Members-Only Game Thread: LCS – Oct 12, 2026
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Welcome everyone! I'm excited we get two games tonight. We got some polls today, including the SP poll I wish I had yesterday with Misiorowski not getting through the 5th.
Game.
Thank you all for being here (these chats would be quite lame otherwise) and being Members.
I'm guessing MLB is about as happy about this as you are.
These broadcast schedules for the LCS are setup and released in August.
Isn't this the part of the movie where the superhero loses his powers and you have to find a way to prevail anyway?
Interestingly, this is the only two-game day that has the Dodgers-Brewers playing the early game.
Also hi
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I don't think TBS wants to lose a prime time game.
This is a fun thought. I think Roberts could manage the Brewers, but I don't know if Murphy's schtick would fly with the Dodgers' superstar roster
I think he's one of the best there is. I think his job is significantly more difficult than it seems, beyond just the egos. It's also the expectations the team has every year, the mixing and matching his lineup requires, the dealing with injuries, etc. He also is the best around at criticizing his guys publicly and privately when they need it. He doesn't coddle
Yes, and from my experience (only covering him on the road), he's very good at that compared to other major market managers/head coaches I've covered
One thing that this (bad) camera angle does show really well is Yamamoto’s step back as part of his delivery
Lol Contreras checked his challenge
Smoltz describing competitive two-strike pitches as “putting pressure on the umpire” was a very interesting way to put it, gotta give him credit where it’s due
Some players described it to me earlier this year with ABS similarly, oddly as a reason to hold onto challenges for later in the game. I thought that was funny but didn't think that would last as a strategy
And immediately thereafter Smoltz makes me roll my eyes by saying the art of pitching is declining
Hope you get better soon!
Tangential, but I muted the pregame because I'm tired of the Yankees and Red Sox players.
But I'm slightly indifferent to Smoltz. There have been a few times, though.
Let me see if I can build out a ranked choice poll.
Back to the manager swap question: Doc would do fine with the Brewers. The Dodgers would beat Murph to death with hammers by Memorial Day
That solar panel failed!
Our SP IP poll isn't looking great.
That was an incredibly exciting walk
I love these lead changes.
(Just a reminder, you can delay the chat using the cog/gear icon in the top right corner. If you a lot of latency on your streaming source.)
We had Yamamoto Med: 6, Mean: 6 1/3, Real: 2 2/3.
A 36-pitch 2/3 of an inning for Yamamoto
18 pitches per out.
Just got here. What's everybody talking about? Baseball?
Bulworth, actually
Alright, it's been fun everybody.
Henderson should only be throwing the ball toward home plate.
baseball rules
We were high on Logan Henderson too. Mean 4.45, Median 5, and actual 4+.
That fist-pump was incredible
Didn't seem that close, but you get two challenges in the postseason.
As much as I think of the production quality as cheap, the ACC football review system with the audio between the ref and the command center is great to learn about their process.
I want to know what these umps are talking about. And see the relevant angles, just not just multiviewers in their room.
Are you at the game again?
At least you can measure and calculate how much you are cooked.
Strings don't count.
Every team should have a Contreras brother.
Sorry, I'm too busy coming up with names for the 28 other Contreras brothers. Willton, Willbur, Willgernon, Willnando…
Willians?
There is only one Willians.
I covered Willians Astudillo' major league debut when the Twins were playing the Cubs at Wrigley during a crazy weekend heatwave on Saturday, June 30, 2018. He only entered the game because multiple Twins left the game due to heat illness. He replaced Eddie Rosario in LF and later had to move to CF when Max Kepler left the game. He started the next game at 3B.
That whole weekend and the days after were also brutal
@Baumann This has got to be the headline of your gamer.
Matt didn't get any!
They were gone! Such a tragedy.
I left the stadium at 3:15 AM after filing my column, and stil no cookies. I was destraught
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this was Yankee Stadium not Am Fam? (I feel weird calling it that, I didn't even get the name right on my first try.)
That first pitch looks like the best one Frelick will get in this AB.
As I was saying.
Ohtani looks unwilling or unable to pull the ball. Surprised they're not going inside more often.
I do love a good interference call.
I can't fully accept William until he gives back one of the l's his family stole for Willson. Either Willson has to be Wilson or he has to be Wiliam.
This may seem harsh, but I'm only at a 60 because it doesn't scan all that well.
Hey, at least that one Polymarket commercial shows that parlays don't always hit
in an ad for 20-combo bets
wild
The WS starts on mol day!
They're calling it the most Brewers hit in the history of the Brewers.
I am loving how pissed off Pat Murphy looks during this game.
I just don't care for gambling. I'll put something down if see a real +EV opportunity, like I did two over/unders this year, putting a tidy sum on over 72.5 for Twins and over 69.5 for Cardinals. But I don't get any adrenalin rush for gambling; I don't care apart from making the numbers in my account go up
feels disloyal to zips
Is this a splits leaderboard request?
I'm on the Rays-Guards game tonight, so I'm likely done chatting for the night. Nice to be with everybody!
I, too, would wipe Biberty off my windshield
As a guardians, I love the TB sac bunt. But even 12 year old Billy Heywood in 1994 wouldn't have done that.
I just switched over to Guardians/Rays…and I missed something.
Someone answered the pitcher IP poll for Henderson as he was being pulled.
You know a throw is good when they show multiple angles of a cutoff throw that didn't even produce a tag play. I gasped out loud at that throw
(little delayed on the reaction, I had to get to my phone)
Hi Ben!
Is there an official MLB Discord? I know there are a bunch of places that have them.
Hi Sean! Just dropping in briefly, I have dinner plans tonight, but I had to say something about that throw
I watched a ton of Victor Mesa Jr. tape for fielding bible voting this year. He's electric, but I don't think I saw a throw that good
It's not quite playoff Randy, but really fun debut-into-postseason-success arc
It's not too late for him to do some pushups and eat some chicken.
Yup. Having played a lot of soccer on turf like that, I can tell you that those little pieces of rubber get in your shoes and stick to your socks forever.
Oh, artificial turf!
I see this surprisingly often. I wonder if it's because somebody's busy putting the PitchCom in their hat.
Wow, Cleveland's defensive positioning cards are enormous. They're the size of bingo cards.
Weird website urls.
That url is available for purchase.
Got that most likable and least likable poll. You'll probably have to refresh this page / reload this page for it to work.
Yeah, it was a good suggestion, so I made it tonight. It can do ranked choice voting, too, and that's like rounds eliminating the lowest vote getting. This is just an MVP-style voting with 4,3,2,1 points given out.
But yes, I want to have it used for a lot more things!
I'm going to reuse that poll through out the week.
Really proud of Ramírez for sniffing the baseball just now. I think he read my article.
More Scott Pilgrim references.
I could do that. Though I don't think responding later is necessarily bad…like it's tied right now.
Yes and no. I shipped that about 20 minutes ago, but you can still respond!
I've thought of making them louder. Like I can have it expand on its own or have NEW! tag in bright red on it.
And yeah, I did send a message about the ranked likability poll.
Who wants to be the millionaire, ask the audience was the true #1 lifeline… The poll tonight says 91% think the Rays will win. I thought wisdom of the crowd was king?
Great chat everyone! See everyone tomorrow!
