| 5:04 |
: Hello friends
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| 5:05 |
Hi Sex Caldera! |
| 5:05 |
: I’ll take it
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| 5:05 |
: Hey everyone!
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| 5:05 |
: Welcome to live blog. Tonight your hosts will be myself! And Sean Dolinar!
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| 5:06 |
: With luck last night’s live blog will stand as having been literally twice as long as this one
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| 11:46 |
: hi, all. let’s have ourselves a little chat about baseball and life. i’ll be back at around noon to begin taking your questions
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| 12:05 |
: hello! let’s begin
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| 12:05 |
August what is life anyways |
| 12:06 |
: a series of mistakes, from which you can either learn, or not learn. the good ones do the former.
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| 12:07 |
Jorge Soler for Carlos Carrasco. Who hangs up? |
| 12:07 |
: nobody hangs up, but the Indians stay on the line to see what else the Cubs are willing to give up
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| 11:58 |
: The Dan Szymborski Chat: 1+some decimal hours of your life that you are 100% Guaranteed to Never Get Back. Or your money back! Win a taco!
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| 11:58 |
: (Note: You will not win a taco)
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| 11:59 |
Is it fair to say Jeurys Familia is challenging Wade Davis for best reliever in baseball at this point? He has really hit a new level this year. |
| 11:59 |
: Having a sweet run lately, but wouldn’t put him as challenging Davis quite yet.
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| 11:59 |
Who will win the WS??? In how many games? (someone had to ask). |
| 11:59 |
: Mets 7.
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| 9:05 |
: Hello friends
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| 9:05 |
: Welcome to Friday baseball chat
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| 9:05 |
: Where based on early indications we’re going to talk a lot about managers? My excitement is through the damn roof
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| 9:05 |
Odds that Gabe Kapler will be Dodgers manager in 2016? I loved him in “Welcome Back Kotter.” |
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: I kind of thought he’d be named the manager when the Dodgers first hired him a while back, but it makes sense they had to give him a little seasoning. Now? Now he’s the odds-on favorite.
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| 9:07 |
: Smart guy, playing experience, a real uniter. Super motivating. If the Dodgers believe a manager’s No. 1 duty takes place in the clubhouse, Kapler appears to be a wonderful option there who won’t give anything back on the strategic side of things
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| 10:45 |
: be here soon
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| 12:00 |
Is it true that the Cubs are going to put a plexiglass case around Schwarber’s glove in left field? |
| 12:01 |
: It’s a bit of a quandary, isn’t it? Where do you put him? He’s a first baseman, most likely. I thought Soler was better but there was the faceplant. Otherwise I might consider swapping them from left to right based on handedness of the batter.
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| 12:01 |
i had a whole diatribe planned for you about how awful Lucas Duda was. Can’t go on about that now! Go Mets! |
| 12:01 |
: Duda diddat.
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| 11:40 |
: It’s Wednesday, and after tonight, we could be out of baseball for a while. Let’s talk about games while there are still games to talk about. Or, if you’re a fan of the other 26 teams, we can do offseason stuff too.
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| 11:41 |
: The queue is now open, and we’ll get started in a bit.
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| 12:00 |
: Alright, let’s get going.
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| 12:00 |
Will the Mets re-sign Murphy? |
| 12:01 |
: No, I don’t think so. I think they’ll try harder to re-sign Cespedes, and if they can’t get him, go after an SS upgrade and move Flores to second.
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| 12:01 |
Who are the top 4 teams best set up for a dynasty run |
| 11:39 |
: hello, and welcome to August chat round 2
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| 11:40 |
: start getting those questions in and i’ll be back around noon to begin conversing
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| 11:42 |
: couple refreshers from last week, as I search to get a feel for how these chats go: yes, I’ve seen the Conan O’Brien sketch. no, I’m not too keen on answering fantasy questions. yes, I will gladly answer non-baseball questions, though that part is totally up to you guys.
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| 12:01 |
: ok!
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| 12:01 |
: you guys sure you don’t just want to look at that picture of Johnny Cueto’s face for the next hour?
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| 9:09 |
: Hello friends
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| 9:09 |
: Welcome to baseball chat
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| 9:10 |
: As expected since February, today’s ALCS Game 1 will be started by Marco Estrada and Edinson Volquez.
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| 9:10 |
Can we appreciate for a moment that literally 1/3 of Canada watched game 5 of the ALDS? |
| 9:11 |
: I love that one team unites a whole country, that a few weeks from now will revert to a sort of hockey-based tribalism
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| 9:12 |
: The other day, in Toronto, I heard the “ole” chant. The Montreal Canadiens chant. The Blue Jays allow for all of Canada to temporarily set aside its many differences
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| 11:08 |
: headed here
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| 12:00 |
Angry Jose Bautista is the best, even when he’s throwing out his own shoulder. |
| 12:00 |
: I can’t believe this is a hot take for some: I love bat flips.
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| 12:01 |
I asked this to August, but he didn’t want to touch Fantasy, so: I have a good problem. In my Keeper league, I have Sano, Bogaerts and Corey Seager for 2 spots, plus a utility spot. Should I keep all 3? Should I deal one for pitching (which is by far my weakness)? Who would you consider dealing of the 3? And keep in mind I’m a delusional Red Sox fan who loves Xander Bogaerts like a son. |
| 12:01 |
: I wonder if Sano isn’t the guy to deal here. No positional value, probably will hit .230 or so next year, lucky to hit .240 I think. And peak value, you’ll get what you want.
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| 11:43 |
: Happy American League Elimination Day. Two pretty exciting games on tap for this afternoon that we can discuss, or we can cover the Cubs vs Mets/Dodgers upcoming NLCS, or talk about Chase Utley some more, or we can all make fun of Kiley on his last day working at FG.
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| 11:56 |
: Alright, we’ll start a couple of minutes early today.
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| 11:56 |
thoughts on DeGrom warming up last night? |
| 11:57 |
: I wouldn’t really call what he did warming up. There’s a difference between just throwing off a mound and getting ready to come into a game. Having him just play catch probably isn’t a big deal, and it doesn’t look like he ever really threw like he was preparing to pitch.
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| 11:57 |
Could the Blue Jays go Stroman through 5, Price 6 & 7, Sanchez 8, Osuna 9? Only thing that could seemingly rationalize pitching Price in relief in game 4 |
| 11:58 |
: I don’t think they use him today. I bet the hope is Stroman for 6 or 7, then Loup against a tough LHB, then the RH relievers to close it out.
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