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Meg Rowley

1:33

At least, earlier in games than in years past.

Announcers love to note late game mound visits.

James

1:33

Odds that the Marlins win fewer than 50 games? They are terribad and any player that does alright will inevitably get traded.

Craig Edwards

1:33

it is hard to not win 50 games. I don't think the Marlins have that in them.

Charles Finley

1:34

MEG!!!

Meg Rowley

1:34

HI!

Yes

1:34

Adrian Gonzalez looks weird in a Mets uniform

Meg Rowley

1:35

Todd Frazier, too.

Craig Edwards

1:35

Eventful first inning for the Cardinals. HBP, walk, throwing error by Jose Martinez to let in a run, then DP.

Carlos Martinez in the first inning is going to be a narrative for a while I think.

Anonymous

1:36

I'm loving that Opening Day is actually opening day for every team in the majors now. (Sorry, nats/tigers/pirates fans)

Meg Rowley

1:36

If you set aside the lots of folks are stuck at the office bit, it does have a very nice feeling of ceremony and celebration.

OddBall Herrera

1:37

Is striking out the opposing pitcher via a foul bunt the least impressive way possible to get your first K of the season? Way to go Lester

Craig Edwards

1:37

yes.

JKD

1:38

Is there anything sadder than an Opening Day rainout?

Craig Edwards

1:38

yes, but Opening Day is also a day where we ignore perspective, so maybe no?

Dexter Flower

1:39

How many weeks before you get tired of Dan McLaughlin and Tim McCarver, Craig?

Craig Edwards

1:39

I like Dan and Tim can be fine. He's a much better fit on the Cardinals broadcast than nationally because it is easier to focus on just one team.

ryan

1:40

MEG. have you had nicknames in your life? what has your favorite been? least favorite? CRAIG. same questions. happy opening day. let's talk baseball and enjoy each other's humanity.

Craig Edwards

1:41

Carson often calls me Craig E Baseball, which is both the best and the worst.

Meg Rowley

1:41

Meg is a nickname, and I like it well enough to write under it and answer to it in real life. Several friends call me Rowley, Growley, and Mow-Row. When I was in middle school, I was called a number of mean things based on having very curly hair I didn't know how to manage, but we don't have to revisit them.

Craig Edwards

1:41

So Molina, huh?

Not Finnigan

1:42

Foul pole homers are weird and good

Meg Rowley

1:42

Agree.

Grasul

1:43

The best non-Hometown TV announcers are the Mets guys. I watch them even without Mets on a fantasy team as a Giants fan

Craig Edwards

1:43

Giants are pretty good, too.

Meg Rowley

1:43

I like the D-backs broadcast a lot.

Chris G

1:43

yadi bomb! whats your non homer take on molina and the HOF?

Meg Rowley

1:43

We also don't give Joe Davis enough credit for managing a truly impossible task pretty damn well.

1:44

Ah the MLB dot TV circle of death, the season is truly here.

BillWallace

1:45

Both broadcasts that I'm seeing are not showing pitch speed. Is this a new standard? Not to show it? Seems odd.

Meg Rowley

1:45

The Cubs team said they were having some system issues.

Craig Edwards

1:45

I think his case is a difficult one to evlauate. His WAR isn't going to look great, but it also isn't going to capture a lot of what makes him so well-respected in the game. If he had played before 2002, his WAR would be 5-10 higher because baserunning metrics weren't captured in the same way they are now so older catchers get a slight gift in that regard where it hurts guys like Brock and Raines and even Rickey Henderson, not that he needs an even higher WAR.

bananas

1:46

tips for a father of 3 curly-haired little ones?? middle school is still a decade away but please help :D

Rafael

1:46

Mets or Dbacks who gets the second nl wild card spot

Meg Rowley

1:46

It'll be a nightmare no matter what! Just remind them it ends eventually.

Craig Edwards

1:47

You will find the answers you seek here https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/fangraphs-2018-staff-predictions/

Well-Beered Englishman

1:47

Speaking of announcers, the Marlins TV guys are softballing Jeter lots of questions about how they decide to open the roof or not.

Sadman

1:47

What has the potential for the saddest story of the season?

Craig Edwards

1:47

What did you expect on Opening Day, though?

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