Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

The Nationals took a lot of the drama out of the pennant race by losing last night. But we’ll still crank up the intensity to 10 tonight anyway. Get us at with some questions, and we’ll see you at 9 pm ET! In the meantime, I’ll get some polls rolling (poll results at bottom of transcript).

Paul Swydan: Guys, I have to restart my computer real quick, so you probably won’t be able to post questions for a few minutes. FYI.

Paul Swydan: Back.

Paul Swydan: Hi everyone. Jeff and I are here, so let’s do this thang.

Comment From Henry
How are wOBA scales determined? (I don’t mean the linear weights, the actual number titled “wOBA scale”)

Paul Swydan: One for Jeff right off the bat.

Jeff Sullivan: Hey guys!

Jeff Sullivan: Late!

Jeff Sullivan: It’s not late when late is normal

Jeff Sullivan: All right, finally managed to tweet this out. Now then

Comment From Jason
What is more depressing to you, the Mariners or that there is only one episode of Breaking Bad left?

Jeff Sullivan: I’m ready for Breaking Bad to be over. Aren’t you? It’s been too difficult to watch. Phenomenal, yes, but, it’s time. I’m pleased that the series is over this weekend.

Dan Szymborski: There’s a spider
he’s deep in my soul
he’s lived here for years
he just won’t let go
he’s laying around
he’s got a new bit
now he’s ready to fight

Comment From GSon
or throw a hissy fit?

Dan Szymborski: I don’t need your trophies or your gold.

Comment From Dan
Blood for Ba’al! I mean Zips for Yusmeiro Petit…

Comment From JT
Even though the Blue Jays year blew up in their faces, they did do what was right last off-season, right? Better to have love and lost….

Dan Szymborski: Yeah, they aggressively improved their team. Unfortunately, there are no guarantees.

Eno Sarris: phew. here at noon! having some internet issues..

Eno Sarris: Okay so I know nothing about this artist for the lyrics of the day, and the clip I listened to actually quoted another artist for the first part (one that I like), but that makes this hard to google, and the name of the song is relevant today. So that’s why.

You can find some time to be someone
Like a valentine for a lonely soul
You can treat me like a fool
And hate-

Some love brings me down
Some love turns me round and round
and round and round
and round and round and round and round and round

Comment From AJT
Just wanted to say that I loved the Trout piece. Nice work!

Eno Sarris: I don’t think it was my best work actually. I wish I could have gotten him to open up more. But! I really do love the idea that Mike Trout is Joey Votto plus centerfield D and elite speed on the basepaths.

Comment From Matt
Ubaldo or Cole today?

Eno Sarris: I’m going with Cole. Houston can run into a few homers and Cole is the better pitcher right now.

Dave Cameron: It’s Wednesday, and we’re now only two weeks away from the postseason, so there should be plenty to talk about.

Dave Cameron: The queue is now open.

Dave Cameron: Sorry about delay, Safari decided to just shut down completely for a few minutes.

Dave Cameron: I’m trying to use ti to get a little more battery life out of my Macbook Air, but man, I miss Chrome sometimes.

Dave Cameron: Anyway, enough of that. Question time.

Comment From KRS Juan
Do you think it’d be possible to get HR/PA for custom dashboards (for batters) instead of HR/FB?

Paul Swydan: Pimpin’, pimpin’, pimpin’ !!!!!!!!

Join Jeff Z and myself tonight at 9 pm ET. We’ll talk Yordano Ventura’s debut, and a lot of other things baseball related. The queue is fired up and ready to go, and I’ll pop in some polls too (poll results located at bottom of transcript).

Gonna be a good night. See you soon!

Paul Swydan: Alright, let’s do this thang.

Jeff Zimmerman: Sounds good

Comment From Cal Guy
Better keeper, Walker or Gausman?

Paul Swydan: Well, Walker hasn’t failed yet, so I guess him. But really they’re both still good keepers.

Jeff Zimmerman: Agree on Walker.

Jeff Sullivan: Surprise! Late!

Comment From Bip
You’re a rascal, Sullivan

Jeff Sullivan: Ain’t I a stinker!

Jeff Sullivan: Woke up with the best of intentions, too. Then I got stuck reading volcano articles.

Comment From Danborski
Franklin or Ackley at 2B?

Jeff Sullivan: Ackley

Dan Szymborski: And we are live

Dan Szymborski: Well, technically close to live, you see what I type after it’s already been typed

Dan Szymborski: So essentially, I’m speaking to you from the past.

Dan Szymborski: Just the very close past.

Comment From Tom
If Mo stopped by your house on his farewell tour, what would you give him as a present?

Dan Szymborski: I’m not sure I have anything he wants.

Comment From JEB
Did you know Ernie Shore’s house is in Winston Salem? This has been your fun NC trivia fact for the day.

Dave Cameron: Well, the old stadium used to be called Ernie Shore Field, so while I didn’t know that his house was here, that’s not a huge surprise.

Comment From Daniel
What would your headline be the morning after the Royals sneak up and take the 2nd wildcard spot?

Dave Cameron: “It’s 2043, and the Royals finally did it.” Hint: they aren’t making the playoffs this year.

Comment From JEB
Puppy update?

Dave Cameron: Biting has gotten a lot better, now fully house broken, and she’s up to 30 pounds. Still adorable, still a lot of work.