JotCast | 2018 World Series Game Two Live Chat

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Eddie Stanky Leg

11:15

That might have been the fastest Pedro Baez inning in the history of Pedro Baez.

Dan Szymborski

11:16

Food artist @pedalstrike made Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel out of dried cranberries.

Craig Edwards

11:16

Does the series get back to Boston?

Yes (55.6% | 40 votes)

No (44.4% | 32 votes)

Total Votes: 72

Kirk

11:16

Can we go back to old kimbrel, I liked that version much more than the ‘pitch very well and beat the dodgers easily’ version that came in last night

Scout1

11:16

@super benintendo (and all others interested) ... the scout was an advance scout for an MLB team. He said that essentially pitchers who are recognized as big fastball guys don't actually throw any harder than they ever had. So, the example he used was Mark Wohlers. He said that if you go back and watch Mark Wohlers throwing 98/9 in the playoffs back in the day, that was on the same gun that is reading guys today throwing 95 (which would have registered at 89 back on the television at the time). And so, Mark Wohlers would be throwing in 103+ on today's guns. Also used the example on several others players that I don't recall as well as I recall the Wohlers example.

Obvious Alias

11:16

Hey! Joe Kelly had a slower pace than Baez this year.

Eddie Stanky Leg

11:17

Just this morning I was lamenting how long its been since Ive seen a picture of Craig Kimbrel made from cranberries.....I hop on Fangraphs and BAM!

fan

11:17

if JBJ had elite speed, would he be the best defensive OF in either league? i doubt he wouldve gotten dirty for that play bellinger just made just cause he gets a much better read on fly balls

Craig Edwards

11:17

Will try to be respectful of those behind this inning.

Tyler

11:18

I did vote it gets back to Boston, however Boston has not lost on the road this post season

Nick Mar - Cake is Good

11:18

Can Kimbrel actually not see or is that setup for dramatic effect?

Super Benintendo

11:18

So ... a question from honest curiosity ... how common is it for a first basemen to actually be a strong center fielder defensively? In MLB that is. Are there many precedents for what Bellinger is doing this year?

Dan Szymborski

11:18

Pretty rare, can't think of one offhand

Planet Dust

11:18

Remember when those Phillies fans behind home plate all mocked Kimbrel's bird arm thing? That was a funny visual.

Guy Smiley

11:19

Two more outs to 2-0. And I know LA has some sort of "big advantage" coming up, Craig, but the Sox are 5-0 on the road this postseason.

Nick Mar - Cake is Good

11:19

@Tyler, not predictive!!

Jackson C.

11:19

Praise Eric Gagne?

Matt

11:19

Baseball: We have enough downtime in games to play ads in between pitches

Craig Edwards

11:19

Not buying the road thing. They are winning some road games because they are good.

bananas

11:19

ian desmond was a legit CF converted to an awful 1B so there's that.

Super Benintendo

11:19

@Scout1 ... that is basically what the folks behind Fastball argue about Ryan as well .. they mention the outdated radar guns and suggest the the Texas Express might have actually been gassing it in above 105 ... that seems to make sense.

Guy Smiley

11:20

Kimbrel started doing that when he was a rookie and didn't have contact lenses. He still does it even though he now has contacts.

Nick

11:20

Remember how bad the Red Sox bullpen is guys?

Craig Edwards

11:20

They are only bad compared to the Yankees. Otherwise, pretty good.

Super Benintendo

11:20

@ bananas. Ha.

Nick Mar - Cake is Good

11:20

Chris Taylor doesn't know the word "adjust"

Mike

11:21

Theres a difference between bad and "not deep" and indeed they're using eovaldi creatively to make up for that shallowness

Nick Mar - Cake is Good

11:21

How good actually is Brasier?

Craig Edwards

11:22

He's pretty good, but he's also a reliever so who knows next year.

Nick

11:22

Brasier makes me want to watch Frasier.

Guy Smiley

11:22

The Sox also lit up the Yanks bullpen.

Planet Dust

11:22

Echoing Nick Mar - feels like Brasier cannot actually be good.

stever20

11:22

Dodgers have to beat Boston now 4 out of 5 games. A Boston team that has won 117 games now this year.....

Craig Edwards

11:22

Brasier makes me want to watch Seinfeld.

Guy Smiley

11:22

Dodgers got 2 runs on 3 hits in the 4th inning. Zero runs on zero hits in every other inning.

Nick Mar - Cake is Good

11:23

Thanks for chatting!

Craig Edwards

11:23

Thank you.

Dan Szymborski

11:23

The Red Sox only had a single 1-4 stretch all season, games 71-75.

Thanks for coming everyone!

Craig Edwards

11:23

Dodgers will need to hold serve. We'll see if they can do it.

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