Show Hey O’Tawny: Almost killed it
10:44
brian eno: devenski still looks meh
10:44
Ponger: they’re sitting change up
10:45
Cowdisciple: Devenski’s location not inspiring a lot of confidence.
10:45
hscer: bad location, weird delivery…every World Series needs a little spirit of Mitch Williams
10:46
Dave Cameron: “I wonder what Alex Wood would look like if he were right-handed”, God asked right before creating Chris Devenski.
10:46
some other matt: half the time, near the target, half the time 2 feet plus away
10:47
Dave Cameron: Taylor almost beat that out.
10:47
Show Hey O’Tawny: Taylor is fast
10:47
Cowdisciple: How many changeups can he throw before it stops working?
10:47
Fair line: I have no idea how Chris Devenski gets anything on his delivery that’s not a changeup
10:47
The 6ix: Ask Marco Estrada.
10:47
Divcoman: as many as he has now thrown
10:47
Garrett: Yea no way Devenski should go out for a 2nd.
10:48
Sgt. Pepper: Greg Zaun bashing the decision to pull Wood :/
10:48
Dave Cameron: You can use it as a litmus test for whether you should keep listening to someone.
10:48
Dave Cameron: If they think Wood should have stayed in, just walk away.
10:48
Long Live Jeff Frye: When managing a tie game in the late single-digit innings, how much do you take the possibility of an extra-inning game into account?
10:48
Dave Cameron: In the World Series, not much
10:48
Dave Cameron: You don’t want to burn guys for one batter outings here
10:49
Dave Cameron: But you can’t save your guys just thinking this might go 12
10:49
Bernie Brewer: This game feels like a preview for what baseball will be in 5 years. If you don’t throw 95, you don’t throw a FB ever.
10:49
Dave Cameron: Tony Watson to start the 8th
10:49
Dave Cameron: Would imagine Jansen not far behind
10:49
hscer: and 5 years after that, if you don’t throw 95, you don’t throw
10:50
Alec Asher Wojciechowski: If the Astros win today, and Keuchel goes 6 strong with a lead, would you think Hinch goes for the throat and uses Verlander to close it out?
10:50
Dave Cameron: No
10:50
Dave Cameron: You don’t use your Game 6 starter up 3-1 in the series
10:51
Dave Cameron: Jansen warming, to no one’s surprise
10:51
Show Hey O’Tawny: Lots of popups today from the Stros
10:51
Dave Cameron: This is the dream scenario for Roberts.
10:51
Dave Cameron: If they can hold Jansen for the 9th…
10:51
Papelbon’s Velo: Jansen for 1-6
10:51
Jacob DaBomb: Well that was a poor Gattis at bat
10:52
Show Hey O’Tawny: Gattis might be.. not good
10:52
…: do you keep watson in to begin the 9th?
10:52
Dave Cameron: No
10:52
Uncle Jimbo: I think Roberts’ dream scenario would include about 10 runs.
10:52
Frank: Even with McCann up?
10:52
Dave Cameron: You don’t let Jansen watch game end from the pen in the 9th
10:52
Show Hey O’Tawny: Giles warming
10:53
Cowdisciple: Looks like we’re headed for maximum leverage again!  Great series so far.
10:53
The 6ix: Paging Buck Showalter
10:53
sufjan stevens: over/under: 40 combined pitches for Giles & Jansen tonight?
10:53
Dave Cameron: Over
10:54
brian eno: would you have watson going against marwin?
10:54
Dave Cameron: Yeah, this is okay.
10:54
Dave Cameron: Marwin’s power is mostly from left side
10:54
Greg Zaun :

wut
15 Oct 2016
10:54
stever20: feels like where we are right now- the winner of this game is going to be a huge favorite going forward….
10:55
Dave Cameron: LA not huge favorite if they win, but small favorite.
10:55
Dave Cameron: HOU huge favorite if they win, obviously.
10:55
Garrett: Big inning by Watson.
10:55
Dave Cameron: If you had offered Roberts chance to go to 9th with game tied and he hadn’t used Jansen yet, he’d have hugged you
10:55
Beating the Shift: Gregg Zaun is mysteriously related to BJ Surhoff.
10:56
Hunky Dory: Who the hell is Greg Zaun?
10:56
Dave Cameron: Former backup C turned bad announcer
10:56
stever20: I think LA with Kershaw tomorrow and Hill/Darvish for games 6/7 entering tied- would be a pretty big favorite.
10:57
Dave Cameron: Kershaw/Keuchel in HOU isn’t huge LA advantage. Verlander/Hill in LA probably HOU advantage. Game 7 small edge to LA mostly because of home field.
10:57
Dave Cameron: Base hit!
10:58
John: Why Giles here?
10:58
Dave Cameron: Because, postseason struggles aside, he’s a good reliever.
10:58
Dave Cameron: And they don’t have a better option.
10:58
LJ: That hit probability for Seager had to be less than 10%
10:58
Dave Cameron: 40%, actually
10:59
The One Armed Man: If either bullpen gives up a run, it’ll show that you should’ve left the starter in the game
10:59
ChatzMcGee: Now someone warming?
10:59
Dave Cameron: Yep
11:00
Cowdisciple: 3-0 to Turner is very bad.
11:00
John: This is very bad
11:00
Papelbon’s Velo: This man is bouncing fbs, christ
11:00
The 6ix: Suddenly very nervous ballpark.
11:00
Conner from AZ: I don’t love that 3-0 swing there
11:01
Show Hey O’Tawny: This is a problem
11:01
Ponger: Giles doesn’t do clean innings
11:01
Garrett: ugly start
11:01
John Autin: Giles just makes me queasy, I don’t care what anyone says.
11:01
bobby tables: triple-play time
11:01
Bernie Brewer: Turner still looks gimpy running to 1st.
11:01
ChatzMcGee: Musgrove!
11:01
Bernie Brewer: Pinch runner?
11:01
Dave Cameron: I wouldn’t hate a bunt here, honestly
11:02
Dave Cameron: I’m normally anti-bunt but this is a situation where it would be okay
11:02
Dave Cameron: Bellinger is fast, could get on with an error anyway
11:02
Joe: What did Dave Cameron just say??
11:02
Show Hey O’Tawny: Hey he didn’t swing at a breaking ball inside
11:02
BUNT: DAVE SAID WE CAN BUNT EVERYONE BUNT
11:02
Dave Cameron: Or just hit a line drive
11:02
Clay(2000 lbs) Kershaw: How sweet it is!
11:02
Canyonero Driver: SHOULD HAVE BUNTED
11:02
Show Hey O’Tawny: “He should bunt”
11:03
Stringer Bell: This was better than a bunt
11:03
Bernie Brewer: BELLINGER
11:03
Fair line: Belly back
11:03
John Autin: GILES
11:03
Garrett: That’s why he shouldn’t bunt Dave
11:03
Adam: And still 0 out
11:03
Cowdisciple: Catastrophic appearance by Giles.
11:03
Ben: NEVER BUNT NEVER BUNT NEVER BUNT NEVER BUNT NEVER BUNT NEVER BUNT NEVER BUNT NEVER BUNT NEVER BUNT NEVER BUNT NEVER BUNT
11:03
Papelbon’s Velo: Not loving 100 miles giles
11:03
Matt: Last we see of Giles this series?
11:03
Dave Cameron: Maybe
11:03
Jstodola : Can’t see Jansen blowing another save!
11:04
tung_twista: Who should Astros use as closer now?
11:04
Dave Cameron: Guessing it will be Peacock rest of series
11:04
Raindog: If there’s anything I learned from Game 2, it’s that this just means the Astros are gonna hit some dingers in the bottom of the inning
11:05
brian eno: you absolutely have to get one more run here
11:05
Dave Cameron: Jansen can protect 1 run
11:05
stephan: Are there any other first basemen in the league that turn that into a double? Bellinger is crazy athletic.
11:05
Dave Cameron: No
11:06
HappyFunBall: Devenski shaky, Giles…bad. maybe Hinch is right to not trust his bullpen
11:06
Dave Cameron: The alternative was stick with a tiring Morton. Wouldn’t have gone better.
11:06
Dave Cameron: Harris was fine.
11:06
Zachary: From July 1 through the end of the regular season, Ken Giles pitched in 31 games with this line:

32.1 IP, 22 H, 4 R, 9 BB, 44 K, 1.11 ERA
11:07
Canyonero Driver: Technically,  Wil Myers is slightly faster. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sprint_speed_leaderboard?year=2017&posi…
11:07
…: turner out the game. that’s not good for the dodgers
11:07
Dave Cameron: Eh, he looks hobbled and Jansen probably ends it
11:07
Barry: If the dodgers score at least 2 more, do they still go to jansen?
11:07
Dave Cameron: Jansen pitches the 9th no matter what
11:07
bobby tables: first time the Astros have trailed at hime this postseason, btw
11:07
LJ: What if the Dodgers score 10 runs?
11:08
Dave Cameron: Jansen is already warm, hasn’t pitched in two days, off day on Monday
11:08
Dave Cameron: He’s pitching the 9th
11:08
Uncle Jimbo: Puig needs to get one in the air.
11:09
brian eno: we live in a world where joe musgrove throws 97
11:09
ChatzMcGee: #MusgroveForCloser.
11:09
Cowdisciple: Beautiful execution by Musgrove.
11:09
brian eno: that was horrible from puig
11:09
Tom: Walk the next guy, hope for a grounder?
11:09
Dave Cameron: That is the plan, it appears
11:10
Dave Cameron: I don’t love walking Forsythe against an RHP
11:10
Dave Cameron: Takes away margin of error
11:10
The 6ix: Bregman will nail a guy at home.
11:10
Show Hey O’Tawny: Oof that was a big swing
11:10
Hello Dave: lol I didn’t even realize Bellinger turned that into a 2B with a mild celebration and bat flip mixed in.
11:11
Cowdisciple: Hate to have a BB or a HBP score an added run here.  I hate it.
11:11
Dave Cameron: That was a strike.
11:11
Adam: Nah that was low
11:12
The 6ix: Low
11:12
Stringer Bell: That looked low
11:12
Show Hey O’Tawny: Little low
11:12
Grimace: Dave Cameron is the new John Smoltz
11:12
Dave Cameron: Whew.
11:12
Dave Cameron: Breathe, Astros fans.
11:12
ChatzMcGee: That was a hanger.
11:12
Show Hey O’Tawny: Aw man I was gonna lose it
11:13
Hello Dave: Holy jesus
11:13
Morton Salt Girl: ooooof
11:13
Ben: sweet lord
11:13
Clay(2000 lbs) Kershaw: Musgrove might need to change his undies.
11:13
some other matt: McCann says DO NOT THROW THAT AGAIN
11:13
Papelbon’s Velo: “Dont throw anything like that ever again”
11:13
Uncle Jimbo: Right size, wrong shape.
11:13
Bernie Brewer: *unclenches*
11:13
AJ Hinch: Whoooo-weee
11:13
Dave Cameron: 3-1
11:13
Dave Cameron: Don’t think Jansen blows two run lead twice.
11:13
Jay Lepley: Huge
11:14
ChatzMcGee: Clutch productive out.
11:14
brian eno: fantastic there by barnes
11:14
Canyonero Driver: Going out on a limb here, but I think the Dodgers are gonna win.
11:14
Uncle Jimbo: Bellinger tagged this time.
11:15
ChatzMcGee: Jansen is a huge human being.
11:15
jsolid: I gonna go out on a limb and say this games not over. Hey, i saw game 2
11:16
Dave Cameron: Welp
11:16
Show Hey O’Tawny: Doink
11:16
hscer: relatively over now
11:16
Brandon M: WOW
11:16
Clay(2000 lbs) Kershaw: JOC JACK!!!
11:16
Hello Dave: Good night
11:16
CJ: WOWZA
11:16
some other matt: ok, it might be over now
11:16
Papelbon’s Velo: Gonna go out on a limb and say dodgers win
11:16
The 6ix: Still want Musgrove for closer?
11:16
David G: That limb broke fast.
11:16
AdamZ: Astros bullpen = poop emoji
11:16
ChatzMcGee: Joc smash.
11:16
Monsignor Martinez: Crushed
11:16
option240: Can I get a refund on my ticket for the extra innings train?
11:16
Papelbon’s Velo: You like that lol
11:16
A.: I hear a fat lady. D
11:17
Show Hey O’Tawny: Don’t pull your starter ever
11:17
…: joc’s had a good series
11:17
Papelbon’s Velo: So.. jansen?
11:17
Joc who stole all the bases: He baseballed the hell out of that
11:17
Raindog: So, I’m guessing Hinch’s new plan is 9 innings each for Keuchel and Verlander, then rain, then more Keuchel and Verlander
11:17
Jstodola : Still Jansen!
11:17
Fair line: yes jansen
11:17
Bernie Brewer: Yes, Jansen.
11:17
Show Hey O’Tawny: JANSEN PITCHES THE 9TH
11:17
Bernie Brewer: Always Jansen.
11:17
HappyFunBall: Giles ERA is something like 50 now
11:18
Papelbon’s Velo: The collapse of giles kind of sucks
11:18
Bernie Brewer: Obligatory Yasmani Grandal quote on why you pitch Kenley Jansen:

Yasmani Grandal reveals the complex mystery of Kenley Jansen’s success … dodgers.mlblogs.com/2016/10/09/yas…
9 Oct 2016
11:18
Garrett: Well we at least get 2 more games of this series.
11:18
Ryan S: Houston pen 🙁
11:18
Jenley Kansen: I like that
11:18
Garrett: And Verlander is guaranteed to pitch again so that’s exciting.
11:18
Capt obvi: Joc is such a jock.
11:19
Elbo: Best news…. more baseball next week.
11:19
Canyonero Driver: When Alex Wood came out throwing 90 mph fastballs, this wasn’t an outcome I particularly expected…
11:19
Hello Dave: So Dallas-Verlander-Mcullers-Peacock and Morton the rest of this series?
11:19
Dave Cameron: Maybe some Harris/McHugh in there too
11:19
Dave Cameron: But yeah
11:20
forestation: How does modern analytics account for specific instances where an RBI at bat is meaningful, like Barnes’ fly out? Through WPA?
11:20
Dave Cameron: RE24 too
11:20
Kip For President: Will Giles’ postseason performance reflect poorly on his standing as closer next season?
11:20
Dave Cameron: I doubt he is the closer next season
11:20
Dave Cameron: After this
11:21
Dave Cameron: Fun
11:21
Dave Cameron: McCann bunting against the shift is neat, and a nice play by Seager
11:21
some other matt: McCann is not fast
11:21
Show Hey O’Tawny: Seager rocks
11:21
The 6ix: Good idea. Bad execution.
11:21
Elbo: McCann with a beautiful bunt and he’s out easily
11:21
hscer: not close enough to the line was his bigger problem
11:21
stever20: 1 thing looking ahead to Tue/Wed- weather in LA a lot more normal- only 68 and 70 degrees for highs.
11:21
Garrett: I really think this series is a toss up at this point
11:21
Dave Cameron: I’d probably go 55/45 LA
11:22
Grimace: shouldnt the astros be trying to have jansen throw as many pitches as possible at this point?
11:22
Dave Cameron: Yep
11:22
AS: Kershaw pitches twice more this series if it goes 7?
11:22
Dave Cameron: Yup
11:22
Dave Cameron: Starts tomorrow, relieves on Wednesday
11:23
Al: Verlander and Keuchel and pray for rain.
11:23
Me: Why Jansen? It’s not Game 7
11:23
Dave Cameron: He’s been warming for two innings. If you bring in anyone else and they get a guy on, Roberts would just bring him in anyway.
11:24
Show Hey O’Tawny: That sure was a swing
11:24
Hunky Dory: Giles will lose his closer job?  Dave, aren’t you the one always bringing up small sample size?
11:25
Dave Cameron: Astros don’t have that many ways to improve. They’ll upgrade pen.
11:25
Dave Cameron: Add on runs mattered!
11:25
Canyonero Driver: BREGMAN
11:25
Show Hey O’Tawny: Bregman is better than you
11:25
Adam: There had to be 1
11:25
Stringer Bell: Bregman is having a great game
11:26
option240: Four more please (chaotic neutral rooting here!)
11:26
Grimace: oh no the whistle
11:26
Ryan S: First non-cutter gets crushed lol
11:26
ChatzMcGee: I’m beginning to think Bregman might be a pretty good player.
11:26
Papelbon’s Velo: If it was 2-1 and mccann bunted for a hit and bregman homered to win i wouldve died
11:26
InternetStranger: Bregman has postseason HRs off of Sale (x2), Kershaw, and Jansen
11:27
Adam: 19% hit probability on that HR
11:27
bobby tables: AND SO IT BEGINS
11:27
Dave Cameron: And there’s the game.
11:27
Dave Cameron: Fun game.
11:27
Dave Cameron: Now we get Kershaw tomorrow and Verlander on Tuesday.
11:27
Dave Cameron: And probably a Game 7.
11:27
Dave Cameron: Hard to argue with that.
11:27
Sgt. Pepper: Love this series
11:27
Show Hey O’Tawny: Baseball is good and we get at least two more of these 🙂
11:28
Rip Boberts: Thts three really good games out of four
11:28
Garrett: 2 evenly matched teams it seems.
11:28
Fair line: i love baseball.
11:28
Dave Cameron: Thanks for hanging out, everyone.
11:28
Dave Cameron: We’ll see you guys again tomorrow night for Game 5!





 

Dave is the Managing Editor of FanGraphs.

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cornercreek
6 years ago

During the postgame broadcast they showed a clip of Kershaw leaving the celebration to run out to the mound. He got set, turned to pretend to check a runner on second and then turned towards home plate. While doing this he had the most focused and excited look on his face, it was pretty cool to see.

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