JotCast | 2017 World Series Game 5 Live Blog

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Tommy

11:02

Is a hot dog a sandwich?

Paul Swydan

11:02

NOT NOW TOMMY

John Autin

11:02

McHugh STILL IN???

Paul Swydan

11:02

He sure is.

Manny Z

11:03

How many people are on this chat?

Paul Swydan

11:03

We're up to 639 of the best people on the internet.

Mike

11:03

the postseason stats that are hard to find on fangraphs are team postseason stats

Paul Swydan

11:04

Yes, I have been whining about this internally.

Brent

11:04

Correct answer for best job in baseball: guy driving that freaking train around. He looks like he’s having more fun than I’ve had my entire life combined.

Peter from Pittsburgh

11:04

for what it's worth RE: Gurriel vs Pujols -- statcast has Gurriel's HR at 389 feet, 71% hit probability

Don Mattingly

11:04

This is a joke. MLB has most undoubtedly tinkered with the ball, and now we're getting a joke of a WS where pitchers can't even pitch.

Paul Swydan

11:05

Eh. Go with the flow.

Anonymous

11:05

Baseball sure looks hard sometimes

Nate

11:05

I usually play a game where I take a drink every time Joe Buck says something stupid. I stopped years ago for the sake of my liver.

Nick

11:05

How good is this game?

Paul Swydan

11:05

Very good.

Nick V

11:05

Ever since giving up the homer, McCugh has actually looked pretty sharp.

Paul Swydan

11:05

I think Nick V said this RIGHT before the walk to Pederson.

Jay

11:06

Caught the "Wu" reference

Paul Swydan

11:06

Come on now, this isn't a Dave chat. :-)

John

11:06

My thoughts re: McHugh. Why not leave him in at this point? Something something finishing returns on relievers

Catfish Hunter

11:06

Are Kershaw's debacles a mental thing or is it just bad luck?

Paul Swydan

11:07

I lean toward the latter, but I'm not sure how I'm supposed to know what goes on inside his head. Maybe he'll write a book (or at least a Players' Tribune article) someday.

Daniel

11:07

Banter between Smoltz and Buck seems to have completely ceased 3 innings ago...

Paul Swydan

11:07

They have banter?

Eric Weinstein

11:07

Amazing game. But it's also going to end around 1am on the east coast. MLB is very interested in pace of play issues, but basically ignores time of game issues. But between the length of commercial breaks and the number of pitching changes, the games are just running too long. What do you think of the Bill James solution: no commercial breaks for mid-inning pitching changes? Why should the networks get an unbargained for windfall from an increase in the number of pitching changes?

Paul Swydan

11:08

Preaching to the choir, Eric.

Show Hey O’Tawny

11:08

We are the ones chosen to survive the apocalypse

Tom J

11:08

historical postseason game graphs also seem to have spotty coverage

Paul Swydan

11:08

How so?

Sean

11:08

Paul, do you administer chats by leeching off the wifi of restaurants like Cameron, or do you do it from home?

Paul Swydan

11:08

Hahaha. Home.

Too lazy to be anywhere else.

Julius Pepperwood

11:08

Am I wrong or wouldn't it be better for T-Mobile to take the money they spend on all these ads and donate *that* to hurricane recovery?

Paul Swydan

11:09

Depends on what you think T-Mobile's motives are.

bobby tables

11:09

eh, I'm good with a 20-20 tie in 18 innings, you?

Paul Swydan

11:09

I'm good with that too, Bobby Tables.

hscer

11:09

um, games 3 and 4 were very reasonably pitched and game 1 more than that

Paul Swydan

11:09

Yup.

Adam

11:09

"This is like when they make the golf course super hard and the pros put up embarrassing scores"--upcoming Joe Buck analogy for the new baseballs

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