NL Wild Card Live Blog

8:01	Dave Cameron: Welcome to the NL Wild Card live blog.

8:02	twb: great to be back in playoff chat season

8:02	Dave Cameron: Indeed. These are fun.

8:03	Dave Cameron: I will warn you that my two year old is still here, so I might be slightly slow for the next few minutes.

8:03	Dave Cameron: He doesn’t know the words “live blog” yet

8:03	Michelle: It’s been six years. This feels amazing. I think I might pee myself.

8:03	Hugh: Time for the unmatched enthusiasm of the TBS booth

8:03	La Pantera: Happy Anniversary, Dave. Let’s spend some quality time together.

8:04	Dave Cameron: I drove 40 minutes each way to get my wife her favorite donuts today, so she’s okay with me hanging out with you guys tonight.

8:04	Rockies Fan: I’ve waited 8 years for this moment! Can’t wait.

8:04	Jonah: Try being a Mariners fan

8:05	Bleh: Dodger fan here: I wouldnt mind if both teams lost and coors field was sucked into a sinkhole simultaneously

8:05	TheBigBass: Dave, where are the donuts from?

8:05	Dave Cameron: Sisters Bakery.

8:05	Dave Cameron: There are some okay donuts in Bend, but the ones at Sisters are another level up.

8:05	Jonah: The Mariners haven’t made it to the playoffs since I’ve been alive.

8:06	Dodger Fan Born in 1989: I’ve waited my whole life for this. Well, I guess I’m waiting for Friday.

8:06	Who_Is_Zorbist?: Gray goes 4. McGee pitches 3. Neshek 1. Holland 1. Ballgame.

8:06	Dave Cameron: 3 from McGee? He isn’t that good.

8:06	Dave Cameron: And he’s not exactly Mr. Durability

8:07	Dave Cameron: I think both these teams want 5 from their starters.

8:07	Dave Cameron: And both go out for the 6th if they’re throwing well.

8:07	Dave Cameron: This won’t be last night.

8:07	Rockies Fan: If anyone goes 3 in relief, it’ll be Rusin.

8:07	JB: Wouldn’t the Rockies use another starter if Gray only goes 4? or maybe Rusin?

8:07	Dave Cameron: Yeah, Rusin is probably their long guy.

8:08	Dave Cameron: Should be a fun game.

8:08	Dave Cameron: I’m Rooting For Arizona (43.5% \| 104 votes) Colorado (56.4% \| 135 votes) Total Votes: 239

8:08	Dave Cameron: I believe Arizona will win (89.4% \| 221 votes) Colorado will win (10.5% \| 26 votes) Total Votes: 247

8:08	Dungeon Master: Why do the major networks hire announcers who don’t do baseball the rest of the year? Wouldn’t someone who actually does baseball all year be better than Ernie Johnson who mostly does basketball?

8:08	Dave Cameron: Ernie is the face of their sports coverage.

8:08	Dave Cameron: And I think he’s actually just fine.

8:09	Dave Cameron: And here we go.

8:09	Dave Cameron: Well that’s a weird spot for the strike zone box.

8:09	Curved ball: Doing this game solo Dave?

8:09	Dave Cameron: Yup!

8:10	Rockies Fan: Their scoreboard is so small, I can barely see it from my couch.

8:10	Dave Cameron: Sarah Palin, on the other hand, can see it from her porch.

8:10	Santos: Let’s take this moment to remind everyone that Charlie Blackmon was a Cistulli guy.

8:11	Jack: the bottom right of my screen feels so empty

8:11	Matt : That little bemused smile from Grineke is probably from the fact that he probably set that defensive alignment

8:11	ChatzMcGee: Batting CarGo third in a must-win game has gotta suck for Bud Black, right? Did he not have a choice here, or what?

8:11	Dave Cameron: The Rockies line-up isn’t that good.

8:11	Dave Cameron: They’re starting Parra and Reynolds in a must win game.

8:11	Dave Cameron: It’s not like he has great options.

8:12	Brent: Can you make a question asking what strange object we think Charlie Blackmon has hidden in his beard

8:12	Dave Cameron: It’s pretty clearly a love letter from Carson.

8:14	Brian: Who represents Carsons most unlikely success in your mind? Which of the highly successful players did you view with the most scorn?

8:14	Dave Cameron: Jose Ramirez

8:14	Dave Cameron: Obviously even Carson didn’t see this power coming.

8:14	Bernie: God Zack Greinke’s command is so good.

8:14	skwalla: greinke missed his last spot by a foot and got away with it

8:14	Dave Cameron: These are fun comments to come in back to back.

8:15	Tucker: I may be in the minority, but I like the zone box

8:15	Dave Cameron: Are you watching the game through binoculars?

8:16	Tucker: I didn’t say I liked the scoreboard!

8:16	Matt: TBS – Tiny Box Score

8:16	Dave Cameron: Pretty good start for Greinke.

8:16	Nick: If the Box score is too small, you need a bigger TV 🙂

8:17	Dave Cameron: If my 50″ TV isn’t big enough for your graphics, your graphics are too small.

8:17	KatieCaseyWasBaseballMad: I say we throw Nick in the pool and steal his TV

8:18	Bernie: So are people going to finally learn who Jon Gray is tonight?

8:18	Dave Cameron: He’s really good.

8:18	Dave Cameron: He’s Gerrit Cole without the hype.

8:18	Matt: Of all the fast food commercials, Taco Bell is the only one that never fails to make me want their food. Even if I already had it for lunch today…

8:18	Dave Cameron: Do you have a diarrhea fetish?

8:19	Jack: The three colleges with the most players in the playoffs are Arizona State, Virginia, and UConn. Don’t really picture any of those as baseball powerhouses

8:19	Dave Cameron: ASU is a huge party school, located in a place where it never rains, and has close proximity to half of the MLB teams complexes.

8:20	Dave Cameron: It’s exactly where a lot of future pros would want to play.

8:20	Michelle: UVA is a baseball powerhouse!

8:20	Dave Cameron: Also, yes.

8:20	Tyler: and they got rid of the strike zone box

8:20	Dave Cameron: Huh, that they did.

8:21	Greg: I ate a lot of Taco Bell as a child, and I don’t believe I spent an inordinate amount of time on the pot…

8:21	Dave Cameron: Maybe you don’t have an accurate baseline?

8:22	Dave Cameron: That was a good pitch.

8:22	Dave Cameron: Fastball up and in, off the plate.

8:22	Dave Cameron: Just good hitting by Marte.

8:22	Mike: well this is really unfortunate as a person who would like Arizona to stop playing after tonight.

8:22	Matt: I hear Goldy is good

8:22	Matt: More like….Paul GOATschmidt

8:23	Brian: looked like he knew that was coming

8:23	Korey Cluber: That was not a good pitch.

8:23	Dave Cameron: No, no it wasn’t.

8:23	Long Live Jeff Frye: Are you sure it won’t be like yesterday?

8:23	TheBigBass: Jon Gray doing his best Luis Severino impression

8:23	Andrew: Twins went up 3 0 last night

8:23	Dave Cameron: That curveball was awful.

8:23	Dave Cameron: Holy moly.

8:24	ChatzMcGee: Too bad Zack Greinke isn’t Ervin Santana… might be hard for this one to get interesting again.

8:24	Mike: fortunately for Jon Gray he still doesnt have a career postseason ERA since he hasnt recorded an out

8:24	Matt: Dave – don’t force your religion on us. Can’t it be agnostic moly?

8:25	Show Hey O’Tawny: Jon Gray’s beard: bad

8:25	TheBigBass: 3 of the wild cards scored 3 runs in the first, and the one that didn’t is the Rockies. what a time to be alive

8:25	Dave Cameron: The Rockies have the worst offense of any of the 10 teams in the postseason, so not that surprising.

8:26	Brian: exit velo on the goldy HR… has to be near the min for the year

8:26	Dave Cameron: Mike Petriello @mike_petriello That Goldschmidt homer is generally only a hit if it’s pulled right down the line, and it sure was here 5 Oct 2017

8:27	Monty: rox worse offense than twins?

8:27	Dave Cameron: Yup.

8:27	Dave Cameron: That was scorched.

8:27	Dave Cameron: Gray’s breaking ball has been trash so far.

8:28	libre: Why are there so many birds on the field?

8:28	Show Hey O’Tawny: Bullpen sighting

8:29	Brent: They’re there to shit on the Rockies dreams.

8:29	Cave Dameron: They closed the roof and the birds got trapped 🙁

8:29	Grand Admiral Braun: Is Cargo the worst position player to start among the 10 playoff teams?

8:29	Dave Cameron: Daniel Descalso.

8:30	Dave Cameron: Another hanging curve.

8:30	Matt: Exact match for Severino’s performace

8:30	NtflxnRichHill: Pollock is so awesome.

8:30	Dave Cameron: Not sure why Gray is throwing so many curves.

8:31	Dave Cameron: Unless these are particularly awful sliders that look like curves, I guess.

8:31	daniel: Let’s see what the worst position players gonna do

8:32	Elbo: Jeff Mathis has to be in the worst playoff starter discussion

8:32	Dave Cameron: He’s in there for framing.

8:32	Dave Cameron: I’m legitimately not sure what Descalso has.

8:32	Bernie: Descalso has been liberally rubbed down with Cardinal Devil Magic Dust, so I’m expecting a bloop single.

8:33	Dave Cameron: Bad at-bat, Descalso.

8:33	libre: Hey he threw a decent slider!

8:33	Dave Cameron: Bad location, though.

8:33	Michelle: Yeah, any idea why Drury’s not in?

8:34	Dave Cameron: Left/right is only thing I can see.

8:34	Dave Cameron: Drury isn’t awesome, so I don’t think he’s a must start. But Descalso isn’t better.

8:34	Michelle: Drury’s plate discipline is lackluster, so I’m not sure he would have done much better.

8:34	kevinthecomic: Drury was sorta meh this year, wasn’t he?

8:34	Mike: drury/descalso have been basically a platoon for a while now

8:35	Luke: I’m on a high speed train doing nearly 200 mph through rural China and just wanted to say that it’s pretty damn cool that I can follow the game with you all!

8:36	Ben: Hi Luke, I’m on my couch in New Jersey. Just as exciting!!

8:36	NtflxnRichHill: Mathis oswng% for this at bat is at 67%

8:36	Who_Is_Zorbist?: Does Gray get a PA tonight?

8:37	Dave Cameron: Fun poll question!

8:37	Dave Cameron: Does Jon Gray get an AB tonight? Yes (38.1% \| 110 votes) No (61.8% \| 178 votes) Total Votes: 288

8:37	Dave Cameron: Mathis missed another awful curve.

8:38	Dave Cameron: Pretty nifty start for Arizona.

8:38	Dave Cameron: We have them 77% to win at this point. http://www.fangraphs.com/livewins.aspx?date=2017-10-04&team=Diamondbac…

8:38	Dave Cameron: Not factoring in Greinke or home field advantage.

8:39	Will: Does that factor in Fernando Rodney?

8:39	Dave Cameron: Nope!

8:40	Dave Cameron: Just generic score/inning/run environment calculation.

8:40	Matt: How much do you think Greinke affects the probability?

8:40	Dave Cameron: Probably pushes AZ over 80%

8:40	Chaps: Do those win probabilities account for in-game injuries? Like, if Goldy goes down in the next inning, does the chart immediately change?

8:40	Dave Cameron: No, it doesn’t know anything about rosters.

8:42	zz : How many runs do the Dbacks need to score for an early hook for greinke to face the dodgers?

8:42	Dave Cameron: 50

8:42	Dave Cameron: That was a fun slow curve.

8:42	Dave Cameron: Because it didn’t go 500 feet.

8:43	Cap’n: Greinke has hung a few breaking balls now

8:43	Dave Cameron: I think that one is intentionally up to get hitters swinging.

8:43	Dave Cameron: It’s a timing pitch, not a location pitch.

8:43	Dave Cameron: Since he throws it 65 or whatever.

8:44	Guest: They should try having a playoff game with a camera angle that doesn’t suck

8:44	Monarch: Story a franchise record for Ks in a season with Reynolds on the roster for multiple years, impressive.

8:45	Rich: Greinke’s getting away with some hangers just because the velocity difference between his pitches is so damn good

8:45	Dave Cameron: That was a slow-curve kind of inning.

8:45	Hans Olo: Ian Desmond looks good on the bench.

8:46	Dave Cameron: That contract looks particularly bad now, which is amazing given how crazy it looked at signing.

8:47	AJ: The argument against bullpenning? Zack Grienke. Maybe.

8:47	Dave Cameron: If you have a high-end SP and a meh bullpen, then it doesn’t make sense.

8:48	Dave Cameron: Bullpenning isn’t for every team. But if you don’t have an ace, and your RPs are deep…

8:48	Dougy: Explain how COL can win now?

8:48	Dave Cameron: Score 4 runs, throw 8 shutout innings.

8:48	Hans Olo: Cargo batting third is also sub-optimal.

8:48	Dave Cameron: Lots of complaining about this, but really, who else you going to hit 3rd?

8:48	Dave Cameron: Story? Parra? Lucroy?

8:49	NtflxnRichHill: Arenado

8:49	Dave Cameron: 4th is right spot for him.

8:49	Dave Cameron: Peralta got hurt on that play.

8:50	Joe: Is anyone up in the Rockie pen?

8:50	Dave Cameron: Don;t believe so.

8:51	Dave Cameron: Rockies don’t have great RP depth. Can’t really afford to yank Gray unless they have to.

8:51	Tyler: yes there is lol

8:51	Chad: Oberg

8:51	Will: That was a terrible route by CarGo

8:51	Matt: Fielders did not look great going after that….\

8:51	Matt: Terrible route in RF…

8:51	Will: Here, have a triple

8:52	Dave Cameron: Rocktober is on life support.

8:52	Dave Cameron: Marte specializing on hitting that up-and-in fastball.

8:52	Dave Cameron: And Gray is done.

8:52	bosoxforlife: We have our answer to whether Gray will bat.

8:52	Hans Olo: Gray fades to black.

8:52	Show Hey O’Tawny: Who tf is Scott Oberg

8:53	Nate: Peralta didn’t look injured going 1B-score

8:53	Dave Cameron: If Scott Oberg is pitching the 2nd inning of a must-win game, you’ve got a problem.

8:53	AJ: As a recent Colorado transplant, this is disappointing. But if we’re eschewing tradition (which doesn’t bother me, btw), why not try bringing in another starter… instead of Scott Oberg

8:54	Dave Cameron: Managers usually want SPs pitching in relief to start innings, not come in with men on base.

8:54	Who_Is_Zorbist?: Use a reliever to get out of this.

8:54	Dave Cameron: Basically, that. Oberg is a GB guy so maybe he can strand runner on 3rd.

8:54	The Hamburglar: More teams should get pitchers like Chad Green. I highly recommend it.

8:55	Dave Cameron: Have six guys who throw 99 in the pen. It’s foolproof.

8:55	bosoxforlife: Going for the first pitch again.

8:56	joseph: Don’t bring in a starter here, pitcher coming up to bat next inning

8:56	A.: Anderson up in the rockies’ pen, there’s your starter

8:57	Dave Cameron: Oberg!

8:57	Will: Hmm, evidently Oberg throws 97?

8:57	Show Hey O’Tawny: Oberg apparently hits 97, but who doesn’t nowadays

8:58	Davey: Rockies have a lot of hard-throwing arms in the pen who don’t seem to miss many bats.

8:58	JTT: Jon Gray looks like he belongs on any random 90’s Rangers team

8:58	Korey Cluber: Martinez sure takes a big cut!

8:58	Show Hey O’Tawny: 98!!!

8:58	Dave Cameron: Sorry for doubting you, Scott Oberg.

8:59	Will: Give that man an AB

8:59	Grand Admiral Braun: Felt like that was the ballgame right there if they got to 6-0.

8:59	Dave Cameron: If AZ loses this one, these first two innings will feel like a huge missed opportunity.

8:59	Dave Cameron: COL is lucky to be down just 4-0.

9:00	Dave Cameron: Applebees can’t even make their food look good in a commercial.

9:00	Shawn Smith: If you’re Colorado, how do you change the strategy from here?

9:00	Dave Cameron: I’d try to score more runs.

9:01	Sean: Dave Cameron: Simple yet elegant

9:01	Dave Cameron: I have never been called elegant before.

9:02	Guest: It’s like a John Woo film every time a ball goes to the outfield

9:02	Cave Dameron: just a bloop and a blast and a bloop and a blast

9:03	Anonymous: Raimel Tapia sounds like a delicious curd-based dish

9:04	bosoxforlife: Looks like Greinke threw 3 strikes there.

9:05	Korey Cluber: There goes the perfect game!

9:05	Dave Cameron: This strike zone is kinda small.

9:05	AJ: To quote Arrested Development: “Those are balls”

9:06	Lunar verLander: There goes the no hitter

9:06	Steve: Here we go!

9:06	libre: The zone is small but seems consistent so far.

9:06	Dave Cameron: Yeah, not saying it’s been slanted, just small.

9:06	La Pantera: and their best player comes up….

9:07	Will: Damn that was not the pitch to go after there

9:07	Show Hey O’Tawny: David Peralta isn’t as skinny as I always think he is

9:08	Dave Cameron: TBS just showed us COL’s BA with RISP at Chase Field this year.

9:09	Dave Cameron: I can’t think of a less helpful number.

9:09	The Hamburglar: Huge missed opportunity

9:10	Dave Cameron: Rockies not going to have many better chances than that one, probably.

9:11	Marcus: Pull Greinke or let him have another couple of innings?

9:11	Dave Cameron: With AZ’s pen, I’d let Greinke go up to 6.

9:12	Dave Cameron: I don’t drink, so I’ve never had it, but from the commercials, I’m guessing Jim Beam is actually terrible, yes?

9:12	Dave Cameron: It strikes me as the Applebees of alcohol.

9:12	John Daly: Yes.

9:12	David S.: Walmart of bourbons

9:12	Lushy Mcgee: Taste like gasoline with wood hints

9:13	David: What’s Liberty doing?

9:13	Dave Cameron: Sleeping next to me.

9:14	Show Hey O’Tawny: Lots of initialed names in this game; D.J., A.J., J.D.

9:14	The Hamburglar: Does your wife enjoy watching games with you, or at the very least tolerate it?

9:14	Dave Cameron: I don’t think she’s watched more than a few innings of baseball on TV in her life.

9:14	Dave Cameron: She likes going to the games in person, mostly because she likes soft serve in commemorative helmets.

9:15	Andre: Not related to this game, but Girardi said Severino won’t start again till game 4. Insists he won’t be used as a reliever either

9:15	Dave Cameron: That seems sub-optimal.

9:15	HankLloydWright: Soft serve in commemorative helmets is strangely alluring to me too

9:15	Long Live Jeff Frye: I like baseball, but soft serve in commemorative helmets is still definitely a big part of the experience.

9:15	bosoxforlife: I have collected 27 soft serve helmets.

9:16	David: A woman at my work is from New Zealand. Never been to a baseball game. We went to A’s game for company outing. She was most excited about nachos in commemorative helmet.

9:17	Dave Cameron: Nachos in a helmet is a thing?

9:17	Rusty Shackleford: people like nachos, people like helmets

9:17	TheBigBass: @Dave – the A’s nacho helmets are full sized too (like you can wear the helmet afterwards)

9:17	Dave Cameron: That seems unsanitary

9:18	TheBigBass: Well I’d recommend you wash the helmet first lmao

9:18	Show Hey O’Tawny: We use our nacho helmets as chip bowls, they’re perfect

9:18	Matt: The best use of nacho helmets post-nacho is to fill it with beer.

9:19	Sean: That was crushed

9:19	Dave Cameron: Descalso would like to stop being mocked.

9:19	Dave Cameron: And that feels like ballgame.

9:19	Mike: this chat has turned very food based

9:19	Joe: WHY DID THEY TAKE OUT OBERG

9:19	J: Commemorative Descalso

9:19	Bernie: Cardinals Devil Magic

9:19	Matt: too late to sub in the brewers for the rest of the game?

9:20	Chicago v Cleveland Rematch : As a cards fan he is actually fun to have on your team as long as you accept he should bench most of the time

9:20	jumpstartation: Does this mean I can go to bed?

9:20	Nate: win % now?

9:20	Dave Cameron: 94%

9:20	Tyler: as much as I would have liked this to be a good game, I think this sets up the best possible division round possible

9:21	Poppa: Not to get ahead of ourselves but feel like Dodgers/Dbacks will be good

9:21	Dave Cameron: Yeah, that should be a fun series.

9:21	Oh, Berg?: What do you mean by, “fun”?

9:21	Dave Cameron: Competitive. Interesting.

9:22	Tyler: the 8 best teams in baseball will be the last 8 teams playing not often you can say that.

9:22	Dave Cameron: Yeah, no flukes here.

9:22	bosoxforlife: Dave, the NHL season opens tonight. Is it you or Jeff that is the Senators fan?

9:22	Dave Cameron: Jeff is the hockey/volcanoes guy.

9:23	Dave Cameron: The Alienist looks weird.

9:23	Erik: What’s your second favorite sport?

9:23	Dave Cameron: Basketball.

9:23	NtflxnRichHill: Which guy can we consider you, Dave?

9:24	Dave Cameron: Dogs/My Kid

9:24	David: Could Eno take you in basketball?

9:24	Dave Cameron: How drunk is he?

9:24	Anonymous: That has to be infuriating. When a guy hits THROUGH the shifted fielders

9:24	David: I also consider you the “Personal Finance” guy

9:24	Dave Cameron: Okay, fair.

9:25	kevinthecomic: Dave, you’re being modest, you’re the KICKED CANCER’S ASS guy!!!!!!!!!!

9:25	Dave Cameron: I didn’t actually do anything. I got hooked up to an IV that smarter people than me filled with stuff.

9:25	Dave Cameron: I get why we lionize cancer patients, but logically, we are observers, not participants.

9:26	Brian: Eno post six pack Vs. Cameron minus ACL?

9:26	Dave Cameron: Me

9:26	Christian: I was out and just turned on the game now, is this worth watching at this point?

9:27	Dave Cameron: It’s playoff baseball.

9:27	Dave Cameron: So yes.

9:27	Lunar verLander: Did the announcer just reference pitch tunnels?

9:27	Dave Cameron: Ron Darling.

9:27	He Hate Me: Playoff baseball starts tomorrow. This is play-in baseball.

9:27	Dave Cameron: Play-out?

9:28	Geoff Williams: Have you seen the “past fangraphs” twitter account? If so, do you find it funny?

9:28	Dave Cameron: I have, and yes.

9:28	sufjan stevens: I’d be interested to know how many people consider this playoff baseball vs the beginning of the LDS series

9:29	Matt: a run omg!

9:29	Sgt. Pepper: Oh look we might have a ballgame

9:29	Mattingly’s Sideburns: Rooting for more Rockies runs here.

9:29	Tim: Lets not bury this one yet…

9:30	Dave Cameron: This is kind of a BABIP inning

9:31	Cave Dameron: if reynolds puts one in the pool ill raise an eyebrow

9:32	Nick: “With one swing this is a brand new ballgame” Broadcasters forgot the score? Lol

9:32	Frostilicus: Wait, if this game was the start of the DS, why wouldn’t it also be the playoffs?

9:33	He Hate Me: It’s not the playoffs! It’s Game 163.

9:34	sufjan stevens: Game 163 only involves tiebreakers. This is a separate round of the playoffs!

9:34	Sgt. Pepper: If the WC game is not the playoffs because its only one game then theres an argument that the DS is not playoffs either because its best of 5 instead of best of 7.

9:34	Conner from AZ: “Great baserunning” uh wut? He was going on any contact on the ground in a 6-1 game

9:34	Dave Cameron: If not for the Descalso bomb, this would fee like a close game.

9:35	Frostilicus: this feels like a close game

9:35	He Hate Me: Um, I think it’s a close game now…

9:35	Oh, Berg?: ROCKTOBER

9:35	Dave Cameron: Now it’s a close game.

9:35	TRIBE: This may yet be a ballgame

9:35	Lunar verLander: Where’d the outfield birds go?

9:35	Joe: Greinke is just pitching to the score.

9:36	David: Win probability now?

9:36	Dave Cameron: http://www.fangraphs.com/livewins.aspx?date=2017-10-04&team=Diamondbac…

9:36	Oh, Berg?: EJ can’t just drop the “Little Ninja” nickname without explanation

9:36	He Hate Me: AZ radio booth: “Here come the Rockies, like you knew they would, with the offense that they employ.” Did they just score a bunch of runs by reputation?

9:36	Dave Cameron: Broadcasters often ignore park effects.

9:37	Who_IS_Zorbist?: Like I said. Gray 1 1/3. Oberg 2/3. 5 dudes 3 innings. Mcgee 3 innings. A few other guys. Ballgame

9:37	Oh, Berg?: Greinke almost caught that

9:37	Dave Cameron: With his face.

9:38	He Hate Me: Wow, Greinke gone after just 3.2 IP.

9:38	Hugh: so this will be the playoffs that start the trend of starters being bad

9:38	Nick: Not a single effective start in either WC game.

9:39	Cass: Little Ninja gets it done again!

9:39	David: Down to 75%!

9:39	noseeum: I thought you’d be all alone in a few minutes, Dave. I guess we all can stick around.

9:39	JTT: Who is ready for Verlander/Sale to pitch a combined 3 innings tomorrow?!

9:40	DodgersForLife: Whose bullpen is better? (I have my opinion but I’m curious as to others’)

9:40	Dave Cameron: AZ has Bradley.

9:40	Dave Cameron: So them.

9:40	Tommy: I like his mustache

9:40	David: What does the win probability have to get to for Liberty to wake up?

9:40	Dave Cameron: She’s currently licking her tail.

9:41	Hugh: Hey, so is Zack Greinke

9:41	J: wild card status: wild

9:42	Matt: Wild card status: no cards

9:42	sufjan stevens: Dave, are you personally in favor of the 2nd WC?

9:42	Dave Cameron: Yes, I think these games are awesome.

9:43	Nick: WC starters combine to produce 7.1 IP, 20 H, 15 ER, 4 BB, 3 K for an 18.41 ERA and 3.27 WHIP.

9:44	Chuckb: Pollock. He’s pretty good.

9:44	Jhey: Damn 🙁

9:44	Sgt. Pepper: That’s a pretty generous interpretation of “leaves his feet”

9:44	Lunar verLander: Should have blooped…harder? softer?

9:45	Matt: Pollack going to have a nastygram on his locker from the ground crew

9:45	Matt: Should have not swung at all those balls?

9:46	Oh, Berg?: That’s not Charlie’s style. You don’t win batting titles by not swinging at balls

9:48	Dave Cameron: Rusin weighs, what, 120 pounds?

9:48	Dave Cameron: Jerry Blevins thinks Rusin is too skinny.

9:49	Dave Cameron: Marte likes first pitch swings tonight.

9:49	Dave Cameron: Can’t be lots of other guys with two triples in a playoff game.

9:50	Hunky Dory: Triples from both sides of the plate? How many times has that happened – ever?

9:50	Dave Cameron: Sounds like a question for Jayson Stark.

9:50	Matt: Or Katie Sharpe!

9:51	Josh: What are your thoughts on Travis’ suggestion for the home wild card team needing to win just once but the road team needing to win twice to advance?

9:51	Dave Cameron: I like winner-take-all.

9:51	Lunar verLander: https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/OQ7rT

9:52	Bobert: Marte had two regular season triples. I love baseball.

9:52	Show Hey O’Tawny: Arenado is good

9:52	Brian: Nolan gets props there

9:53	Oh, Berg?: Arenado with a hockey save

9:53	Chris G: probably a good decision to walk martinez

9:53	Dave Cameron: For sure, with Lamb against an LHP as the alternative.

9:55	Greinke’s Anxiety: could Marte circle the bases twice before Pujols could make it around once?

9:55	Dave Cameron: Nah.

9:56	Dave Cameron: Difference in top speed for runners is like 8 ft/sec. Not enough room for that gap to equal someone lapping somoene else.

9:56	Tim: This game is again shaping up to another 4 hour affair I can’t stay up for. #eastcoastproblems

9:57	Bobert: West coast best coast.

9:57	Matt: I think Arenado just scolded Lucroy for taking that pop up.

9:57	He Hate Me: None of the other guys who have had two triples in a postseason game were switch-hitters, so Marte’s the first. It actually happened in twice in the very first World Series.

9:57	Tim: woof these Applebees commercials are drying my mouth up like a tin of Grizzly

9:58	Bobert: That’s the problem with these WC games: too many pitching changes slow down an otherwise exciting game.

9:58	Dave Cameron: I actually agree that the 25 man rosters for a one game series isn’t ideal. I’d make the WC roster also be your DS roster.

9:58	Dave Cameron: So teams couldn’t just load up on extra arms.

9:59	CarrotJuice: Dave, I’d like to thank you for encouraging me to skip a god awful philosophy course to watch this game in your midday chat!

9:59	Dave Cameron: Good choice!

10:01

ChatzMcGee: Fun choice.

10:01

Dave Cameron: D’Backs don’t have the RP depth to trust their pen here.

10:01

Dave Cameron: I’m fine with Ray to keep the lead.

10:02

Dave Cameron: This is ideal situation for Dodgers though.

10:02

Bobert: Dave, do you think Greinke has any chance at the Cy Young?

10:02

Dave Cameron: No

10:02

David: Godley’s no slouch!

10:02

Dave Cameron: They said Walker will start Game 1 if Ray is used tonight.

10:02

Joe: How many pitches make Ray unable to start Friday?

10:03

Dave Cameron: Probably more than 10. These are going to be high-effort pitches, plus the warmups.

10:03

Bortky: Well, this is why Walker was held off the roster. I think they expected to use Ray at some point this game.

10:03

Dave Cameron: Yup.

10:03

Kyle: Would you start Godley or Corbin in a Dodger series?

10:03

Dave Cameron: Godley yes, Corbin no. Corbin vs RHBs in a playoff game is bad news.

10:04

Joe: So Ray could still start Game 2 and then Game 5…

10:04

Dave Cameron: Would guess Greinke gets two starts, not Ray.

10:05

Sean: Man, bullpen Ray is nasty.

10:05

Dave Cameron: Starter Ray is okay too.

10:05

Joe: You think Greinke can pitch Game 2?

10:05

Dave Cameron: Oh, right.

10:05

Dave Cameron: Good point.

10:05

Dave Cameron: So, yeah, now it’s Walker/Ray/Greinke probably.

10:06

Chuckb: Walker, Godley, Greinke, Ray, Walker?

10:06

Dave Cameron: They’re not going to hold Ray for Game 4

10:07

Peter: Plan to get Ray for 2 innings here? Then Bradley for a couple?

10:07

Dave Cameron: That would be my guess.

10:07

Joe: How many pitches would hold Ray out of Game 2? 50?

10:07

Dave Cameron: Yeah, maybe 40+ and he’s iffy for Game 2

10:08

Sean: Corbin has a .325 wOBA against RHH since June 8th (123 IP). I think he’s turned things around.

10:08

Dave Cameron: .325 wOBA isn’t great, especially when you have to use a selective endpoint to get there.

10:08

Guest: Do writers generally know of GMs that are terrible to work for, or did the Barves stuff come as a complete surprise?

10:09

Dave Cameron: The ones who are terrible to work for are pretty well known. Guys talk.

10:10

Black Beard’s Delight: Can you give us the cliffs notes as to why Coppy wasn’t well liked in the biz?

10:10

Dave Cameron: His personality rubbed people the wrong way.

10:11

Joe: What percent of GMs are considered terrible to work for?

10:11

Dave Cameron: Not that many anymore. They get fired.

10:12

Guest: If somebody offered you $100 to take a sip of wine would you do it?

10:12

Dave Cameron: Of course. I don’t have a moral opposition to alcohol. I just don’t like it.

10:12

Black Beard’s Delight: Are you morally opposed to the strike zone box for in-game action?

10:13

Dave Cameron: No, I don’t hate it like others do.

10:13

Charlie: I’m opposed to this particular strike zone box.

10:14

Ed in Iowa: Not liking alcohol is convenient to your goal of only spending like $15 a month on food

10:14

Dave Cameron: My frugality does play a role in not enjoying expensive beverages, yes.

10:15

Guest: I think Dave’s remembering why an hour chat per week is just about right

10:15

Dave Cameron: Nah, I enjoy these.

10:15

Dave Cameron: Though Liberty is just about to start yelling at me that it’s time to play.

10:15

Black Beard’s Delight: Does the wife know we appreciate your sacrifice this evening?

10:16

Dave Cameron: She gets that my schedule in October allows us to have a really awesome schedule for most of the rest of the year.

10:16

A.: Robbie Ray ended up with more ABs than Jon Gray in this game

10:16

Kevin: Rusin has been huge for Colorado all year

10:17

Dave Cameron: Rusin is the opposite of huge.

10:17

Uncle Jimbo: What good is being the boss if you can’t assign someone else to work on the night of your anniversary?

10:18

Dave Cameron: My wife has Wednesdays off, so today worked better for me to live blog since I’m on childcare duty until she’s off work the other four days.

10:18

Dave Cameron: Just bad luck for us that our anniversary was a Wednesday.

10:18

Ed in Iowa: Did you say earlier today that Drew was 2? Shouldn’t he be just about coming up on 3?

10:19

Dave Cameron: Yeah, end of the year he’ll be three.

10:19

Guest: Is Carson on the chat schedule this week?

10:19

Dave Cameron: He’s got a newborn. We’re not going to do that to him.

10:19

He Hate Me: Is the game still going on?

10:19

Dave Cameron: Yeah, but it’s just all strikeouts right now.

10:20

Chuckb: Carson might appreciate the break.

10:20

Dave Cameron: “Hey baby, stop crying, I’m chatting” probably wouldn’t work.

10:20

A.: Everyone’s striking out except for Trevor Story, because it’s playoff baseball

10:21

Poppa: We are being set up perfectly for Fernando Rodney to pitch the 9th.

10:21

Michelle: So are you enjoying yourself, Dave?

10:21

Dave Cameron: Yup!

10:21

Cave Dameron: There’s the bloop

10:21

Dave Cameron: That was too well hit to be a bloop.

10:22

Guest: Has anyone ever asked for your autograph, and was it weird?

10:22

Dave Cameron: Yes, yes.

10:23

Dave Cameron: Robbie Ray, getting the job done.

10:23

JTT: Robbie ray at 27 pitches, how far do you ride him?

10:23

Dave Cameron: I’d pull him.

10:24

Nick R: Go with Bradley then Rodney?

10:24

Dave Cameron: Yeah.

10:24

Sam: Do the Rockies basically automatically have the most over-rated offense every year?

10:24

Dave Cameron: Pretty much.

10:25

Joe: Is this chance to let Ray start Game 2 more valuable than possibly avoiding Rodney being in the game?

10:25

Dave Cameron: They’re not going to avoid Rodney.

10:25

Dave Cameron: He’z their closer.

10:25

Dave Cameron: For better or worse.

10:26

Sean: Rodney is a lot better than people realize… you don’t get to 300 saves if you’re THAT bad.

10:26

Dave Cameron: He’s had some great years and he’s remained decent for a long time.

10:26

Dave Cameron: But he’s a sketchy closer in 2017.

10:27

steve: So why is Mathis still out there

10:27

Dave Cameron: Legit question.

10:27

Dave: What was the most important improvement the Rockies made to get back to the postseason this year?

10:28

Dave Cameron: The other contenders got worse.

10:28

Davey: Do the stats not bear out a marked improvement with their starters, as a group?

10:28

Dave Cameron: The SPs definitely were better.

10:29

Dave Cameron: But the Rockies were a pretty mediocre team this year.

10:30

Dave Cameron: Rusin’s change-up is pretty good.

10:30

He Hate Me: Marte didn’t see a single strike in that AB and struck out.

10:31

Nick R: Totally forgot the Rockies have neshek

10:31

Dave Cameron: He’s their best reliever.

10:31

Nick: Better than Holland?

10:31

Dave Cameron: Yup.

10:32

Jim: Man, all the strikeouts really get to you as a neutral observer of a game. When it’s an outcome you care about, they at least evoke feeling as a viewer. Being impartial, it’s just dull.

10:32

Dave Cameron: Strikeouts can be exciting.

10:32

Dave Cameron: These strikeouts weren’t.

10:33

Daniel: Rusin’s not an exciting guy, never really has been

10:33

Poppa: 6 BB in 62 IP by Neshek. Crazy.

10:34

ChatzMcGee: Neshek is fun.

10:34

Dave Cameron: Zack Greinke doesn’t think so.

10:35

ChatzMcGee: That was a weird story, like… the weirdest.

10:35

Sgt. Pepper: You’re gonna have to dispatch someone to find out what’s in JD’s book

10:36

Shoeless: Chances the eventual NL MVP is playing in this game?

10:36

Dave Cameron: 40%. Stanton and Votto will get votes too.

10:36

Sloppy Orel Hershiser: Dick drawings

10:36

Michelle: I bet other players have drawn genitalia in his books before, that’s why he says do not open.

10:36

He Hate Me: Okay, can we ignoramuses get a Cliff notes version of what’s up between Neshek and Greinke?

10:37

Dave Cameron: Neshek is an autograph collector, Greinke turned him down, Neshek asked why and they got into a spat, Neshek posted about it online in some private autograph forum, and someone posted a screenshot on Twitter.

10:38

Sgt. Pepper: I don’t want to judge Pat Neshek but if I had his salary I wouldn’t be posting on private autograph forums

10:38

Dave Cameron: Eh, everyone is allowed to have a hobby.

10:38

libre: What’s the best part about this game for the Dodgers?

10:38

Dave Cameron: Ray usage, definitely.

10:39

Joe: Dave, is Greinke disliked within the game? Or he is seen more as just an oddball/loner.

10:39

Dave Cameron: I don’t know player gossip like I know front office gossip.

10:39

Michelle: Still Robbie.

10:39

Dave Cameron: Lovullo telling you just how much he trusts his bullpen here.

10:40

ChatzMcGee: That felt like a home run.

10:40

Erik: Why is that wall so high?

10:40

Dave Cameron: It’s also the batters eye.

10:40

ChatzMcGee: That’s too high.

10:40

He Hate Me: Here’s Ian Desmond, looking to stifle the haters like Descalso did…

10:41

Nick R: Why de la rosa and not Bradley

10:41

Dave Cameron: Good question.

10:41

Mike: that ball was hit 409 ft

10:42

He Hate Me: Bradley now up too

10:43

Mike: Do you ever read the names of the people who comment in chat?

10:43

Dave Cameron: Not really.

10:43

Brian: MATHIS!!!

10:43

Kevin: what’s the run probability of a runner on third with nobody out?

10:43

Dave Cameron: Pretty high

10:44

Chuckb: Brutal PA by Desmond.

10:44

Phil: Ian Desmond doing his best Mark Trumbo.

10:44

Lachlan: that was a baaaaad swing

10:44

A.: Oh no Desmond

10:44

Michelle: Embarrassing.

10:44

Will: Lol, nice hack, Ian

10:44

Jhey: That was at his face

10:44

ChatzMcGee: *That* was too high.

10:44

Bruml: Ray ok to go on 3 days rest vs Dodgers after throwing 34 pitches?

10:44

Dave Cameron: It would be two days rest if he goes Game 2.

10:45

go yanks: That might have been eye level to.. Aaron Judge?

10:45

Mattingly’s Sideburns: Taking out Ray for De La Rosa seems odd. And bad.

10:45

Dave Cameron: Well, probably decided they’d let Ray go until he gave up a runner, but since he gave up a runner to leadoff guy, they had to leave him in for another batter.

10:46

Notme: I wonder how managing in these games would be different if the only goal were to win the World Series? That is, losing the wild card was not worse than losing th division series—the goal is to win it all and nothing else matters.

10:46

Dave Cameron: You’d see more high risk moves.

10:47

nickg: 14 for 27 as a batter against a hitter seems significant. But really it’s not, right?

10:47

Dave Cameron: Right

10:47

Joe: High risk as in high risk of losing the WC game?

10:47

Dave Cameron: Yeah. If it doesn’t matter when you go out, then you maximize your chances of winning.

10:48

Lachlan: that was a fantastic bunt

10:48

Phil: Nice play by Blackmon.

10:48

Black Beard’s Delight: that’s an excellent play by Blackmon – even with the out.

10:48

Bruml: Like the move by Blackmon regardless of out or safe?

10:48

Dave Cameron: Yeah, that was a good bunt.

10:48

La Pantera: bunting is dumb!

10:48

Dave Cameron: Sac bunting a guy from 1B to 2B is dumb.

10:48

Dave Cameron: Bunts like that, where you get a run home and might be safe, aren’t.

10:48

Cubfan2112: Safe

10:48

Chuckb: Definitely out.

10:48

ChatzMcGee: He’s out.

10:49

Brian: why not challenge?

10:49

Dave Cameron: Good question!

10:49

Geoff: But they’re still down by one with 7 outs left and they took the bat out of their best hitter’s hands.

10:49

Dave Cameron: Blackmon on the road against an LHP isn’t their best hitter.

10:50

Sgt. Pepper: You guys doing a big day long chat on Friday?

10:51

Dave Cameron: Not this year. Our staff is a bit smaller than it used to be, and the traffic for the big DS megachats doesn’t quite justify the effort.

10:51

Who_IS_Zorbist?: That wasn’t a sac bunt. That was a drag bunt past the pitcher. He thought he’d be safe

10:51

Dave Cameron: Archie is efficient.

10:51

elbo: Descalso is the star of the game thus far.

10:52

Joe: So, Bradley could obviously finish the game, but just as clearly they will go to Rodney in the 9th.

10:52

Dave Cameron: Yup.

10:53

Black Beard’s Delight: do you have a counter of active users for this chat?

10:53

Dave Cameron: Yeah, we’re at ~600

10:53

Joe: Is that because Torey Luvullo doesn’t get that is wrong, or because of Rodney’s ego?

10:54

Dave Cameron: Because that’s how their bullpen is set up. Bradley can’t throw all the high leverage innings all October, so if they won’t use Rodney here, then they have a problem.

10:54

Dave Cameron: The D’Backs basically are betting on getting good Rodney this month.

10:54

Dave Cameron: If they don’t, they won’t win, regardless of when he pitches.

10:55

Jim: I’m already Googling for archery accident pictures to send to my friends during the 9th inning implosion, as is our protocol this year.

10:55

Black Beard’s Delight: this isn’t the time to play with your closer’s confidence, methinks

10:55

Dave Cameron: Agreed.

10:57

Nick R: Is bunting someone 2B-3B a good move?

10:57

Dave Cameron: Generally not.

10:57

Unpopular Opinion: I just to home so maybe this came up already but I hate the tbs scoreboard/strike zone graphics.

10:57

Dave Cameron: This definitely came up.

10:58

JB: if your the Rockies would you consider going to Holland in the bottom of the eighth to keep it a one run game?

10:58

Dave Cameron: Yeah.

10:59

Sloppy Orel Hershiser: Neshek walk!??!!

10:59

Poppa: Well so much for the 6 BB in 62 IP

10:59

Jj: DD clutch again

11:00

Bobert: The D-Backs should’ve traded for another reliever at the deadline.

11:00

Dave Cameron: Agreed.

11:00

Dave Cameron: Especially when guys like Neshek went pretty cheap.

11:00

elbo: How can they not pinch hit for Mathis?

11:00

Jeff: Pinch hit?

11:00

Baxter: Why bat mathis? Also why not double switch bradley in last half inning?

11:00

Michelle: Very surprised they didn’t pinch hit here.

11:00

Hugh: Why is Mathis hitting here?

11:00

A.: They’re gonna let Mathis hit?

11:00

bosoxforlife: Mathis then Bradley’s spot. Not much on offer here.

11:00

Cave Dameron: MATHIS WILL RAKE

11:01

Dave Cameron: You can’t center a pitch more than that one.

11:01

Dave Cameron: And he took it…

11:01

JB: they don’t have a great left handed pinch hitter on bench

11:02

ChatzMcGee: That was…. not impressive.

11:02

Poppa: Most unsurprising outcome ever

11:02

joseph: Lovullo with the 4D chess, saving pinch hitters for the high leverage 17th inning

11:02

CarrotJuice: Archie Bradley hitting a dinger would be the best

11:02

Conner from AZ: Why did Jeff Mathis just get to hit??? Why, Dave???

11:03

Dave Cameron: Managers are too worried about protecting leads when they have them and not enough about expanding those leads.

11:03

J: Archie Bradley is batting with the season on the line. Thanks NL

11:03

Show Hey O’Tawny: I hope Bradley gets lit up next inning to punish Lovullo

11:04

Phil: Hahahahahahha

11:04

Sgt. Pepper: lol amazing

11:04

Black Beard’s Delight: Unreal.

11:04

Will: HAHA WOO!

11:04

Joe: WOW

11:04

Lachlan: Screw the DH

11:04

Andrew: Bradley!!!!

11:04

Matt: That just happened

11:04

Show Hey O’Tawny: I f’ing love baseball

11:04

Chuckb: F yeah baseball!

11:04

Bruml: better than mathis

11:04

JB: first career extra base hit!

11:04

Sgt. Pepper: And a triple too!

11:04

Sean: Is that shohei Otani?

11:04

xmx: How does that happen?!?!?!

11:04

Nick R: This sport is amazing

11:04

joseph: Bring on the baserunning jacket!

11:04

Lunar verLander: Honestly, I think that triple is more impressive than if he had hit a HR

11:05

Dave Cameron: Baseball.

11:05

Dave Cameron: If you don’t like these games, i don’t know what to tell you.

11:05

Sgt. Pepper: You’re gonna fire Sawchik now for his anti wild card game stance now right?

11:06

Dave Cameron: Nah, he’s allowed to have a wrong opinion.

11:06

Black Beard’s Delight: 100.4 exit velocity.

11:06

Dave Cameron: That wasn’t a bloop.

11:06

Hugh: No, Sawchik was right. Bradley hit a fly ball. revolution!

11:06

Dave Cameron: Man, That 70s Show Girl really wants us to buy their whiskey.

11:07

Show Hey O’Tawny: That’s not a fly ball, that was a liner

11:07

Danny: High line drive*

11:07

Adam: I’m pro DH; but goes to show every major leaguer is a great athlete

11:07

Will: Bud Black looks sick

11:09

TKDC: So we should give up on the Rox?

11:09

Dave Cameron: We almost did that a few hours ago.

11:09

Dave Cameron: It’s not over yet.

11:09

Rick: Bradley is amped. Watch out top 8

11:09

Will: Still have the Rodney experience

11:09

Nick R: This dog commercial makes me smile every time

11:09

Ed in Iowa: that Golden Retriever as a lion was pretty cute

11:11

Who_IS_Zorbist?: As an ex D1 pitcher who got to take a lot of BP, the nastiest 86 doesn’t compare to 98 straight. McGee should have faced the pitcher.

11:11

Dave Cameron: Neshek is a very good reliever, 86 or not.

11:12

Dave Cameron: You don’t take out a high end RP because he doesn’t throw hard enough to get an opposing reliever out.

11:13

Oh, Berg?: That could have been Cargo’s last AB as a Rockie

11:13

xmx: wow.

11:13

forever it: Nolan though

11:13

Kevin: blasted

11:14

Dave Cameron: Hanging curves getting blasted tonight.

11:14

ChatzMcGee: Wall is still too high.

11:14

Poppa: Not over yet

11:14

bosoxforlife: You hang ’em, we bang ’em.

11:14

Monarch: That fence is too short

11:14

Matt: “Archie Bradley has gone all season without giving up a home run to a third or fourth place hitter.” That’s…a dumb stat

11:15

Dave Cameron: I couldn’t believe that’s really what they were quoting.

11:15

Lachlan: WOW

11:15

Cale: Whoooo!

11:15

forever it: Unreal

11:15

benj: oh my

11:15

Kevin: wow

11:15

Guest: Man if that had tied the game

11:15

Nick: Suddenly it’s a one run game again.

11:15

Rick: Too amped!!

11:15

He Hate Me: Um, it looks like Bradley is a better hitter than pitcher.

11:15

CarrotJuice: This game is even better than yesterday’s game.

11:15

forever it: Time for Rodney 5-out save?

11:15

Joe: These wild card games are so stupid

11:15

benj: archie bradley, not a two-way player

11:16

Dave Cameron: This game is nuts.

11:16

Nick R: Who’s left besides Rodney?

11:16

Dave Cameron: Not guys you want.

11:17

Matt: Bradley’s WPA on the game is still positive, albeit barely.

11:19

He Hate Me: 4 pinch homers for Valaika

11:19

Dave Cameron: He just swung through a middle middle fastball.

11:20

Brian: so close

11:20

Unpopular Opinion: So close

11:20

joseph: And exhale

11:20

Nick: How many AZ fan buttholes clenched?

11:20

Poppa: my heart, and I’m not even a fan of either team

11:20

ChatzMcGee: That would’ve been absurd.

11:21

HappyFunBall: Wow that place got real quiet real quick

11:21

David: that stadium was dead silent

11:21

Dave Cameron: Bradley is getting torched.

11:21

La Pantera: I love baseball.

11:21

CarrotJuice: We’re a bloop single from a tie game…

11:22

bosoxforlife: i have zero rooting interest yet the game has me hyperventilating.

11:22

Bobert: Baseball, my love.

11:23

Oh, Berg?: I’m a lifelong Rockies fan and I’m numb from the neck down

11:23

forever it: That…was not a strike

11:23

Oh, Berg?: That was 5 inches off the plate

11:23

Brian: bad call

11:23

Nick: Off center camera?

11:24

Cardi B: And exhale

11:24

Dave Cameron: So it’s going to be Rodney protecting a one run lead unless AZ can add on again.

11:25

Tyler: How good would some of these relievers of been 20 years ago? Throwing 96 97 is not that special anymore but back then it would have been.

11:25

Dave Cameron: The Reds had the Nasty Boys back in ’91 with three guys throwing 95.

11:25

Dave Cameron: It used to be that three guys throwing that hard got you a nickname and a poster.

11:26

Jeremy G: Talk about setting the bar high. These first two games have been insane. Here’s to hoping the rest of the games don’t feel like yawners in comparison

11:26

Joe: Dibble threw 100, no?

11:27

Dave Cameron: Yeah, sometimes.

11:27

Black Beard’s Delight: Nasty Boys was 1990 Dave

11:27

JB: Why not Holland?

11:27

Dave Cameron: Yeah, I’d have Holland in here.

11:28

He Hate Me: Holland up

11:28

Chuckb: If Holland is warming up & they might use him, he should be pitching.

11:28

Dave Cameron: Probably hoping that Estevez goes 1-2-3

11:29

Dave Cameron: But having him available to get out of a jam.

11:29

Dave Cameron: It’s not a terrible plan.

11:29

Kevin: throwing gas

11:29

David: REMEMBER OBERG

11:29

Bmac: Guy I’ve never heard of Estevez… 99, 99, 97

11:29

Nick R: 101 man

11:29

Dave Cameron: This is baseball in 2017.

11:30

Guest: Oh wait, guys can hit 100

11:30

ZW Guild Delegate: This count as trouble?

11:30

Dave Cameron: It should.

11:30

Joe: Dave, do you like 2017 baseball?

11:31

Dave Cameron: I prefer more balls in play.

11:31

Dave Cameron: But it’s still baseball.

11:31

Oh, Berg?: It’s fine, I’ve got a plastic bag wrapped around my head

11:31

Javy: Roughly 99.9% of baseball fans are rooting for the Rockies to get out of it here

11:31

Dave Cameron: Here comes Holland.

11:31

Nick R: What’s up with holland this second half?

11:32

Dave Cameron: Command went to hell.

11:32

xmx: umm… so the Rockies are kinda boned if they can only tie it up and it goes to a few extra innings aren’t they?

11:32

Dave Cameron: You either score 0 or 4 runs off Rodney.

11:32

Dave Cameron: 1 is not an option.

11:33

TJB: Dave, Rox TV crew this year would. not. shut. up about the idea that you shouldn’t bring your closer into the middle of an inning because they’re used to a “clean slate” and not comfortable with guys on base. I think that’s a whole bunch of crap. Is there anything to it, or is Drew Goodman wrong like usual?

11:33

Dave Cameron: Yeah, that’s BS.

11:33

That Guy: Is Rodney high on the rankings of “Good career relievers who scare the crap out of his team

11:33

Dave Cameron: Yes. The group is called the Jose Mesas.

11:34

Steve: Todd jones rules that group.

11:34

Jim: Latroy Hawkins

11:34

blc: I believe Jose Valverde is also on that team.

11:34

Guest: Brian Wilson is the captain of the “Good career relievers who scare the crap out of his team” team

11:34

Guest: Armando Benitez

11:34

Guest: Antonio Alfonseca

11:34

He Hate Me: Heathcliff Slocomb anyone?

11:34

Dave Cameron: Now you’re just naming bad relievers.

11:34

David S.: Kevin Greggggggggg

11:34

stever20: Drew Storen

11:35

Nate: Santiago Casilla

11:35

noseeum: John Wetteland. The all time most successful reliever who scared the crap out of his team.

11:36

det: some of these guys were stalwarts of the very, very bad Tigers bullpens of the last decade. We can almost add Francisco Rodriguez to the list now…

11:36

Dave Cameron: “Did Dave Dombrowski overpay you to pitch the 9th? Then you’re in.”

11:37

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11:38

Show Hey O’Tawny: I don’t like those guys that fall off the mound

11:38

Javy: Randy Johnson still looks like he could strike out a guy an inning

11:38

Rick: 24 hours ago we were celebrating “bullpening” as the wave of the future, and now we’re talking about Fernando Rodney and the bad closer all stars. Baseball, man.

11:40

Joe: Has Holland always fallen off the mound like this?

11:40

Dave Cameron: Yeah

11:41

Joe: That was the Luis Gonzalez hit!!!

11:41

He Hate Me: That’s a blooper, even on the radio. 4-hit night for Lamb.

11:41

Michelle: Rake Lamb!

11:42

Oddball Herrera: The biggest disappointment if they add on a run here is that Rodney with a one run lead is such good theater

11:42

Dave Cameron: We should all be rooting for a double play here.

11:43

Brian: Um Dave. There are 2 outs

11:43

Dave Cameron: Well, you know, just in case.

11:43

David G: Broke up that double play possibility.

11:43

noseeum: ::roots for double play anyway::

11:43

Sgt. Pepper: Screw you I’m rooting for a triple play

11:44

Brian: BOOOO

11:44

Nick: That looked like a fly out off the bat. @.@

11:45

xmx: Wowwwwww

11:45

Sgt. Pepper: That wasn’t a double play

11:45

Michelle: Sure this isn’t in Coors? Coors is full of triples.

11:45

forever it: To all counting chickens before they hatch, you clearly have never had Rodney on a fantasy team with a 3-run lead

11:45

Kevin: Well a one run lead and three run lead doesn’t matter for Rodney it’s either one or 4

11:45

Andrew: This lead still isn’t safe

11:45

Jim: You might say this park is Coors Light.

11:45

JB: what is this discussion about?

11:46

Dave Cameron: Double switch?

11:46

Unpopular Opinion: That was confusing

11:46

Nick R: Accidental walk

11:46

Jerome Walton: Sets up the double play

11:46

Oddball Herrera: Conversation with bud black: “are they allowed to do that??” “Do what” “I don’t know I’m just out of ideas here”

11:47

Brian: game of good bunts

11:47

He Hate Me: A 2-out bunt???

11:47

Javy: BASEBALL

11:47

Ryan: Hahahahaha

11:47

Chuckb: Another excellent bunt.

11:47

Curved ball: Lol bunts

11:47

stever20: and Jake Taylor shows up from Major League…

11:47

Bobert: This game!

11:48

Erik: Catchers bunting with two outs is generally a good play right?

11:48

Show Hey O’Tawny: This is a weird friggin game

11:48

Kevin: This game makes no damn sense

11:48

Dave Cameron: Wonder how often Holland has been asked to field a bunt this year.

11:48

Dave Cameron: Guessing not many.

11:48

Chuckb: Especially the way Holland falls off the mound

11:48

bosoxforlife: When you are a lifetime .198 hitter it makes all sorts of sense.

11:49

xmx: They finally got that double play ball

11:49

Sad: All I wanted to see was Fernando Rodney try to close out a 1 run game :/

11:49

Dave Cameron: You still might!

11:50

Matt: Diamondbacks with 4 triples in this game. The Jays had 5 all season.

11:51

weezy: how fast do comments come at you, Dave? and is it faster now than at the beginning of the game?

11:51

Dave Cameron: It’s definitely faster than I can keep up.

11:51

Donnie: That bunt would have been a disastrously bad play if he hadn’t bunted it *exactly* where he wanted to.

11:51

Dave Cameron: I mean, the alternative was Jeff Mathis swinging away.

11:51

Dave Cameron: So really, not exactly sacrificing much.

11:52

Brian: Desmond for my comedy at bat

11:52

Monarch: Rodney walks the bases loaded here right? Seems like the most plausible scenario at this point.

11:52

Nick R: He’s got nasty stuff though

11:53

ChatzMcGee: Oh man, Desmond.

11:53

Guest: Or starts with an 0-2 single

11:53

Show Hey O’Tawny: And the implosion begins

11:53

ChatzMcGee: So it begins!

11:53

Section329: Here we go

11:53

Andrew: Here we go!

11:54

Oh, Berg?: That was a first pitch Blackmon really should have swung at.

11:54

Nick in Cleveland: Do people personally dislike Rodney? Or is he just excited to watch because he gets blown up spectacularly?

11:54

Dave Cameron: Oh, none of this has anything to do with him as a person.

11:55

Dave Cameron: He’s just one of those relievers who makes every game feel like it’s in trouble.

11:55

Paul G.: We hate archery.

11:55

He Hate Me: I love archery!

11:55

jj: The Fernando Rodney Experience (TM)

11:55

Chuckb: I’m neutral on archery.

11:55

Nate: ESPN radio guys keep mentioning his changeup. Is it really that good?

11:56

Dave Cameron: Yeah, his change is awesome.

11:56

Dave Cameron: It’s his command that sucks sometimes.

11:56

Sgtjunior: that change

11:56

He Hate Me: I guess that was the change…

11:56

ChatzMcGee: Well, that was not a great swing.

11:57

J Schmo: Oh my god the fade on that change

11:57

Javy: Awesome change with sucky command.

11:57

Nick: That never even looked like it was going to be a strike.

11:57

ChatzMcGee: *That* was a nice change.

11:58

xmx: *This* lead might be safe…

11:58

Oh, Berg?: DJ, for real?

11:59

Kyle: When he’s on, he is nasty

11:59

Dave Cameron: CarGo swinging for the fences down 4.

11:59

Dave Cameron: Okay.

12:00

Chuckb: 2 very good changes to CarGo

12:01

ChatzMcGee: Ha! And CarGo.

12:01

He Hate Me: The Never-ending Story.

12:01

ChatzMcGee: Why couldn’t it have been a one run game?

12:03

Chevy: Booooooooo

12:03

Mike: booo

12:03

xmx: Another double play ball to end it!

12:03

Sgt. Pepper: Thanks for the chat Dave. These always make the playoffs more enjoyable. Hope there are more

12:03

bosoxforlife: Before the game I want to thank you for an evening that will be remembered. Dave, you were great.

12:03

Black Beard’s Delight: thx for the chat dave

12:03

Dave Cameron: Thanks for hanging out, everyone.

12:03

Dave Cameron: This was a blast.

12:04

Dave Cameron: Congrats to Arizona, and to Colorado for a nice year.

12:04

Dave Cameron: We’ll do some more of these throughout the postseason.

12:04

Dave Cameron: Let the division series begin!

BAL	CHW	LAA
BOS	CLE	OAK
NYY	DET	SEA
TBR	KCR	TEX
TOR	MIN	HOU

ATL	CHC*	ARI
MIA	CIN	COL
WSN	MIL	LAD
NYM*	PIT	SDP*
PHI	STL	SFG