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ALCS Game 6 Chat
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: Hi everyone – thanks for chatting with us! We’ll be getting started here shortly.
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| 6:03 |
: Brandon Lowe batting in the 5 slot is not wise. He is a lefty against Framber (a lefty). And Lowe has been horrendous in the playoffs.
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| 6:04 |
: Lowe has been in a slump, but this year was actually better against lefties, and has a 127 career wRC+ against LHP.
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: Also a good chance to plug Ben’s piece on Lowe! https://blogs.fangraphs.com/is-brandon-lowe-broken/
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: Baseball!
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| 6:05 |
: Base. Ball.
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On Feeling Embarrassed at Work
I submit that we are never more keenly aware of our own physical state than when we are embarrassed. Other emotions make themselves felt in the body, of course; the soft, spreading warmth of love, the acute pops and pains of joints as fear inspires flight. To be chased by a tiger is to be gripped by terror and also remember that bad knee of yours. Embarrassment works a little differently; it makes our person its accomplice. Embarrassment is an ampersand, tacking on an emphatic “and like so” to your flubbed expense report. I’m embarrassed and rain-soaked. I’m embarrassed and without pants! Perhaps because I’m without pants, but most definitely embarrassed and without them. Many of our embarrassments these days are private, hidden behind so many masks and closed front doors. But some of us are not so lucky. Some of us are made fools at work, even now, and with everyone watching.
For instance, sometimes you’re a member of the Atlanta Braves. You’re a member of the Atlanta Braves and you’re on the mound, down a run. That’s ok! It’s just a run, and there are two outs. You’ve only thrown nine pitches. And you’re you, Kyle Wright, and your seven strikeouts and six innings of scoreless NLDS baseball are on the mound with you.
Only now it’s two runs…
… and then 17 pitches. And also, you’ve walked Cody Bellinger.
NLCS Game 1 Chat
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 Dan Szymborski: Greetings chatters and chat-readers
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| 8:03 |
Dan Szymborski: Because not ALL OF YOU are actually chatting. Some are reading the chats.
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| 8:03 |
Dan Szymborski: But does being a chatter require participation? Or is passive chatting allowed? That’s a philosophical question.
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| 8:04 |
: How do the Dodgers feel about the AJ Pollock contract right now?
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Dan Szymborski: I’m sure they’re not pleased as punch, but they can spend somewhat inefficiently and survive. And how many teams are better at getting use out of limited, underperforming players than the Dodgers?
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: As a Reds fan, I would have loved to see Joe Morgan play, but alas, he was before my time. Who is the one player from the past you would have most liked to see in person?
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Yankees-Rays ALDS Game 5 Chat
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Dan Szymborski: It is a time for baseball.
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| 7:01 |
: Hello baseball world
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| 7:02 |
: Quite a matchup we have tonight
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| 7:02 |
Dan Szymborski: I’m just glad we got *a* Game 5!
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| 7:02 |
: So how do we think the Glasnow start will pan out?
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| 7:02 |
Dan Szymborski: Between two and four runs allowed, margin of error six!
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ALDS Games 4 Chat
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: Hey everyone, welcome to our ALDS chat for the day.
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| 3:31 |
: The A’s and Astros are about to get started, with Oakland’s metaphorical back against the metaphorical wall
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| 3:32 |
: Liam Hendriks threw roughly 8 trillion pitches yesterday (I didn’t count) but will probably be available today
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| 3:32 |
: What’s up, y’all?
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| 3:32 |
: KEEP HOPING AND DREAMING AND YOU…..WILL…..SOOOAAARRRR
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| 3:32 |
: We’ll also talk about the NL games b/c why not
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Marlins-Braves NLDS Game 1 Chat
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Dan Szymborski: Hello!
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| 2:06 |
: So many Dudebros in that Fox pre-game studio.
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: howdy, all
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| 2:06 |
Dan Szymborski: Welcome to our NLDS Game 1 Chat! Which you have likely figured out from the link that was titled as such!
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| 2:07 |
: What noise would be louder in the event of an Astros-Yankees ALCS – collective groans of fans, or cheers of FOX execs?
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| 2:08 |
Dan Szymborski: I imagine a Marlins-A’s World Series would cause Depression-era panic at Fox.
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ALDS Games 1 Chat
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: Hey everyone, welcome to our chat for ALDS Game 1.
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| 4:01 |
: Today it will be Dan and I manning the chat stations (definitely just our computers).
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| 4:01 |
: If you’d like a preview of the series, conveniently enough, Dan wrote it:
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Dan Szymborski: And I am here!
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: Er, he’s previewing the later ALDS game
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Wild Card Series Day 2 Chat
| 1:00 |
 Jay Jaffe: Good afternoon, folks! Welcome to today’s Wild Card Series Day 2 chat. I’ll be joined here by Dan Szymborski, Tony Wolfe and maybe Meg Rowley in due course
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| 1:01 |
Jay Jaffe: we’re all going to have baseball coming out of our ears by the time today is over
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| 1:02 |
Jay Jaffe: Reds-Braves is already going, Astros-Twins about to start, Marlins Cubs at 2 pm ET, White Sox-A’s at 3, Blue Jays-Rays at 4, C, Cardinals-Padres at 5
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Jay Jaffe: (pauses to catch breath)
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Jay Jaffe: Yankees-Indians at 7 ET, and finally Dodgers-Brewers at 10
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| 1:02 |
: I’ve been a Padre fan for the past 12 years and this is the first time I’ve seen my team in the playoffs. So, I cannot understate how sad I am that both Clevenger and Lamet will not be pitching in this series.
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