Members-Only Game Thread: World Series – Oct 23, 2026
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i think the team that has the highest BLEPH is going to win tonight
Please go seven games, please go seven games.
We'll be chat while trick-or-treating!
Happy World Series!
If people want to get nostalgic here are links to Jeff and August's articles from their time here…
Jeff Sullivan: https://www.fangraphs.com/blog-roll?author=7030
August Fagerstrom: https://www.fangraphs.com/blog-roll?author=43631
Might also influence your vote.
Feels like August got an unlucky draw here, he's awesome but Jeff IS classic FanGraphs
August was one of the first _writers_ to leave for a team. And definitely the first of many here. Because after him was Cameron, Carson, then Sullivan.
lol shows what I know!
Pretty special series here.
Cmon clap for respect
Hello folks!
Need a poll on whether it's a good idea for the Rays to push Rasmussen back a day, or if they're overthinking it.
This is a situation where I defer to "the team has more information than we do." Ramsussen's feel, rest, etc.
I also wonder if there's wisdom in trying to maximize your chances of winning the non-Miz games. Probably getting a little too cute if that's the thought process, but it might play a role
I'd come down on the side of too cute. I'd want my ace to be available as much as possible during the WS.
No overweight players anymore 😂
Those Brewers entrance LEDs/Barrels/CO2 machines actually looked really good. Most of the time, whatever the teams do looks bad.
I can sing much better than this in opposite land.
She crushed the anthem. Damn
I wonder if the NPB is like, World? Really?
theyre prolly more like "World?, 本当に？"
Is the roof open? I'm streaming the radio broadcast and they haven't mentioned while I was paying attention.
I don't believe MLB allows it to be open. Or at least they are in charge of it. It should be closed to my knowledge.
Pity. If you have baseball in Wisconsin in late October, it should feel like it.
Yah it’s closed
If they have a problem with it they can come over here and take it from us
Too soon. lol
They sent Ohtani to take it.
what in the AI bulls**t is this malarkey
It sucks that the one time of year where there's amazing nationally televised baseball is also the one time of the year when commercial breaks are full of the most vile ads
I just realized that before tonight, I'd been to as many World Series, with as many wins to show for it, as both these teams put together
Do they have cheese curds and Spotted Cow in the pressbox?
There's a whole curd stand on this level. That's where I took the now-infamous Brat Rangoon photo. But no Spotted Cow. They didn't even have it at the bar I ate dinner at last night
Nearly all the other New Glarus beers are better than Cow … but you knew that
Any idea when this game will actually start?
I was thinking 8:08, but looks like that wasn't the case.
tomorrow afternoon
Hey friends!
two batters, two relatively well hit balls
Baumann, how's Wisconsin treating you?
He has had no spotted cow. I don't believe he's actually in Wisconsin.
One of my fellow writers just produced a two-pound bag of sausage from his backpack and offered to share, so things are going well here
its too bad this cant also be streamed via mlb tv. im on fubo instead and gonna be like 30 seconds delayed
Nothing but cheese from Miz so far
He's in the right state for cheese
Just like the Woodman's cheese aisle.
What a delightful swing from Simpson. I love it.
Raysball right there
What’s our take on the lineup choices? Milwaukee tinkering with order a bit and someone with a Time Machine from 2005 would have a heart attack about Simpson hitting 3…
It's hilarious how shallow the LF was and how quickly he got to Simpson's hit.
I do like that David Hamilton.
Miz looking good so far
Rays def not afraid of Miz
brewers def not afraid of nick martinez
That Simpson hit? 57.8 MPH.
Beautiful.
Brings a tear to my eye
Big spot already for Martinez. The Brewers feel like a bad matchup for him.
Wow, the green screen ad behind the batter is particularly egregious.
it looks like the typical angels broadcast (derogatory)
Yeah, I really miss charming local advertising in games. Happens on NHL dasherboards, too.
Next year you will be forced to bet on the game in order to watch it
Is Bauers okay? That was only six pitches
Yelich batting third? Why?
Welp
Baseball Posts that Age Poorly
I need a forehead slap emoji
Is it just me or does Smoltz trip over his words way more often than other color guys
Slightly to my surprise, here in Canada Sportsnet has their own announcing crew I guess? I don't have to listen to Smoltz!
Just like a Canadian to flaunt their superiority.
That's why.
He missed the catch! hello everyone
Man, I am so used to major leaguers making those catches that I am half-tempted to call for an error on that.
Can I change my vote on holding back Rasmussen?
I'll make a poll tomorrow that has a choice: I regret my vote from yesterday.
My goodness. Both of those balls hit leather.
Scorched off the bat
Looks like the Rays defense is not crisp today.
xBA of .630 and .620 according to statcast
Luck on Brewers side so far
hard to blame the rays defense with those EVs imo
Rays just getting all the bad luck out of the way inning 1 of game 1. It's strategic
I've determined that I want Milwaukee to win. The thought of Chandler Simpson batting #3 on a world series team is too much to handle.
The guy who almost won a batting title?
FanGraphs batting title should be wRC+
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Personally, I find myself leaning Milwaukee just because they had the Violent Femmes playing a pregame concert. You deserve to win when you do that.
Simpson did beat Jose Ramirez by 1 wRC+ this year… But Cleveland is on another level strategically by batting him #2 instead
They made Chourio the Fonz. That works.
rays should just get the bad luck out of the way for the next 4 games
Simpson will get hits and never hit into DPs.
i love chandler simpson, but why not bat him first and push yandy/aranda down a slot
Not really a question quite yet but: if you're the Rays, how aggressive do you want to be using your best bullpen arms early if you're behind in this game?
On the road in Game 1, maybe not so much?
What I'm curious about is how often Cash will turn to his top end guys while losing, he did it a lot against Cleveland, if Milwaukee gets 4-5 looks I'd be worried
Yeah, same, but I've felt the same several other times in these playoffs only to find the managers disagreed with me.
Definitely feels like the Rays bullpen isn't set up as well as the Brewers' for this type of situation. Tons of single inning guys with a reasonably well defined hierarchy, bad combination if you're trying to avoid giving too many looks
or maybe 2nd if you still want yandy at leadoff
As a Crew fan, live the Rays bringing the infield in 1st inning. Dubious
Great challenge. Gotta be sure to challenge in a low-leverage spot.
Miz tightened up pretty good in the second
Against Cleveland that was definitely not a swing. 🤣#miz perks
Great piece of hitting by Frelick to go down and get that. Wow. His back knee was almost on the ground.
O/U 7.5 bunts tonight now that the first one is down?
I want to live in a world where that over hits
I only want to live in that world if they're attempts to bunt for hits
I personally don't think Hamilton will do anything other than attempt to bunt for hits
Ask Edwin Diaz about that.
Is it just my TV or is the video stretched vertically?
I don't have that here
No TV problem here.
Did it make Nick Martinez's muscles looked normal sized
Pretty odd Savant pitch value profile for Nick Martinez: 97th percentile for fastball, 91st percentile for offspeed, 17th percentile for breaking
The changeup he got Mitchell on to end the first was absolutely gross
From ~200 feet, Sal Frelick looks enough like Garrett Stubbs when he's running I've done a double take whenever he gets on base
I'm Abed from Community and there are several plausible timelines where DeLuca and Walls catch both of those balls.
are they the ones where everyone has goatees though
your Pudi. hey! Loved that show back in the day
A lockout is the darkest timeline
I'm not Danny Pudi but did not have faith people would get the reference without me setting it up.
Misiorowski in the mooooorning
Martinez actually looks super sharp
First guessing here – I always want the best pitcher in game 1 of WS to maximize the odds of using him thrice 1-4-7.
+1 for using thrice
fantastic band, and good baseball writers
Rays have taken several middle-middle four seamers already.
Can’t hit it if you can’t see it
Has Miz thrown a good breaking ball yet?
must've heard you and obliged
Enjoyed the horizontal statcast view of the slider vs 4S. I feel like statcast never gets utilized in unique ways on the national broadcasts, would like to see some more of that
Totally! No brainer.
Who in the minors is the next Miz? if anyone
Susana?
Was the Miz the next Miz in the minors? My recollection was that he was thought of as high ceiling, super high risk, potential future closer.
that sounds like what they say about Susana
His command jumped from below average to average just before he was called up. Tough for prospect raters to adjust
Yankees-Dodgers is clearly the darkest timeline from a World Series perspective
The Miz cutter is working. More please
I’ve been having a debate wit someone about what we think the TV ratings for this Series will be. He thinks it will be worst in history because of the small market teams. I think the various narratives around this Series will goose the ratings some and be reasonably decent considering this fragmented media era.
This is interesting. 2023 was the worst per Wikipedia. And those are bigger markets.
But also far less interesting teams. IMHO
Crazy to think in 1978, we'd be watching with 44.4 million other people.
In 2026, we might only have 8 million other people.
I’m sure that many people will see clips.
sounds like a waste of time unless one of you works for Fox. watch the games, who cares?
This is MIND BOGGLING!
Curious how people are watching. I’m on YouTubeTV.
I bought a one month fox subscription through Prime
Listening to Brewers radio via MLB app.
Fubo…
OTA local Fox station at the moment… might switch to stream (Sling) later
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Yandy first time up: 99.9 mph exit velo, 347 feet the other way, F9
Second time up: 101.7 mph exit velo, .650 xBA, lineout.
Miz has handled everyone else fine but Yandy must want his money back
Yandy's LASER was a good example of why playing 3B is fun (if you have the balls for it, and protect them).
The brewers just put teams in the vortex
I'm rooting for the Brewers because I'm a Yankee fan, but also because I really want to see Yelich win one. Do the rays have anyone like that? Rasmussen with his injuries maybe?
But what was Yandy's BLEPH?
yandy paying to hit against Miz is real sicko stuff
the man wears medium T shirts – those poor shirts!
the MIA/Brewers trade for Yelich was armed robbery!
Best Kalshi add I’ve seen. Still will never use that trash.
Shane Gillis and Danny McBride doing a Kalshi ad together is excruciatingly on-brand.
This chat is cool on the app to use
How do I get to it on the app?
Has any other team ever worn their alternates this much in the playoffs
Laying off all that 100 plus, half an inch off the corner was really impressive by Aranda
I finally got here only to find out I missed a triple! That’s sad, I love triples.
With Yelich's original back it would have been a homer. It was a nice barrel (I assume).
Sorry to be that guy, but it was a fake triple! It hit leather!
On a diving attempt
I'm really liking new teams and players in the Series
Chandler SImpson batting 3rd feels a little "too cute" to me
Ugh, Mitchell botched that one.
That was a screamer
That's a lot of hits on balls that hit the glove today
Yah he wasn’t running
Balls off CF glove 1 to 1
I’ve played plenty of center and liners right at you are the worst
I think Miz is done
At low 50s pitches? You sure?
Nope
Mitchell was an E8 (in a world where I'm official scorer)
The threshold is "ordinary effort," and he broke in the right direction and was at a full stretch. That's a hit.
I usually keep score when I'm at the park, and I largely ignore what the official scorer says.
It's a hit but a lot of CF's would have had it in their hip pocket.
You're probably right based on how it's done. But in my timeline, you're supposed to catch that ball.
Some would, but I think a lot wouldn’t. That wasn’t a gimme.
There's a surprising amount of multiverse theory in this chat.
In the other multiverse, no one is talking about the multiverse and the Rockies are winning.
Are official scorers allowed to use Statcast catch probabilities?
The last thing I want to see on a World Series broadcast is the betting trend for who’s gonna win.
I'm going to be laughing about "Misiorowski in the Mooorning" for days to come. Thank you for that.
Holy crap Aranda was off the line. Rays positioning I tell you what
that should count toward 2B eligibility
There haven't been many instances where I have seen a 1st baseman that far into the hole.
There is a 98.9% chance that this chat is 50% more filled with stats than 90% of other chats.
Was that an odd place for the first baseman to play Pratt 3-and-2, two out, none on? He was practically lined up with where second baseman plays.
I love you Jonathan Aranda
I am not surprised to see Murphy get someone up. Misiorowski is not quite the same tonight.
He’s been off for a while now. The season has definitely worn him down a bit
Miz down to 97
In the Miz vs Skubal game I couldn't stop looking at their enormous feet. That game might have had the largest combined SP shoe size of all time. (Someone research this please)
John Rauch had the biggest feet I ever saw an a ball player.
also would accept ratio of combined shoe size to ERA
Rauch did not win that
The foul balls are noticable
He can't put the hitters away like he usually does.
Bauers!
That was a really impressive play on both sides
Have the playoffs demonstrated a playbook against Miz, that all opponents will take up next season?
Wait to hit him until the post
Seems more like fatigue than the scouting being especially better. The command on his breaking pitches has been abysmal so they can afford to sit fastball
Maybe, but it's always a game of adjustments, and if the strategy results in 5 innings of 1 run ball…
See? Told you he’s done.
Surprised Miz is still in there for Yandy.
What on earth???
!?!?
Bizarre play there with Yandy at the plate?
Yaaaaaas Contreras!!!!!
Why the hell are you stealing third there???
……….
Someone forward the Rays Ben Clemens resume
I would rather he stayed here.
Contreras continuing to have an incredible postseason
I'm just an unfrozen caveman lawyer – your modern ways confuse me – but even I know that when the dude throws 100 on some level the scouting report is just like it says on Leslie Nielsen's tombstone: "Let 'Er Rip!" (true story – he put a fart joke on his tombstone)
Is it just me or does Ariana Grandes eyes suggest demon possession
That was nearly Austin Wells trying for 3rd level of dumb
Quick poll. Does Miz come out for the 6th?
No
If the Brewers score a couple or more, for sure.
Probably not. Think he was emptying the tank in the 5th
yes
TOOTBLAN alert?
Throw so perfect too
Given the way Cash has managed the playoffs to this point, I'm surprised Matz is up.
I’ll take a veteran pitcher in the post
Wow REALLY stupid decision against Mesa
Victor Victor Mesa Mesa Jr
Catch-22 is my favorite book, and Major Major is one of the better characters (actually Major Major Major since that's also his rank)
Why not hold up after the stumble
I wonder if he thought it'd be harder to turn back once he started stumbling
OOF
At least it was the second out at third
another out at 3rd, wow
My favorite play in baseball, that was incredible
Holy redemption, Batman!
Stat from Canadian tv: in the expansion era, name the 5 starting pitcher seasons with the lowest BA against 3rd time through the order. List includes Miz this year, Pedro 1999, Ryan 1974, a Blake Snell season, and…another guy.
Arrieta 2015?
Clay Bucholz in 2013
dueling TOOTBLANs
good band name?
Drum and bass underground house duo
That's such an impressive relay by Williamson, who wasn't a second baseman until this season. That's not a natural throw for him.
Don’t run against Contreras. Don’t run against Mesa.
If it's from Sportsnet, I'm gonna say Kevin Gausman or Cy Young Robbie Ray
Buchholz in 2013!
That may go down as the worst decision of the game.
Or maybe Halladay?
wow Clay Bucholz is a Remember Some Guys pull
.8912 BLEPH! on that play
I love how single season baseball stats capture random dudes playing out of their mind for a season
where are you guys getting these team tags from?
good to settings then flairs
go**
This is the only game in 2026 that Miz didn't K at least 5 in a start of 5 innings or more.
Chat settings button in the upper-right
Thanks! Do they have Black Sabbath or is it just MLB teams?
Nick Martinez 5 Ks, Miz 3 Ks. Can't predict baseball.
Clay Buchholz is one of those guys for whom FIP-based WAR was created. In bWAR he looks like he's just great or terrible at random. In fWAR he's just a good-not-great pitcher with a fast decline.
they fired the BLEPH guy, let's get a better nonce acronym
top right of chat window, gear picture, chat settings
i bet nobody else has this combo
Sorry about the self-loathing; that must be unpleasant.
eugh
fwiw it's definitely in that order
Contreras is awesome at challenges.
Contreras is awesome at baseball
i'll tell you my flair story if you tell me yours
fangraphs member survey on the stories behind their flair
lockout article alert
Mine is boring, no teams close enough to home to count as hometeams while I was growing up, but my father was from Boston and we went up there a couple of times a year and occassionally caught a game at Fenway.
A lot of us single-team people will be boring. I grew up in New England, left for a job, miss it.
I was a multi-team fan until the Giants left NY. It has been more fun dedicated to one club.
who was more impressive to see live, mays or mantle or teddy ballgame?
Contreras MVP
Tough looking double play there for TB
This is the throw-'em-out game, I guess.
So many great arms tonight!
Contreras is awesome at baseball!
DO NOT RUN ON CONTRERAS
perhaps simpson is not the best 3rd hitter
They don't have him batting there because he's the 3rd best hitter
I lived in all 3 places (and never once considered liking the Yankees)
My parents were in NYC in 1962, my mother had the Mets as her favorite team till the day she died because she was still rooting for the underdog from that year. She also claimed Mets games were better entertainment than other teams, because you never knew what would happen on a "routine" popup.
Man, all kinds of runners getting cut down
I assume that one was a hit and run which isn't a bad call with Simpson's contact rate. Just looks horrible when it fails
BryanB is the Rays closer, he has changed sides and is now operating as a sleeper agent
It would be amazing if he was posting on his phone from the bullpen
It’s an XK Red 27 technique
Dumb question: does the catcher get the WPA for a caught stealing? Do they get the negative WPA for a successful steal?
There’s no defense in WPA just pitchers.
bosox for life with the age related flex
Really think Laurila should interview him in the offseason.
lockout article klaxon strikes again
Is it common for shortstops to wear the pitch com?
Apparently all infielders wear them? Or at least some. There was a whole kerfuffle earlier this year when players on first could hear the pitch call on Nate Lowe's pitchcom because the volume was up too loud
I think several infielders do- I saw Freddie freeman holding his hand over his hat/ear in an earlier series
I am fairly certain if you let pitch com reach the SS then the other team is listening.
Mays was the best because he was great at all phases of the game. Williams was in a class by himself as a hitter.
If Willie Mays had a Statcast card, it would be blood red from top to bottom.
It’s gonna end in a walk off?!?! Call Bowie!!!
I believe the broadcast missed an adorable side hug between Contreras and Aranda during that PitchCom malfunction. If I'd gotten a hug like that from a girl I liked I'd be walking on air for the rest of 9th grade
Just because we're throwing each other out doesn't mean we can't be friends
11th grade for me.
Willy C has the largest eye black tape I have seen
I love it
He and Yandy need to have an eyeblack-off
They should have a live face painting station before the game
cant wait for bauers to have a unicorn on the left side of his cheek
LOLLLLLL
I swear those pitch cons are made out of balsa wood and spit
Imagine Matz not throwing strikes, at his age
I think Harper also paints his whole face?
Harper is at some point going to force us to have a serious conversation about when "a ton of eye black" turns into "doing blackface on the field"
No, spit was banned back when bosoxforlife was a kid
Try telling that to Don Sutton and Jerry Reuss
Lew Burdette's nickname was "Lubricated Lew".
I think they should have a live face painting session before the game
Miz in full tiger face paint firing 103 would be peak
🦄
Baumann, during the lockout can we start a fantasy league of your 300 metros setup?
I don't know what this means
I think this is referring to your mega expansion idea
Pan-American Municipal Baseball League, 150 franchises? sorry i misremembered the number
Ohhhhh yeah definitely. I'm not sure I want to administrate such a thing, but if someone else wants to hack OOTP and make it work that could be fun
Meg and Appelman keep me locked in a windowless room unless I come up with three insane ideas a week, I have trouble remembering them all
RISP
Uribe – Hall – Ashby – Megill as needed to close it out
I think you can skip Hall.
I’m telling you, next season pitchers will pitch one pitch each
Caminero has great vibes in all circumstances from what I've seen
I will always root for a guy in sport specs
Richie Palacios vs. Ashby would be a real Sophie's choice for you
I'm sorry, but Palacios' glasses are too neon. Too neon by far.
Rec specs!
Where’s Karim Abdul Jabar when we need him
I love Ashby but there's no way the "two innings every game" bit works for him again this series, right?
I consistently underestimate him
The forehead sweat zoom in was pretty extra there by Fox
I'm growing to loath Polimarket advertising
I actually like the Craig Robinson one but I just find him funny
He sold out!
Beginning to be a fan of the stay-in-radius OF proposal
Is it harder for a lefty to bunt off a lefty or does it not matter?
MLB: if you want to turn away fans, keep advertising betting apps
Wonder where these gambling companies are getting all this money to buy adv—ohhhhhhh I get it
I guess T Mobile wants fans to be mad at them every time a fan disagrees with ABS.
I do so love it when a team is punished for a leadoff walk (unless it's my team of course)
Yet another run due to sketchy glove work.
One day they’ll stop throwing a first pitch strike to Chourio
Fox reduced all glove sizes by 20%
this seems plausible to me
Lachlan Murdoch: Baseball is boring. In cricket, men do not wear gloves. Can we get rid of the gloves?
I have no idea if that's fair
the wicketkeeper (catcher equivalent) in cricket does wear gloves!
Cricket does everything it can to make defense difficult. Of course, the fact that you can bounce the ball on the way to the wicket and that they don't replace a scruffed ball also make offense difficult, but a cricket bat is a much better shape to hit a round ball with.
They don't just not replace a scuffed ball, a single ball is used for hours at a time.
Yes, when you hit it over the fence they pause the game to get the ball back
also, south africa just beat australia in long form cricket and their captain batted for 9 hours of game time
(beating australia is generally difficult)
I don't know it like baseball, but I have enjoyed the Cricket I have watched.
and you have to bowl the ball in a way that looks deeply unnatural to me as a baseball player. I was once playing catch in the Caribbean and some kids wanted to play with us. I wondered why their form was so weird and then I realized that they were "bowling" my baseball
In Australia, some pals tried to teach me to bowl. Felt like I was going to separate my shoulder
There is a chance the rest of the country finds this a very boring game and I don’t care
I will take multiple guys getting thrown out on the bases any time
Great pitching there
A 93-mile changeup that does *that* is unfair.
The bowler cannot bend his arm at the elbow in the delivery.
with modern biomechanics they have realized that some bend in the elbow is inevitable, but it is indeed very limited
also, no foul territory!
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A single cricket match at the highest level lasts five days.
hence the 9 hours of batting by 1 guy!
Novig has better Ads than polymarket.
Rays Raysing Vilade to second base
Brewers mission comes down to “can we get the first four hitters out?” If so, it’s a wrap.
Last five in tonight’s lineup hitting .161 AVG, .429 OPS in playoffs. Really really rough.
Ahh Reacher. Such a good show.
Uecker was just given a shout out. It is a shame he couldn't have been around for this moment.
Just a bit outside
Uecker, Yogi and… who are the other two on the Mt. Rushmore of humorous ball players?
Bouton
Fidrych?
Wasn't around long enough for a Rushmore spot, but everything Munenori Kawasaki ever did or said was comedy gold
I watch the "monkey never cramp" clip about once a year
Kawasaki still playing in lower-level Japanese ball, true baseball man
What role do we think Woodruff has in this series? Is he gonna get a start? Low leverage guy? High leverage bulk?
bulk reliever
He hasn’t pitched since July. He ms max 40 pitches. Not a bulk reliever.
Contreras is allowed to go into the dugout during a commercial break? I don't think I ever realized players could do that
how do you think they pee?
I predict a bunt attempt.
Well, uh, that was bad
DOH
Bad bunt! bad!
Prediction was good. Attempt was bad.
This is such fun baseball – I'm sure there will be some ratings grumbling, but doing my part and I hope the baseball remains awesome
Pat Murphy tomorrow: we had him do a bunt pop-up so they would give him a pitch to hit out
That didn't look like the technique of somebody who had ever bunted in his life.
Cleavinger ain't got it tonight
RISPd AGAIN.
Lentz is going to have the plate tomorrow. i hope he gets his eyes checked before then.
I forgot about Gary Sanchez
Ask the padres about that.
And the Brewers are going to counter by calling the Dodgers and bringing in Freddy Freeman.
What a pick
Caminero flashing the leather!
This might be the first time all season Sanchez didn’t use at least one challenge
It’d be nice if they could have fewer commercial breaks.
I was unaware of Polymarket personally
Sometimes when the game goes into a ton of extra innings they run out of commercials and keep it at the field between innings
Furiously searching fangraphs to fact check the announcer's claim that Trevor Megill was a starter with the New York Mets
The answer is no. Tylor is not Trevor
ah, they're mixing up their T Megills…
Classic Megill mix-up
you have high expectations from X ballplayers
I miss Joey Ortiz. Such a good defender and I still believe in his bat
Oh man this would be an incredible moment for the first Simpson homer
The Homer Simpson if you will
anyone giving up a homer to him would definitely think "D'OH!"
What is the over under for Ray’s garbage time outs?
Uhoh
Well this got interesting
Shoulda caught that dude
Man, this game is living up to the hype.
Anybody know if there is a Junior Caminero Jr?
(haha imagine if Caminero pulls an Alonso here)
Moments like this are what separates baseball from the rest.
WHAT A BALLSY MOVE – double steal with your best hitter up there??
Oh man, I get not throwing Junior a pitch there, but on 3-2 to throw it in the dirt…..
Not impressed with this pitcher at all
This ain’t good
Oh my gosh, is Megill crumbling?
Giving away the game
I've been following silently as I wrote the mailbag, but hi everyone!
That's not the worst walk
And damn!
And also, he didn't check his swing
Totally agree
Please identify what a checked swing is.
This is great baseball!
And just like that a classic ending. And we get another one tomorrow!
THERE WE GO!!!
its the worst walk given that he already struck out
what a finish!
Well, this is a big challenge.
My god
HOLY GUACAMOLE
Not over!
Wow! What a brewers way to win
Liam Hicks has been disappointing this playoffs, I had him as an X Factor to lengthen that lineup
I'm not sure he's out at second
Oh no
I think he's off the bag
FWIW, this is where replay kills it – the game is over and if they bring it back now (even if it's close)
Imagine Megill having to get back to the mentality to get the last out
Yah that first throw sucks
Woahhh
Then review the check swing you fickers.
If this was an AFL game they could! (But with the AFL check swing rules it would still be a no-swing).
He is off the bag. This will eb overturned.
Business idea: telescoping cleats that maintain contact with the base
Yah all Turangs fault
Holy Toledo, is this not the most monumental replay challenge in replay challenge history?
Ask me after the next batter.
Remember when there wasn't replay?
Wowowowow
did we make a mistake by allowing reviews
Yes (unless they help my team)
Did they set off fireworks?
Is Andy Fletcher a guy who has ever been on tv before?
My exact comment to wife
Wow this game man
Steal home?
Contreras can't throw him out at least.
that's a perfect job for Joe West
The celebration smoke will blind DeLuca.
Well, that's not reviewable.
i have been looking for a very poopy cat to give him dewormer and i forgot that there was a baseball game. i am not a real sicko, forgive me
Do they have more fireworks available?
Baseball remains awesome.
And we get to do this again tomorrow!
Holy cow what a game
Good drama there
Delaying the inevitable.
Most entertaining 3-2 game I've seen in a while
Brewers playoff ball is entertainment at its finest
this is a good world series between good and entertaining teams, if it doesn't beat 2023 i'll be upset
thank god the angels arent in the world series cuz i would have to go to the ER if this happened to them
Incredible opening act to this series. I really hope it goes 7 (because I have tickets 😅)
Have a blast at the games you get to go to!
Thanks!
In 1967 I had tickets to game 6 and had to sweat out game 5 because the Red Sox were down 3-1.
This is looking like a good series.
Yeah that was pretty fun. I hope the rest of this series can be at least that good.
Sean, as always, thanks for having us over!
Hopefully we have 6 more!
Ken Rosenthal doesn't come up to Jacob Misiorowski's shoulder.
one bad thing when the WS being over is no more fun chats 🙁
I’ll miss these
"members-only Dominican League chats"
hot stove fg chats: nothing happens for a very long time until passan himself drops ordnance on all our houses
I’ll be at Puerto Rican league next month
lidom could feed families
we're essentially one step away from creating fangraphs discord
i am traveling to aus but with the melbourne team leaving the abl i likely won't be able to catch any games
what a crazy game though. pat murphy must be fuming (happy?)
Megill definitely did not slam any doors shut
I’m fine if it only goes 4
Great game tonight! See everyone tomorrow!
I build things here.
If we don’t have members-only LIDOM chats in the offseason I’ll riot
100% David should interview bosoxforlife