JotCast | 2016 World Series Game 4 Live Blog | 10/29/2016

2016 World Series Game 4 Live Blog

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Neil Weinberg

7:53

Hey everyone!

Nick Stellini and I are going to be your hosts this evening. Nick is going to be joining the site as a regular writer in a week or two, but this is his soft launch.

Korey Cluber

7:54

FOX had Carlos Santana listed as a 1B/OF in the pregame.

Nick Stellini

7:54

If I blow up on the launchpad it's all Neil's fault.

Neil Weinberg

7:54

I saw this. Loved it. I am all about players playing weird positions.

7:55

Who would you like to win tonight?

Cleveland (49.1% | 57 votes)

Cubs (50.9% | 59 votes)

Total Votes: 116

Erik

7:56

So my dad just said, "Jason Heyward is the reason I don't like WAR." He's not particularly old school so that was a bit of a surprise. What's a good response to that?

Neil Weinberg

7:57

Heyward's WAR wasn't very good this year! Also, try to break it down into components. The parts of WAR make more sense to some people than the whole thing at once.

Nick

7:58

How many future HOFers are playing in this series? Is setting the over/under at 1 a safe bet? The best players are either late bloomers (Kluber/Arietta) or really young still.

Nick Stellini

7:59

I am eagerly looking forward to Brandon Guyer's plaque commemorating how many HBPs he has accumulated.

Neil Weinberg

7:59

I think Lester has a reasonable shot. Bryant? Rizzo? Lindor? Chapman? Miller?

Iam Hungry

7:59

who do you think projects as better player, lindor or kris bryant?

Neil Weinberg

8:00

Bryant. He's known as a slugger but his glove/running are really good too. Not a knock on Lindor. Lindor is great.

Dock Ellis

8:00

So Nick, tell us a little bit about yourself. Where ya from? How old are ya? How's your parents doing?

Neil Weinberg

8:01

Joe Buck is saying people counted Cleveland out against Boston and Toronto. That seems...not accurate?

Nick Stellini

8:02

So, hi everyone, I'm Nick. I'm joining up as a daily writer and I'll be starting fairly soon. Before now, I've written at Beyond the Box Score under Neil, and at BP. I'm 22 and from New Jersey. And my folks are doing well, besides my dad's bum knee acting up of late.

I certainly didn't count Cleveland out against Boston at the very least. The match-ups were in their favor.

Neil Weinberg

8:03

Nick has a dog named Zoe. I only follow him on Twitter because sometimes he posts pictures of her.

Joe

8:03

Neil you left the emoji responses on! You're playing with fire.

poo

3

Neil Weinberg

8:03

I didn't know this was a thing!

peanut-gallery

1

Nick Stellini

8:03

Oh no. Neil. You've doomed us all.

Arrietas bears

8:03

Your 22 and from New Jersey? Why haven't you put up a 10 war season yet?

Neil Weinberg

8:04

I think I turned them off

vomit

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JT

8:04

If total WAR is equal does a team made up of players with higher offensive WAR project any differently than one with higher defensive WAR?

Nick Stellini

8:04

Nobody's given me a good shot yet, Mr. Bear

Neil Weinberg

8:04

In theory, runs are runs. But there's a bit more certainty around the offensive numbers, so I'd bet on them if I had to pick

The Hamburglar

8:05

So Nick, around here every write kind of has their own little thing. Eno has beer, Jeff has volcanoes, Carson has poetry and overall weirdness. What's your forte outside of baseball?

Nick Stellini

8:06

Well I'm a recovering film major, so there's that. I know a lot about fencing from doing it in high school, and still dabble occasionally. I also probably play far too much Destiny on PlayStation.

Neil Weinberg

8:06

People always ask Dave personal finance questions.

Sandahl Tahn

8:07

The trend for this postseason has been heavy reliance on your best bullpen arms. Do you expect the regular season to start to trend this way?

Neil Weinberg

8:07

I don't think so. Guys will burn out. But I think the inning rigidity will loosen

Joseph

8:07

Nick, do you blink more than Dave Cameron?

Neil Weinberg

8:07

Everyone blinks more than Dave.

Mayor McCheese

8:08

whats you stance on ken rosenthall's bow tie

Nick Stellini

8:08

Ken's bowties are categorically good

Neil Weinberg

8:08

Suicide prevention charity tonight! Excellent cause. Ken is good.

Leon Powalski

8:09

How do people from NJ pick which MLB team to root for?

Nick Stellini

8:09

Well this is as good a time as any to admit I was raised to be a soulless evil Yankees fan.

You may proceed to berate me.

sweet swinging

8:10

New guy is dead to me already

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