JotCast | 2017 World Series Game 5 Live Blog

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Paul Swydan

9:23

Can't see that ever being a realistic possibility.

woeful SFG fan

9:23

Paul, how did you learn statistics for your pieces here?

Paul Swydan

9:23

Lots of years reading BP. And then I got to work for BP, and was forcefully taught everything I didn't know.

The One Popular Girl

9:23

Who's the first pick in the FG company softball game?

Paul Swydan

9:24

I forget who got picked first last time we played wiffleball.

But I was MVP!!!!

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/two-highlights-from-the-fa...

Joe Doe

9:25

Joe Buck vs George HW who wins in an arm wrestle

Paul Swydan

9:25

Come on, that's just cruel.

Joe

9:25

I feel like Sullivan would be in contention for #1

Paul Swydan

9:25

Yeah, it was probably him. He's just too good looking to be drafted anywhere else.

B. Ryce Hammer's Luscious Locks

9:25

three 0's down, six to go

Paul Swydan

9:25

Cruising.

9:26

39 pitches.

hscer

9:26

how was FanGraphs Whiffle Ball League Most Valuable Player determined?

Paul Swydan

9:26

I dunno, because I had to leave the game early. But I think August just decided it was me and no one argued with him.

It's always exciting when fat people do athletic things.

Marco

9:27

What's wrong with Portland?

Paul Swydan

9:27

What's RIGHT about Portland?

Long Live Jeff Frye

9:27

How does David Laurila pronounce his name? I just realized I wasn't Laurilia, with another i.

Paul Swydan

9:27

Laurel-a

Yeah it's not like Rich Aurilia.

Matt

9:27

The issue with Mexico City is the elevation is just stupid. It makes Coors look like Petco or Safeco.

Paul Swydan

9:28

Yeah, I see that as a feature, not a bug. Why do you want all ballparks to be the same?

The Hamburglar

9:28

Is Carson exhausting to talk to in real life?

Paul Swydan

9:28

No, quite the contrary. Carson is engaging, and genuinely interested in whomever he is talking to. I've met few people I like talking to more, actually.

Shunpiker

9:29

How about dark chocolate Kit Kats?

Paul Swydan

9:29

Those are better but harder to find, especially in Halloween size.

CamdenWarehouse

9:29

I miss August

Paul Swydan

9:29

Me too.

Nick

9:29

When you're so bad at whiffle ball that leaving early makes you the MVP

Paul Swydan

9:29

Hahaha. That was a weird day. I went from playing wiffle ball with the FG crew to a wedding in Queens.

Portland

9:30

Maine is terrible for baseball

Kenny

9:30

Santo Domingo and San Juan do not have the necessary wealth. Mexico City does but the players would hate it because of the travel burden. Would be interesting to add an altitude even higher than Denver, though.

Paul Swydan

9:30

Yes, I realize that about San Juan and Santo Domingo. But if MLB is truly interested in embracing being an international game, it'd be a great investment on their part. Or you could just do Mexico City. :-)

stever20

9:30

breaking news- Phillies naming Gabe Kapler as manager

Paul Swydan

9:31

Oh wow.

Good for Philly and Kapler.

Have a game, Logan Forsythe!

The Hamburglar

9:31

Mexico City seems like such an unrealistic choice for this go around of expansion. Too far from other cities and elevation is ridiculous

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