| 8:02 |
 Dan Szymborski: Greetings chatters and chat-readers
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| 8:03 |
Dan Szymborski: Because not ALL OF YOU are actually chatting. Some are reading the chats.
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| 8:03 |
Dan Szymborski: But does being a chatter require participation? Or is passive chatting allowed? That’s a philosophical question.
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| 8:04 |
Guest: How do the Dodgers feel about the AJ Pollock contract right now?
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| 8:05 |
Dan Szymborski: I’m sure they’re not pleased as punch, but they can spend somewhat inefficiently and survive. And how many teams are better at getting use out of limited, underperforming players than the Dodgers?
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| 8:05 |
Ryan: As a Reds fan, I would have loved to see Joe Morgan play, but alas, he was before my time. Who is the one player from the past you would have most liked to see in person?
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| 8:05 |
Dan Szymborski: It’s cliche, but it’s gotta be Babe Ruth
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| 8:05 |
tommytoms: i like TBS’ coverage much better than Fox’s.
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| 8:05 |
Dan Szymborski: And neither have A-Rod in the broadcast booth!
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| 8:07 |
LFC Mike: Hey Dan.. what’s for dinner and did you make enough for all of us? Perhaps it’s the internet famous Dan’s Beanless Chili? Mmmmmm
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| 8:08 |
Dan Szymborski: According to the neural network, I’m having ham and egg. Not ham and eggs. Apparently just one egg with the ham.
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| 8:08 |
Dan Szymborski: 
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| 8:08 |
Dan Szymborski: Not looking forward to whatever the heck Wednesday is, but smooth saililng after!
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| 8:08 |
Kawasaki Home Run: I like the cardboard fans better
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| 8:08 |
Guest: Which team has the edge in SP in this series?
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| 8:08 |
Dan Szymborski: In a long series, easily the Dodgers.
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| 8:09 |
Dan Szymborski: The Braves will be tested in a longer series.
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| 8:09 |
Paul Sporer: Aloha, I am here!
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| 8:09 |
bosoxforlife: Who is with you tonight Dan or are you flying solo?
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| 8:09 |
Dan Szymborski: AND TO SPEAK OF THE DEVIL!
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| 8:09 |
Paul Sporer: Agreed w/LAD having the SP edge, but that ATL bullpen and offense can keep them afloat, they’re a live dog
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| 8:10 |
Dan Szymborski: Or, for you history buffs, 说曹操，曹操到
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| 8:10 |
Guest: Re: SP Pitching Depth: Any idea what the Braves’ plan is for games 4 and (if necessary) 5?
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| 8:10 |
Paul Sporer: Pull Smoltz from the booth?
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| 8:11 |
Paul Sporer: FREEFGODDDD!!!
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| 8:11 |
Dan Szymborski: Smoltz >>>>>>> A-Rod
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| 8:11 |
Dan Szymborski: Even though A-Rod seems to actually still like baseball quite a lot, the nonsense ratio is just too high.
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| 8:11 |
LFC Mike: That would make you a Ham n Egger? kudos Bobby The Brain Heenan
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| 8:11 |
Llewelyn: Would Rays-Dodgers be more intriguing in the sense that it’s two franchises that have adopted almost identical approaches at different payrolls or because it’s the two best teams all season facing off?
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| 8:11 |
Dan Szymborski: BOTH, NEITHER
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| 8:12 |
Dan Szymborski: In a World Series, I just want two teams who have a real case to have been the best in their respective leagues.
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| 8:12 |
Paul Sporer: No way Smoltz gets that many > over ARod
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| 8:12 |
Dan Szymborski: How about 4?
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| 8:12 |
Dan Szymborski: >>>>
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| 8:12 |
Dan Szymborski: I’m not going fewer than four.
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| 8:13 |
Paul Sporer: Guest – I’m thinking Bryse Wilson for Game 4
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| 8:14 |
bosoxforlife: Where do you gentlemen stand on the importance of defense at 1st base and should playing there hamper a player’s consideration for MVP?
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| 8:15 |
Paul Sporer: It helps when you’re exemplary and can earn the trust of your IFs to make risky throws they know you’ll dig out, but average to slightly below doesn’t really move the needle, while being truly horrible should really hurt. All that said, Freeman is the easy MVP for me
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| 8:16 |
Bds: Dan or Paul, if had the chance would you have gone as fan and sit in stands for series?
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| 8:16 |
Dan Szymborski: No.
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| 8:17 |
Dan Szymborski: Better safe than sorry. I have a close family member who is near 70 with bad asthma and while I have no known underlying illness, I am overweight.
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| 8:18 |
Paul Sporer: Yeah I’m pretty reluctant, too. As much as I want to get back to “normal”, I’m not taking unnecessary risks
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| 8:18 |
Dan Szymborski: If I was determined to go, I would have asked for credentials. Fewer people than when you let some fans in.
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| 8:18 |
Dan Szymborski: Ben Clemens got to go for I think two games.
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| 8:18 |
Dan Szymborski: in Oakland.
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| 8:19 |
Kiermaier’s Piercing Green Eyes: Why on earth are the next two games of the ALCS starting at 8:40 EDT? Those games are going to end around 12:30 AM. There aren’t even that many people leaving work on the west coast this year!
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| 8:19 |
Paul Sporer: A stupid decision by MLB? That’s weird.
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| 8:19 |
Dan Szymborski: Without rest days, there are fewer opportunities to stagger things
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| 8:19 |
Paul Sporer: But my thing too
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| 8:19 |
LFC Mike: there goes Dan Plesac with his Freddie Freeman Pearl Jam Salute.
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| 8:20 |
Paul Sporer: I’ll just be honest, I was clicking on something else when Dan must’ve clicked something too so I’m not entirely sure what this relates to
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| 8:20 |
ZScott: Why not give Pache some at bats? If Braves ever get a big lead, I want him in over Markakis
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| 8:21 |
Paul Sporer: How likely are they to really get any big leads v. a team like LAD?
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| 8:21 |
The Squirrel who fought them all: Do you think they’ll aim to get Kenley, a low leverage inning in the next two nights?
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| 8:21 |
Paul Sporer: Undoubtedly.
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| 8:21 |
Paul Sporer: I’d be SHOCKED to see him in the next save sitch
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| 8:21 |
Guest: What is your playoff beer of choice? If you’re not drinking beer, what’s your beverage of choice?
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| 8:22 |
Paul Sporer: Sugarfree Red Bull, Cucumber & Blackberry La Croix, and water are pretty much all I drink
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| 8:22 |
Deathstar Graterol: Port Orleans watermelon kiwi gose
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| 8:22 |
bosoxforlife: Here in New England the beverage of choice is apple cider.
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| 8:23 |
Dan Szymborski: I like apple cider, though I’ve been cutting back on the drinking.
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| 8:23 |
Dan Szymborski: Fried looked tough in that Betts at-bat.
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| 8:23 |
Paul Sporer:
Who Ya Got?
LA in 4 (0% | 0 votes)
LA in 5 (16.3% | 15 votes)
LA in 6 (34.7% | 32 votes)
LA in 7 (13.0% | 12 votes)
ATL in 4 (2.1% | 2 votes)
ATL in 5 (4.3% | 4 votes)
ATL in 6 (16.3% | 15 votes)
ATL in 7 (13.0% | 12 votes)
Total Votes: 92
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| 8:23 |
Deathstar Graterol: Haven’t had cucumber la croix. That sounds good
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| 8:23 |
Wood: Parish Ghost in the Machine cause im elitist
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| 8:23 |
Lzfreak: Insert Corona joke here?
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| 8:25 |
Paul Sporer: It’s really good, Deathstar. It’s become my sparkling water of choice. I definitely drink too much Red Bull so I’m trying to mix in more sparkling water so the Cuc/Blackberry La Croix and Waterloo Grape are my faves
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| 8:25 |
LFC Mike: if you were at the game you could be feasting on the Boom Stick.. a 2 foot hotdog covered in onions, chili and cheese. Worth the trip to park and your cardiologist
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| 8:25 |
Kwah: My beverage of choice used to be the tears of my enemies, but during the pandemic, for medical safety reasons, I’ve shifted to chocolate milk.
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| 8:25 |
drd1: how much should that HR effect poll results?
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| 8:25 |
Paul Sporer: My stomach gurgled just reading that
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| 8:25 |
Dan Szymborski: slightly
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| 8:25 |
Dan Szymborski: I don’t want to spend the game having diarrhea.
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| 8:25 |
Paul Sporer: Though recency bias is a potent drug so it prob had an outsized impact
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| 8:26 |
bosoxforlife: After the first two series I have to be shown that the Braves young pitchers can’t do the job.
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| 8:26 |
Paul Sporer: LAD offense quite a bit differen than CIN/MIA, but I’m def giving them more credence after doubting them coming into the playoffs
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| 8:27 |
Dan Szymborski: 
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| 8:28 |
Dan Szymborski: Big thunderstorm line running through SW Ohio, if I disappear, it’s probably just my internet and I’m not dead.
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| 8:30 |
Deathstar Graterol: As a dodgers fan I’m definitely worried about the Braves pitching
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| 8:30 |
Paul Sporer: The pen is filthy. Looove Fried, too. He was a big breakout pick of mine for fantasy baseball this year
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| 8:30 |
LFC Mike: If the thought of a Boom Stick hot dog makes you queasy. Take a look at one presented in all its glory.. or gory-ness
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| 8:30 |
Paul Sporer: Oh I’ve seen it
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| 8:31 |
Jim Stewart: As a Braves fan, I’m worried about Fried throwing 25 pitches in the 1st inning.
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| 8:32 |
Paul Sporer: Anytime a pitcher eclipses 25, it’s a concern, but we routinely see a rough 1st inning feel like it’s going to lead to a shortened outing and then they settle in for 6-7 strong innings
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| 8:32 |
Paul Sporer: Def good for LAD even if they don’t score, though
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| 8:32 |
Jim Stewart: Agree. Watched Glavine do it for years.
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| 8:33 |
Dan Szymborski: I’d be happy to have the 1-0 lead, but as Braves, not so happy it took Fried 28 pitches.
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| 8:33 |
Dan Szymborski: Fried being to be able to go deep in two games is something they really need in seven games.
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| 8:34 |
Dan Szymborski: Either they’re going to have to do a lot of short rest starts
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| 8:34 |
Dan Szymborski: or they’ll need likely a Bryse Wilson start *and* a bullpen game
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| 8:36 |
Hugh Duffy: Fried was definitely amped up for the inning. Fried rarely touches 97 unless he’s overthrowing his fastball, and he did that a few times that inning.
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| 8:36 |
Guest: “Max Fried” seems like a pretty great name for a concession stand at Truist Field specializing in French Fries, Funnel Cakes, and other fine fried foods.
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| 8:36 |
Burch: Frieds spin rate and break on that curve is filthy. I love it. I do not love 26 pitches
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| 8:37 |
Paul Sporer: 1st inning always the toughest. 2nd will be key for Fried
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| 8:41 |
Laura: Duvall looks like he’s in pain
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| 8:41 |
Guest: That’s an oblique strain. He’s not gonna be back this series.
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| 8:42 |
Hugh Duffy: Not the ideal way for Pache to get his first postseason at bat.
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| 8:42 |
Lzfreak: Well I guess we’ll get to see Pache…
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| 8:43 |
Logan: How much of the first inning often being toughest for SPs is just a product of necessarily facing the opposing team’s best hitters?
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| 8:43 |
Paul Sporer: A major part of it
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| 8:45 |
Deathstar Graterol: Since Braves beat Marlins, have they now inherited the “never lose postseason series” magic?
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| 8:45 |
Dan Szymborski: I’m not sure how the magic is transmitted
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| 8:46 |
Kiermaier’s Piercing Green Eyes: …are we really still calling things “sissy” in 2020?
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| 8:46 |
Llewelyn: I firmly believe that Buehlers super tight pants hinder his range of motion
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| 8:46 |
Dan Szymborski: We should probably go with a word these days that doesn’t have a sexual orientation link.
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| 8:46 |
Dan Szymborski: Wimpy? Wussy? We still need ways to be mean to each other, but in egalitarian ways!
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| 8:46 |
Paul Sporer: Ya it’s not great. I get the context that he’s trying to convey by saying that blisters are decidedly not lame or weak even though they seem insignificant. Not a great word choice, though
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| 8:47 |
Dan Szymborski: I don’t think it’s a Thom Brennaman thing though.
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| 8:47 |
Dan Szymborski: Though I’d avoid the word.
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| 8:47 |
Guest: Christian Pache now has a career 347 wRC+, making him even better than Arozarena.
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| 8:47 |
Deathstar Graterol: superhero pants. They anchor him
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| 8:47 |
Hugh Duffy: I thought we were avoiding magic transmission this season — that’s why we have all the protocols.
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| 8:48 |
Paul Sporer: Ooooook… I twitter searched sissy to see if people were talking about Smoltz and immediately regretted it. Do not do that.
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| 8:48 |
Dan Szymborski: Nonsense, do you think MASKS WOULD HAVE STOPPED GANDALF?
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| 8:48 |
Dan Szymborski: A lot of orcs wore helmets.
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| 8:49 |
sadtrombone: No, the way it works is that Gandalf wearing a mask would mean he wouldn’t transmit his magic to others.
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| 8:49 |
Deathstar Graterol: N95 level helmets
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| 8:50 |
Dan Szymborski:
Today was another big errand day, so I self-narrated the sequel, Overweight Ninja 2: Operation Beach Patrol.  17 Jun 2020
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| 8:50 |
Logan: Off topic commercial questions: are you playing the next WoW expansion Dan?
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| 8:50 |
Dan Szymborski: Of course
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| 8:50 |
sadtrombone: Ha, I forgot to enter my name. No sense being witty if you can’t take credit.
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| 8:51 |
sadtrombone: Ah jeez, did you hear about poor Tommy Pham? Apparently got stabbed today. He’s fine now, but that must have been unpleasant.
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| 8:52 |
Cito’s Mustache: Joe Buck – good announcer or overrated?
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| 8:52 |
Dan Szymborski: I think neither. He’s a vanilla play-by-play guy who is probably just rated at this point.
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| 8:52 |
Dan Szymborski: He’s not awful, but he’s average and dependable and rarely says anything crazily stupid that gets you focusing on him rather than the game.
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| 8:53 |
Paul Sporer: Used to REALLY dislike him as I thought he went through a period when he couldn’t have cared less about the games he was doing. You’d hear his voice perk up just to do an NFL promo. But that was years ago. I think he’s perfectly capable now.
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| 8:53 |
Guest: We’re you guys surprised that the White Sox let Rick Renteria go? I thought the White Sox has a very successful season.
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| 8:53 |
Paul Sporer: I was… keeps getting screwed in Chicago
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| 8:53 |
Paul Sporer: Hinch to CWS, in my opinion
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| 8:53 |
Dan Szymborski: I’m surprised in that I don’t think teams usually let go average managers after good seasons.
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| 8:53 |
Dan Szymborski: But I’m not against the result.
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| 8:54 |
Dan Szymborski: There are a *lot* of people who have the qualifications to manage an MLB team. If you can’t find reasons *for* a guy, just reasons *not to fire* a guy, I’d say that guy isn’t good enough.
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| 8:54 |
Dan Szymborski: Teams, especially rebuilding ones, have the luxury of finding their dream marriage.
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| 8:54 |
Dan Szymborski: (And the White Sox aren’t really rebuilding anymore, but they’re early in their run)
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| 8:55 |
Also Ben: If Hinch goes to CWS, and Cora to BOS (presumably?), who goes to DET?
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| 8:55 |
Paul Sporer: Wait is Cora supposed to go back to BOS?
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| 8:55 |
Dan Szymborski: Kinda how I felt about Gardenhire with the Tigers. He’s likeable and never really got in the way of the team’s development, but when the Tigers are competitive, is Gardy really ever likely to be the DREAM MATCH?
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| 8:56 |
Dan Szymborski: That’s been the buzz, but who knows at this point.
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| 8:56 |
Dan Szymborski: I don’t really have a problem with a team hiring Hinch or Luhnow. They committed baseball crimes, not like real-life crimes, so I think serving their time *is* enough for me.
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| 8:56 |
sadtrombone: Renteria absolutely bungled his bullpen management in the playoffs. I think it was a bit unfair, but they could hire whoever the Rays bench coach is and they’d probably be better.
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| 8:57 |
Lzfreak: How would hiring Hinch play in the clubhouse?
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| 8:57 |
Dan Szymborski: I don’t think as bad as people might think.
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| 8:57 |
Dan Szymborski: Hinch baseball crime wasn’t as a mover of the cheating, it was as someone who didn’t want to rat on his players.
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| 8:58 |
Guest: Wait, are you saying Dusty Baker was the “dream marriage” for 5 different MLB franchises?
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| 8:58 |
Dan Szymborski: Even if him tattling to MLB immediately and cutting off the plan quickly would have been better for baseball, I think the reaction from players would be worse.
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| 8:58 |
Dan Szymborski: In certain positions, Dusty Baker *is* the dream marriage.
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| 8:58 |
Dan Szymborski: Dusty is an amazing manager for a certain type of team.
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| 8:58 |
Paul Sporer: He’s pretty well regarded. And honestly, apart from those who are still hung up on the Prior/Wood stuff, he’s pretty solid IMO
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| 8:58 |
Dan Szymborski: A veteran team in which shit has fallen apart. Dusty can get that all back together again in the short-term.
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| 8:59 |
bosoxforlife: Yanking Dunning in the 1st of Game 3 was enough for me to question his baseball acumen.
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| 8:59 |
Dan Szymborski: It was a bit too cute
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| 8:59 |
Dan Szymborski: Dusty’s the cleanup crew. Clean up the mess Matt Williams left. Clean up the mess of the Trashcananigans.
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| 9:00 |
Lzfreak: Dusty seems like a great player’s manager
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| 9:00 |
Dan Szymborski: Now, you don’t keep the cleanup crew around to plot your corporate strategy.
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| 9:00 |
sadtrombone: Do you really want to hire Hinch, a guy who got, at the minimum, walked over like that? I’d be appalled.
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| 9:00 |
Paul Sporer: Appalled? Really? Interesting.
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| 9:01 |
Dan Szymborski: I think he’ll be looked at as a players’ guy for that.
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| 9:01 |
Dan Szymborski: Remember, Jose Reyes *teammates* nominated him for a humanitarian award
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| 9:01 |
Dan Szymborski: People make the mistake of thinking players and elitist sports journalist Twitter think identically
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| 9:01 |
GSon: Jose Reyes threatened his teammates… then..
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| 9:02 |
Hugh Duffy: Hinch’s baseball crime was also that he didn’t stop the cheating when he could have. He’s accepted responsibility for that, so I think it’ll be easier for him to get back in the game once his suspension is over.
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| 9:02 |
Dan Szymborski: If he were *actively* aiding or planning it, I think it would have been harder.
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| 9:02 |
Dan Szymborski: If you don’t think the difference between sportswriters and players in opinion isn’t a gulf, just look at the COVID-19 opinion gulf.
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| 9:03 |
Dan Szymborski: Look at the percentage of writers who How Dare They Have a Season compared to the number of players who actually opted out once the salary stuff was worked out.
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| 9:03 |
Trash Can: I thought trash cans were meant to do the cleaning up
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| 9:03 |
Dan Szymborski: Things can be more than one thing!
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| 9:03 |
John: I HATE the don Mattingly manager of the year buzz that is all over the place he literally blew the most important part of the season
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| 9:04 |
Dan Szymborski: I did not have an award vote this year, but if I did and had manager, I would not have placed him on my ballot.
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| 9:04 |
sadtrombone: I don’t think the players would mind, but Hinch was a doormat. I’d hire him for the front office, but I just couldn’t trust him to actually manage players. And Cora was actively aiding or planning it, so I’m just so surprised teams would be willing to turn over the keys do both of them.
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| 9:04 |
Paul Sporer: isn’t it based on Reg season?
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| 9:04 |
Dan Szymborski: I think John means the Cavoidance.
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| 9:07 |
Bds: Cora should notbe allowed to manage again so soon. He still hasn’t even come clean on all he did. He is not someone who should ever be respected again.
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| 9:09 |
Guest: What exactly did Mattingly do that was so bad?
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| 9:09 |
Greg: What’s the concern level with Gavin Lux compared with the beginning of the season?
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| 9:09 |
Paul Sporer: Like 2-5% higher at most
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| 9:09 |
Paul Sporer: Was gonna let chatter respond re: Mattingly, btw
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| 9:10 |
John: He let the team vote on whether to play after getting positive covid test results
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| 9:10 |
Cito’s Mustache: The last few Buehler starts I’ve noticed he’ll reach to his left hand near the base of his glove in between pitches. Are foreign substances not policed anymore?
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| 9:11 |
Paul Sporer: Are they ever really? Basically as long as you don’t have nine pounds of it on your neck like Pineda
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| 9:12 |
Paul Sporer: Kimbrel’s had that shitstain on his hat forever and no one says a word
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| 9:13 |
Negs: Mattingly is just not a good manager IMO. Hard to see how he actually made the team better. SSS and some timely performances turned a not good team into a fine team.
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| 9:16 |
Paul Sporer: Yeah some pretty good pitching drove it along w/the RISP hitting (113 wRC+, 10th in MLB)
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| 9:16 |
tommytoms: why aren’t foreign substances policed then?
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| 9:17 |
Paul Sporer: The idea is that if you tell on a team, you tell on yourself. And pitchers are given some leeway bc batters would rather they have enough grip to not dome them but of course some take it too far
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| 9:17 |
bosoxforlife: Fried’s breaking stuff is breaking.
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| 9:17 |
Hugh Duffy: So long as the foreign substance allows a pitcher to grip the ball better, I think hitters are ok with it. No one wants to get nailed by a pitch because the ball slips out of the pitcher’s hand.
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| 9:18 |
Paul Sporer: Anyone think Bauer might’ve been using more than normal accepted substance this year? His spin rate soared and he basically said the only way to do that is to use something
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| 9:18 |
Negs: Nasty last two pitches to Muncy. Slow curve and 97 up and away. That’s an unhittable combo. You’ll see that on Pitch Ninja tomorrow.
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| 9:20 |
Hugh Duffy: YES. BAUER was USING. (grippy stuff)
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| 9:20 |
Also Ben: It seemed like Bauer figured out the optimal mix or something
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| 9:20 |
Joe: Fried and Buehler both at 57 pitches through 3, which is a bit of a recovery for Fried and a surprise for Buehler. Who’s worse off?
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| 9:20 |
Paul Sporer: Pitching Ninja’s YT is MUST watch
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| 9:20 |
Dan Szymborski: Buehler was inefficient last start too, IIRC
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| 9:21 |
Paul Sporer: I’d say Buehler
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| 9:21 |
v2micca: I worry about jinxing him. But Fried putting on a clinic that last inning.
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| 9:21 |
T: Hypothetically, if Soroka was healthy and played the entire year and was pretty much the same pitcher as last year, are the Dodgers still a pretty heavy favorite in this series?
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| 9:21 |
Dan Szymborski: Depends what you mean by heavy
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| 9:21 |
Dan Szymborski: WAIT, I ACTUALLY HAVE PROJECTION STUFF
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| 9:21 |
Dan Szymborski: I CAN ACTUALLY DO THIS STUFF
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| 9:22 |
Dan Szymborski: ZiPS starts it at Dodgers 61 Braves 39
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| 9:22 |
Paul Sporer: They’d prob still be a favorite, but I’d be surprised if they were HEAVY
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| 9:22 |
Dan Szymborski: If I go Soroka Fried Anderson Wright Bullpen Soroka Fried
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| 9:23 |
tommytoms: that is some pretty flawed logic. why is it against the rules if everyone is ok with it?
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| 9:23 |
Dan Szymborski: Dodgers go down to 56/44
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| 9:23 |
Paul Sporer: It’s just deciding the cut-off point. I’m just tellin ya how it is, not saying I agree w/it one way or the other
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| 9:23 |
sadtrombone: Please tell me Dan is doing this in his head.
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| 9:23 |
Dan Szymborski: no way!
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| 9:23 |
LFC Mike: assuming Duvall is out, what move could the Braves make? They have 4 OF on roster, 5 if you count Riley
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| 9:23 |
Dan Szymborski: Dodgers Win in Four 8.1% Dodgers Win in Five 15.1% Dodgers Win in Six 16.4% Dodgers Win in Seven 17.0% Rays Win 56.49% Braves Win in Four 4.7% Braves Win in Five 10.2% Braves Win in Six 14.6% Braves Win in Seven 14.0% Astros Win 43.51%
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| 9:23 |
Dan Szymborski: oops
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| 9:23 |
Paul Sporer: It just becomes Pache starting, no? LFC Mike
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| 9:24 |
Paul Sporer: Not sure who’s on deck to fill his spot
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| 9:24 |
Dan Szymborski: Dodgers Win in Four 8.1% Dodgers Win in Five 15.1% Dodgers Win in Six 16.4% Dodgers Win in Seven 17.0% Dodgers Win 56.49% Braves Win in Four 4.7% Braves Win in Five 10.2% Braves Win in Six 14.6% Braves Win in Seven 14.0% Braves Win 43.51%
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| 9:24 |
Baseball now: Camargo gets called up.
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| 9:24 |
Paul Sporer: Not Inciarite?
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| 9:25 |
Paul Sporer: Threw an extra I in there
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| 9:25 |
Baseball now: Inciarte is on the outs in Atlanta.
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| 9:25 |
Paul Sporer: Sure, but they have a clear need
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| 9:25 |
asnbrv: Wouldn’t Contreras be on the table for them to have Ozuna LF, Flowers C, Travis DH a possibility?
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| 9:25 |
Paul Sporer: Could see that
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| 9:26 |
Tim: Can’t actually have Ozuna in LF during the playoffs, right?
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| 9:26 |
Paul Sporer: Ah, they COULD
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| 9:26 |
Paul Sporer: But Riley works
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| 9:26 |
Dan Szymborski: I neural networked my prospective dinners earlier. So now I did it for Paul.
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| 9:26 |
Baseball now: Riley played LF last year. He’s fine out there.
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| 9:26 |
Dan Szymborski: 
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| 9:26 |
sadtrombone: You know what would be cool? Bauer Units on the Statcast page on Fangraphs.
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| 9:27 |
sadtrombone: Buehler’s pretty clearly got a goal about where he puts his pitches to Swanson.
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| 9:27 |
Joe: I do not get this pitch sequencing from Buehler
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| 9:27 |
Paul Sporer: Wait what’s this? I definitely need some more dinner ideas
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| 9:27 |
Dan Szymborski: More of my neural network nonsense.
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| 9:27 |
Paul Sporer: that’s wild bc my gf & I have a google doc of dinner ideas
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| 9:27 |
Dan Szymborski: Hope you like butternut squash and sweet potatoes!
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| 9:27 |
Paul Sporer: i should add these and make it look like i did work
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| 9:28 |
v2micca: I was thinking Soroka would shift it about 5 points. Nice to know ZiPs agreed with me.
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| 9:28 |
Guest: Whom do you like in Yarbrough vs. Urquidy tomorrow?
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| 9:28 |
Paul Sporer: I’m a big Urq fan
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| 9:29 |
Paul Sporer: Buehler laboring
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| 9:29 |
Dan Szymborski: This run gave you more meat.
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| 9:29 |
Dan Szymborski: Paul Sporer’s Dinners
Monday: Chicken Marsala with Parmesan potatoes.
Tuesday: Melted tomato and basil pie.
Wednesday: Carne asada with chipotle rice and green beans.
Thursday: Pasta with sundried tomato sauce, shrimp and asparagus.
Friday: Swiss steak with mashed potatoes.
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| 9:29 |
Paul Sporer: but Markakis is a free out
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| 9:29 |
Paul Sporer: well she doesn’t eat meat so the first is prob better lol
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| 9:29 |
v2micca: The Rookie Pache showing some good plate discipline.
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| 9:29 |
sadtrombone: Okay, I thought Buehler had a plan just against Swanson but he seems to be putting it in the same spot against Pache.
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| 9:29 |
GSon: Dan <== had a pocket protector and slide rule when he was a younger lad…
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| 9:29 |
Dan Szymborski: No way!
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| 9:30 |
Dan Szymborski: I was about as forgettable and generic as you can imagine.
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| 9:30 |
Dan Szymborski: I doubt 95% of people in my high school class had any positive or negative impression of me.
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| 9:30 |
Hugh Duffy: Historically, using foreign substances was banned for two reasons. The first, because pine tar made the baseballs brown. The second reason was because slippery stuff allowed the ball to slip out of the pitcher’s hand (lower the spin rate in modern terms). If it slipped too much, pitchers could lose control.
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| 9:30 |
tommytoms: and you still are dan!
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| 9:31 |
Dan Szymborski: 😭😭
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| 9:31 |
Wood: You weren’t *that* outspoken libertarian kid?
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| 9:31 |
Dan Szymborski: No
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| 9:31 |
Dan Szymborski: After elementary school, I learned to not torment the other kids.
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| 9:31 |
sadtrombone: Pache is a walk machine in the playoffs. 100% guaranteed.
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| 9:31 |
Brandon: Pache looks so much like a young Andruw Jones, it’s nearly uncanny.
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| 9:32 |
Dan Szymborski: Looks like another one of those weird 4 innings, 7 strikeouts, 0 runs starts for Buehler!
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| 9:32 |
LFC Mike: Paul I was thinking from the offensive side of the Duvall injury as I don’t believe Pache can bring that kind of power? but is definitely fine defensively
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| 9:33 |
Dan Szymborski: 
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| 9:33 |
John: I have been wondering if bauer’s (likely) use of foreign substance in such a flagrant way is a long game scheme to shame mlb into policing them better and thus cutting down on strikeouts
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| 9:33 |
Dan Szymborski: Haha, like you can shame MLB.
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| 9:33 |
Joe: Why does the mlb at bat app get worse year to year? It does right? I’m not crazy? This year’s issue seems to be forgetting what happened to the last batter.
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| 9:34 |
Dan Szymborski: The technology stuff taht the statcast crew doesn’t have a had in tends to get a little worse every year, IMO.
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| 9:34 |
Dan Szymborski: Like in the old days in MLB.TV, you coudl actually click on a play in the game log and get taken to that play in the replay
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| 9:34 |
Dan Szymborski: So many usability things have gotten worse in MLBAM
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| 9:34 |
v2micca: Shaming any North American sports league is a tall order.
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| 9:35 |
sadtrombone: Man how did the Braves score so many dang runs with so many low-OBP guys? A lot of PAs for Duvall, Riley…of course, the top half of the lineup all hit like all-timers.
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| 9:35 |
Dan Szymborski: They led the NL in OBP!
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| 9:35 |
Paul Sporer: I was gonna say, they had great OBPs
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| 9:35 |
LFC Mike: Dan.. what if the neural network had your Friday night dinner as chili with beans? You can’t go against the neural network right? A time space continuum thing I assume.
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| 9:35 |
Dan Szymborski: I would eat nothing since there is no such thing!
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| 9:36 |
sadtrombone: It’s wild. They have half their lineup with .400+ OBPs and the other half with .300 or below.
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| 9:36 |
Dan Szymborski: But the low OBP dudes mostly have power!
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| 9:36 |
Paul Sporer: TdA, Freef, Dansby, Ozuna, Acuña all great OBPs
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| 9:37 |
Dan Szymborski: Of the starters, only Inciarte this year was really of the Mostly Useless variety.
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| 9:37 |
All Bees: Fried’s curveball is the prettiest pitch in baseball. Who cares about most effective, that thing is hot
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| 9:38 |
Cito’s Mustache: Joe “Lipstick” Kelly. I dig it.
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| 9:39 |
v2micca: That curve is carving the Dodger’s lefties.
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| 9:44 |
Wood: This isn’t even Fried at his sharpest. Still nasty
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| 9:44 |
Hire Joe Morgan?: Paul appears to be a foodie, per that thing you used.
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| 9:45 |
Hugh Duffy: Just because Fried’s curveball (wxOBA .227) is less effective than his changeup (wxOBA .187) or his slider (wxOBA .215) does not detract from its beauty.
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| 9:45 |
Dan Szymborski: Pitches also set up other pitches
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| 9:45 |
All Bees:
Buehler on a short leash third time through the order?
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| 9:46 |
Dan Szymborski: I imagine so.
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| 9:46 |
Dan Szymborski: Unless he goes 6 pitches 3 outs, I expect this to be his last inning and maybe even if he does.
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| 9:47 |
Paul Sporer: Buehler would be on a short leash 3rd time through even if he wasn’t running up pitches
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| 9:47 |
sadtrombone: I guess if the Braves managed to get multiple runners on for Duvall and Albies and the other guys with lower OBPs but power that would work. But Markakis, Inciarte, Camargo, and to a lesser extent Riley do not look very useful from here.
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| 9:47 |
Guest: i am very impressed by what Fried is serving up there. All the breaking balls are sharp.
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| 9:47 |
All Bees: Braves have let some good scoring chances go
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| 9:47 |
Bds: Would you let Buehler pitch the 5th?
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| 9:48 |
Dan Szymborski: Man, Freeman was close there
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| 9:48 |
Paul Sporer: Dang, Ozuna missed 88 there
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| 9:48 |
Paul Sporer: Effective velo up in the zone
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| 9:48 |
Paul Sporer: Solid 5th for Buehler there
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| 9:48 |
Paul Sporer: Helluva game going on here
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| 9:48 |
Dan Szymborski: Effectively Wild©
|
| 9:48 |
Wood: Ozuna has been cfrushing balls just right at people
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| 9:49 |
Paul Sporer: Love healthy Ozuna
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| 9:49 |
Paul Sporer: Hell, even compromised Ozuna is still usually a bit above avg, but he’s a superstar when fully healthy
|
| 9:52 |
Paul Sporer: THIS GAME IS TIED!!
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| 9:52 |
Paul Sporer: Hernandez OBLITERATED that, wow!
|
| 9:53 |
All Bees: Is there a worse baseball commercial in history than the Aaron’s way one?
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| 9:53 |
Paul Sporer: I don’t really find it that objectionable. I like that they’re showcasing Judge. Cheesy commercials w/athletes are just part of the whole thing. Better than not seeing stars marketed
|
| 9:55 |
bosoxforlife: One too many curve balls in a row.
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| 9:55 |
T: Listen, I know it’s unreasonable and it has absolutely zero effect on what happens, but I get so mad when announcers mention a streak.
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| 9:55 |
Cito’s Mustache: Did Kike and Turner just celebrate with a chestcrotchbump in the dugout? Never seen that one before.
|
| 9:55 |
All Bees: That’s fair. It’s probably just that I grow to hate any commercial I have seen 100 times
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| 9:56 |
Paul Sporer: Exactly, hard for even the best ones to maintain viability after the billionth watch
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| 9:56 |
Paul Sporer: All of sudden, Fried has a chance to get through five under 85 pitches
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| 9:57 |
Paul Sporer: The Fried-Giolito-Flaherty high school tidbit has replaced Kershaw & Stafford in high school as the most over-mentioned tidbit in baseball
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| 9:57 |
chasfh: Hmm, Fried getting hit hard all of a sudden …
|
| 9:58 |
Paul Sporer: Three well struck there. I’m not against them going to their strong pen here. Otherwise, a real tight leash if he does come back out
|
| 9:59 |
Olsouthi: Was so afraid that after Freeman got narrowly nabbed at first and Ozuna hit a rocket “at-em”, that the Dodgers would take advantage of the missed opportunity. Of course they go yard
|
| 9:59 |
Seagz: Man, I love me some healthy Corey Seager
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| 9:59 |
Paul Sporer: Helluva game going here. Both SPs have bent but not broken.
|
| 10:00 |
bosoxforlife: As was said earlier, the Dodgers aren’t the Reds or the Marlins. Their players can actually hit.
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| 10:00 |
Paul Sporer: Fried met the match, eager to see if Anderson & Wright can, too
|
| 10:00 |
Cam: Dodgers got bored of running up the pitch count, and said let’s swing
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| 10:00 |
Paul Sporer: It worked to tie it and could’ve done even more w/a little good fortune
|
| 10:01 |
bosoxforlife: Who is surprised to see Buehler out there for another?
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| 10:01 |
Dan Szymborski: I am!
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| 10:01 |
Paul Sporer: Announcer jinx, Buehler drops one RIGHT down the pipe right as they’re talking about how much life he has on his heater
|
| 10:02 |
Paul Sporer: A bit, but not entirely
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| 10:02 |
Paul Sporer: Roberts not averse to trusting his guy and he was sub-100 pitches
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| 10:02 |
Paul Sporer: Could be his last batter here
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| 10:03 |
Paul Sporer: DEFINITELY his last batter now, right?
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| 10:03 |
Chamaco: Great play by Betts
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| 10:03 |
Lzfreak: Wow nice job by Betts holding that to a single
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| 10:03 |
All Bees: What a play by Betts
|
| 10:03 |
99: have we talked about Beuhlers tight-pants? I’m into them
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| 10:03 |
Paul Sporer: I think tight pants were mentioned earlier
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| 10:05 |
Hugh Duffy: Great pitchers going against great offenses.
|
| 10:05 |
Paul Sporer: The playoffs in a nutshell
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| 10:09 |
Hugh Duffy: There’s a reason why the Braves had a high BABIP. They hit away from the shift.
|
| 10:09 |
Dan Szymborski: It’s easier said than done!
|
| 10:09 |
Braves fan: Is Graterol a multi-inning guy?
|
| 10:10 |
Paul Sporer: Certainly can be yes
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| 10:10 |
Lzfreak: Impressive job by Graterol
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| 10:12 |
Tucker: I’ve watched a lot of Braves this year and that kind of start to an inning was squandered quite frequently it felt like. Would be interested in the numbers.
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| 10:14 |
Kevinthecomic: Dan, just realizing we haven’t had a cat update!
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| 10:14 |
Dan Szymborski: Justinian’s hanging out with me.
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| 10:14 |
Dan Szymborski: The other three are all asleep somewhere upstairs!
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| 10:14 |
Dan Szymborski: I ahven’t been up there in three hours.
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| 10:15 |
Dan Szymborski: Fraggle Rock is throwing.
|
| 10:17 |
Braves fan: May warming up in the pen? Who starts game three then?
|
| 10:17 |
Dan Szymborski: TBD
|
| 10:18 |
T: There’s no way the Braves bring back Markakis for yet another year, right?
|
| 10:18 |
Chamaco: What would it take for you to attend one of these games in person?
|
| 10:18 |
Dan Szymborski: Not *that* much
|
| 10:19 |
Kevinthecomic: Hey, is Fangraphs gonna do the worst called strike, worst called ball and worst swinging strike of the year again?
|
| 10:20 |
LFC Mike: Worst called strike.. the FG Joe West award
|
| 10:21 |
Dan Szymborski: It was such a weird year that we weren’t going to to those awards type things
|
| 10:21 |
chasfh: What are the chances Braves try to squeeze another out or two out of Fried? Or do they have their 7th-8th-9th plan set?
|
| 10:22 |
Dan Szymborski: I don’t think they’ll go set game plan with the game tied
|
| 10:24 |
Trent Hauser: 6’6″ 180, ha! This is America dude, he was peobably 180 when drafted
|
| 10:26 |
Paul Sporer: what’s wrong with that body type????
|
| 10:27 |
All Bees: Raise your hand if you foresaw Fried lasting longer than Buehler after 1 IP
|
| 10:27 |
Paul Sporer: I mean I did bc I didn’t put TOO much weight on the first inning
|
| 10:31 |
Dan Szymborski: I certainly didn’t!
|
| 10:37 |
Chamaco: Which team is better equipped if this game goes into extras?
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| 10:37 |
Paul Sporer: Atl IMO, deeper pen
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| 10:37 |
Paul Sporer: Plus LAD is using their multi-inn. guys right now
|
| 10:38 |
Cito’s Mustache: Buck and Smoltz are marvelling about the size of stadiums in Texas so much it almost feels inappropriate.
|
| 10:38 |
Cam: I’m nervous about Jansen’s potential role in this game
|
| 10:38 |
Dan Szymborski: If it’s pitching, you should be nervous!
|
| 10:38 |
Paul Sporer: Understandably, but they can’t just avoid him completely
|
| 10:38 |
Read with a British accent: I hae much disdain for all 4 remaining ML teams. The Braves robbed Dade County, the Astros aabotaged generations of player salaries, the Dodgers bragged about drppping payroll, and the Rays are holding their hands out looking for their own free stadium
|
| 10:38 |
Paul Sporer: Eh, if those are restrictions, you might as well just give up on sports as a whole
|
| 10:42 |
Read with a British accent: Agreed, mostly in it because American culture fascinates me
|
| 10:42 |
Chamaco: Braves – Cobb County
|
| 10:42 |
LFC Mike: Good thing Read with British Accent isn’t a Man Utd. Fan
|
| 10:42 |
Read with a British accent: I also watch for the players….This stuff takes skill! Dedication!
|
| 10:44 |
Read with a Scottish accent: I watch for the storylines
|
| 10:44 |
Dan Szymborski: I WATCH FOR THE PICTURES
|
| 10:45 |
Dan Szymborski: whoompf
|
| 10:45 |
Deathstar Graterol: Which Will Smith is the better baseball-man?
|
| 10:46 |
Paul Sporer: Even with 30 guesses, I wouldn’t have guessed Sandoval was a Brave. I’d have guessed SF twice
|
| 10:46 |
Guest: Pablo Sandoval is still in the Majors?
|
| 10:46 |
Chamaco: Intentional walk…why???
|
| 10:46 |
muxosk: Intentionaly walking Dansby Swanson seems like it can literaly never be good idea
|
| 10:46 |
Paul Sporer: Because you’d rather face Pache or Pablo?
|
| 10:46 |
All Bees: Ah, long time Braves player Pablo Sandoval in the biggest AB of their season
|
| 10:46 |
Paul Sporer: The beauty and wildness of baseball. Can’t always put your best players in the toughest spots
|
| 10:47 |
LOL: Pablo Sandoval is playing in the 2020 postseason
|
| 10:47 |
Deathstar Graterol: This is a twist
|
| 10:47 |
Paul Sporer: YIKES a HBP!
|
| 10:47 |
bosoxforlife: To paraphrase a famous sage. “I don’t believe what I am seeing?”
|
| 10:47 |
Hugh Duffy: And the Kung Fu Panda delivers! With a HBP!
|
| 10:47 |
T: Well that was anti climactic
|
| 10:47 |
LFC Mike: Great Roger Dorn impersonation by Sandoval
|
| 10:48 |
Read with a British accent: What kind of upside does May have? Feel like hes been getting his balls washed all year
|
| 10:48 |
Paul Sporer: He has pretty premium upside
|
| 10:48 |
Paul Sporer: Needs a swing and miss pitch to put up results as good as just seeing him on Pitching Ninja makes ppl believe he is, but the upside is substantial
|
| 10:49 |
Jeremy: Wait, Pablo Sandoval is on the Braves?
|
| 10:49 |
Dan Szymborski: Yup, the Giants released him and he signed with the Braves
|
| 10:50 |
DEZISTHEGOAT88: PANDA FOR LIFE
|
| 10:50 |
T: Look at this fearsome Braves bench
|
| 10:51 |
Bb: Getting one’s balls washed is bad?
|
| 10:51 |
Charlie Culberson: I’ve come full circle
|
| 10:51 |
rusty: how is dansby swanson both on 2nd base and currently batting?!
|
| 10:51 |
All Bees: I’m so confused. We don’t have enough OFers for this
|
| 10:52 |
Paul Sporer: Acuña-Riley-Ozuna?
|
| 10:53 |
Guest: Where does league average fastball velocity compare to average fastball velocity from 10 years ago? Seems like every team has a bullpen of flamethrowers now.
|
| 10:53 |
Paul Sporer: It’s up 2 ticks league wide which is pretty massive
|
| 10:53 |
Paul Sporer: Up nearly 2.5 mph for RPs
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| 10:53 |
Hugh Duffy: Culberson plays a good corner outfield.
|
| 10:53 |
Brooks: What happens to the DH if Ozuna plays OF?
|
| 10:54 |
Paul Sporer: Forgot he’s DH’ing… probably Culberson as Hugh mentions
|
| 10:54 |
Deathstar Graterol: This is quite a good game
|
| 10:54 |
Lzfreak: When will we see the first 110mph fastball? Is there a limit?
|
| 10:54 |
Paul Sporer: Think we’re about at the limit
|
| 10:54 |
Brandon: Riley-Acuna-Culberson is the move, with Sandoval at third.
|
| 10:54 |
Paul Sporer: Yeah for sure. Forgot O was DH’ing
|
| 10:55 |
Read with a British accent: Desppite velocity being dirt cheap and common, every broadcast has to point out every 100 MPH pitch. Show me a pitcher not scared to throw his breaking stuff in the strike zone!
|
| 10:55 |
Paul Sporer: Velo is still the single best thing a pitcher can have to generate success
|
| 10:55 |
Paul Sporer: It adds margin for error that nothing else can
|
| 10:56 |
99: should the red sox be bummed they got verdugo/downs instead of Graterol?
|
| 10:57 |
Paul Sporer: Not at all, I’d prefer the duo they got
|
| 10:57 |
bosoxforlife: The home plate umpire is Pat Hoberg who only has 4 years experience but he has been quite good tonight.
|
| 10:59 |
Lzfreak: Odds we see Will Smith face Will Smith today?
|
| 11:00 |
Paul Sporer: Low as he’s 3 batters away and RP Smith only went >1 inn. once this yr and it was 1.3 IP
|
| 11:00 |
Isolated Thinker: Whats the proper pronunciation of Fried is it Fry(d) or Free(d)?
|
| 11:00 |
Guest: Think Turner is back with LAD next year?
|
| 11:00 |
Dan Szymborski: I think they’ll agree.
|
| 11:01 |
Paul Sporer: Turner is SOOO good, but he’s 36 and they have Seager/Lux for the left side
|
| 11:01 |
T: Who called a 1-1 game heading into the ninth (plz no jinx)
|
| 11:01 |
Paul Sporer: I don’t know that anyone called it, but it’s not overly surprising w/2 stud SPs and the great pens both have
|
| 11:02 |
tommytoms: they would certainly get jiggy with it
|
| 11:02 |
Paul Sporer: You have to leave now
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| 11:02 |
LFC Mike: Dan. Does the neural network have any snacks for us? It’s getting late.
|
| 11:02 |
Dan Szymborski: OK!
|
| 11:02 |
Paul Sporer: It’s the rule lol
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| 11:02 |
Paul Sporer: I just made some Annie’s mac n cheese
|
| 11:04 |
Cam: I can see Turner making a permanent shift to 1B from next year..
|
| 11:05 |
Paul Sporer: I could, too, but then is he a fit in LAD anymore at that point?
|
| 11:05 |
Paul Sporer: Ew to mac n cheese? Boooooo
|
| 11:05 |
Wood: Which flavor annies?
|
| 11:05 |
Paul Sporer: Orange box shells & cheese
|
| 11:06 |
Read with a British accent: Maybe the Blue Jays make sense for Turner? Could use help at either corner
|
| 11:06 |
Paul Sporer: Isn’t their IF locked up w/Vlad-Biggio-Bichette-Shaw?
|
| 11:06 |
Dodger Fan: No! I posted that “ew” way before you talked about Mac & Cheese
|
| 11:07 |
Paul Sporer: RIIIILLLLEEEYYYYY
|
| 11:07 |
Steve Nebraska: Riley!!!!
|
| 11:07 |
LFC Mike: He who hits the most HR’s wins
|
| 11:07 |
All Bees: BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG
|
| 11:07 |
Guest: lololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololol
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| 11:11 |
Isolated Thinker: That’ll Rile things up!
|
| 11:11 |
Jordan: My boy Riley!!!! Never doubted him 😂
|
| 11:11 |
Dodger Fan: I mean…we’re used to this by now!
|
| 11:11 |
Isolated Thinker: Riley E. Coyote!
|
| 11:11 |
Dodger Fan: Acuña matata! Causing LOTS of worry.
|
| 11:11 |
Steve Nebraska: Did everyone leave? Got awfully quiet…
|
| 11:11 |
All Bees: That’s a HR at dodger stadium, it should count
|
| 11:12 |
Hugh Duffy: … Just missed, Freddie.
|
| 11:12 |
Steve Nebraska: Man, Freeman almost iced it
|
| 11:12 |
LFC Mike: Unless Vlad Jr. starts taking his conditioning seriously there might be an opening at corner for Toronto
|
| 11:12 |
Paul Sporer: They may force Vlad at 1B, though, with Tellez lookin like the DH
|
| 11:12 |
Cito’s Mustache: Don’t be hard on Blake, he’s Treinen his best.
|
| 11:12 |
Paul Sporer: ok you have to leave, too, sorry thems the rules
|
| 11:13 |
Guest: Will Roberts get replaced if Dodgers don’t get to WS, let alone win it?
|
| 11:13 |
Paul Sporer: I’d think so, yes
|
| 11:13 |
Cito’s Mustache: That’s fair, I’ll show myself out, Paul.
|
| 11:13 |
Paul Sporer: LOL, I just love using that joke, but tbh I love puns and that one was sharp
|
| 11:13 |
Steve Nebraska: Cito’s mustache better be a dad…
|
| 11:14 |
LFC Mike: Did dan’s cats finally turn on him? should someone check on him?
|
| 11:14 |
Dan Szymborski: Sorry, had to go to the bathroom.
|
| 11:14 |
Dan Szymborski: I’ve been in this chair for 5 hours without a break!
|
| 11:14 |
Dodger Fan: Dan? You there?
|
| 11:14 |
Brooks: you’ve been sitting??
|
| 11:15 |
Dan Szymborski: Well I’m not using one of those standing desks!
|
| 11:15 |
Paul Sporer: Man, I love Ozuna
|
| 11:15 |
this format is terrible: Dodgers fans were so busy worrying about Jansen they forgot to worry about Treinen
|
| 11:15 |
Lzfreak: Acuna makes baseball so much fun to watch
|
| 11:15 |
Craig: Why would you fire Roberts?
|
| 11:15 |
Paul Sporer: Not necessarily saying I would, but the Dodgers will
|
| 11:16 |
Dan Szymborski: 
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| 11:16 |
muxosk: Every Dodger pitcher throws 100mph and I’m not sure Smith has actually called for a high fastball at any point
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| 11:16 |
Dodger Fan: This is unfortunate
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| 11:16 |
Dan Szymborski: 
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| 11:16 |
Cam: Why do players do that..stirring the bowl thing after a hit? I love bat flips and fist pumps, but that’s stupid.
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| 11:16 |
Isolated Thinker: Bathroom? True fans wear diapers during playoff games!
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| 11:17 |
Paul Sporer: Think it was started in the NBA because they’re cookin’
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| 11:17 |
Dan Szymborski: I’m a grown man, I use a bathroom.
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| 11:17 |
Lzfreak: Dan where do you get these images/gifs?
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| 11:17 |
Dan Szymborski: The Braves one is from reddit.
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| 11:17 |
Dan Szymborski: The Braves GIF I made from videos.
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| 11:17 |
Dan Szymborski: 95% of the things I post are from me.
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| 11:17 |
Dan Szymborski: But the Braves cards like the Acuna thing were reddit.
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| 11:17 |
Hugh Duffy: Ronald as a trash panda? 👍👍
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| 11:17 |
Baseball now: Its been the braves thing this year. Mix it up.
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| 11:18 |
Paul Sporer: In fairness, it’s been an all of sports thing for a few years now
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| 11:18 |
Paul Sporer: Not at all original to the Braves
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| 11:18 |
LFC Mike: Snacks Dan? We are your guests?
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| 11:18 |
Dan Szymborski: 
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| 11:18 |
Dan Szymborski: Oh yeah snack!
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| 11:19 |
LFC Mike: A run was scored not via a HR. Is that allowed these days? Is is like half a run instead?
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| 11:19 |
Dan Szymborski: I’m not eating any snacks though.
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| 11:19 |
Dan Szymborski: I’m trying to eat fairly lightly, I was pretty violently ill for several hours on Saturday
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| 11:19 |
99: I feel like the Braves are the only team left without a story. Rays have the low-salary underdog story, Dodgers feel like they are winning back their deserved 2017 win, Astros are the villains, Braves are the ________?
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| 11:19 |
Paul Sporer: recovering from Copallela’s mega cheating scandal?
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| 11:19 |
Dan Szymborski: THE TEAM WITH RONALD ACUNA
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| 11:19 |
Nick: I dare anyone to name a snack better than cheese popcorn.
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| 11:20 |
Dan Szymborski: For movies, I like a good sour patch kid
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| 11:20 |
All Bees: Between AB commercials need to go away
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| 11:20 |
Dodger Fan: Pepperoni popcorn
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| 11:20 |
Brooks: Jake McGee has thrown ~97% 4seamers. Who else approaches that usage?
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| 11:21 |
tommytoms: is popcorn a sandwich?
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| 11:21 |
Dan Szymborski: Are you doing drugs guys?
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| 11:21 |
All Bees: IT’S ALL BEES BABY
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| 11:21 |
Paul Sporer: sandwiches are sandwiches, that’s it
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| 11:21 |
Paul Sporer: hate that stupid shit lol
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| 11:21 |
Paul Sporer: ALLLLLLBBBIIIIEEESSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| 11:21 |
tt: wow I legit completely forgot about coppolella lol
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| 11:21 |
Read with a British accent: Copious amounts
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| 11:21 |
Baseball now: Do you guys see Albies give the pouty eyes on that check swing strike call?
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| 11:21 |
Dan Szymborski: 
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| 11:21 |
Steve Nebraska: Albies!!!! Woooooo
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| 11:21 |
Brooks: Melancon caught Ozzie’s HR
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| 11:22 |
Cito’s Mustache: Plot twist: the back end of the Dodgers bullpen is actually.. bad?
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| 11:22 |
Guest: Record most likely to not be broken in baseball – most sacrifice bunts in a season – 67 by Ray Chapman
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| 11:24 |
Paul Sporer: haha, I think their pen is still good overall, but this Braves offense is no joke
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| 11:24 |
Dodger Fan: More swear words
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| 11:24 |
Hugh Duffy: Nice and easy swing, Ozzie Albies. Bringing a lefty to pitch to Ozzie? Big mistake Dave Roberts.
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| 11:24 |
LFC Mike: Runs scored via a HR .. all is right with the world.
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| 11:24 |
Jordan: ALBIES!!!!!! from the right side is unstoppable!
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| 11:24 |
rusty: that escalated quickly
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| 11:24 |
Daniel: Is this a bullpen?
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| 11:25 |
Dan Szymborski: For LFC Mike, the worst snacks.
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Dan Szymborski: 
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| 11:25 |
LFC Mike: Dan. Have you explained to Paul the intricacies of hinged vs. unhinged bread as it relates to sandwiches?
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| 11:25 |
Dan Szymborski: I need to be way drinker to go onto that.
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| 11:25 |
Negs: Is there a more talented, young and fun duo than Albies and Acuna in the bigs? Judge and Stanton but both are pretty stiff? Tatis and Machado are close but Machado still has a lot of people feeling in a way.
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| 11:25 |
Dan Szymborski: Love the Ozzie and Ronnie show
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| 11:26 |
CJ: (I know I should keep quiet, but I alreaday can see Kershaw pitching in relief later in the series..)
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| 11:26 |
bosoxforlife: Ray Chapman was also killed by a pitch from Carl Mayes in 1920.
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| 11:26 |
Dan Szymborski: Billy Mays was killed in a pitch for Chap Stick.
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| 11:26 |
Dan Szymborski: OK, I made that up
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| 11:27 |
LFC Mike: Paul. Never tried the Annie’s. Good I take it?
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| 11:28 |
LFC Mike: Butterfinger wafers? Ugh.. and the worst candy bar of all time.
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| 11:28 |
Paul Sporer: Looove Annie’s Mac & Cheese
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| 11:28 |
Dan Szymborski: And there’s one.
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| 11:28 |
Dan Szymborski: I like Stouffer’s frozen mac and cheese
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| 11:28 |
Read with a British accent: like $4 a box, food for the bourgeoisie
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| 11:29 |
Dan Szymborski: Is there anything that says bourgeois much more than writing about baseball games for a living?
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| 11:29 |
Purple Urkel: Good news for Dodger fans, you’ll be rested and Braves’ fans will be sleepy tomorrow
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| 11:29 |
Dan Szymborski: I have to finish my Astros/Rays gamer after this so I’ll definitely be sleepy!
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| 11:30 |
tommytoms: it’s (not) big willy time
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| 11:30 |
Cito’s Mustache: Because it’s 2020, we’re going to be deprived of an Astros-Dodgers World Series rematch, aren’t we?
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| 11:30 |
LFC Mike: Only if writing about baseball while in a gaudy smoking jacket as your butler stands nearby.
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| 11:31 |
Guest: Writing about golf, polo, or sailing is easily more bourgeois than writing about baseball.
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| 11:31 |
Dan Szymborski: And that is the game!
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| 11:32 |
Paul Sporer: Alright, well we did it!
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| 11:32 |
bosoxforlife: Thank you Dan and Paul for another very enjoyable evening at fangraphs.
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| 11:32 |
Paul Sporer: Thank you all so much for hanging out with Dan and I! Hope y’all had fun!
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| 11:32 |
Paul Sporer: Take care, Dan wanna close it when you’re ready?
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| 11:32 |
Dan Szymborski: Yes, thank you for spending your evening watching the game with it.
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| 11:32 |
Dan Szymborski: Say goodnight, Paulie!
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| 11:32 |
LFC Mike: Dan and Paul .. thank you for the chat and for putting up with the nonsense
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| 11:33 |
Paul Sporer: Goodnight Paulie
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| 11:33 |
Paul Sporer: I was typing itttt jeez
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| 11:33 |
Dan Szymborski: I’m an impatient fellow lol!
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| 11:33 |
Dan Szymborski: Thanks everyone!
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Meg is the editor-in-chief of FanGraphs and the co-host of Effectively Wild. Prior to joining FanGraphs, her work appeared at Baseball Prospectus, Lookout Landing, and Just A Bit Outside. You can follow her on Bluesky @megrowler.fangraphs.com.
