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Dan Szymborski

9:19

Yeah, it wasn't a horrific throw, just a normal off throw

Ben Clemens

9:19

I don't think so, though I don't have great insight into their thinking. They aren't the Nats, with a bullpen made of papier mache and good intentions.

Dan Szymborski

9:19

OMG HE'S BEING CHASED BY A CIRCLE

Jackson

9:19

Which Oakland reliever goes further than Manaea?

Dan Szymborski

9:19

Well, Petit is baseball's long reliever.

Derek

9:20

Morton is awesome to watch.

Dan Szymborski

9:20

He's looked sharper this inning so far.

Much better locations on the curves.

5 Run Homer

9:20

Oh my god it’s only the 3rd

Dan Szymborski

9:20

Yeah, what is this, Red Sox-Yankees?

Ben Clemens

9:20

There's a tendency to do this 'use your starters as relievers' thing in the playoffs a ton, and while it absolutely has its place, using starters as starters has value too.

Audrey Stark

9:21

I still can't believe they don't just bunt in this situation. There's no one on the left side of the infield at all.

Cat

9:22

I am sorry for your loss, Dan. I didn’t realize you lost Galileo.... =(

Ben Clemens

9:23

As a connoisseur of bunting for a hit, I'm not sure I'd be in favor of it here. It's hard to do, and a runner on first is so much less valuable with two outs than with one or none.

You'd want your success rate to be *really* high to bunt there

In fairness, it might be really high there. I don't know how good of a bunter Olson is offhand.

Dan Szymborski

9:24

He passed away in mid-August at age 20. He had an abscess on his chin on a Thursday, but even with antibiotics, a secondary infection took over really quickly. In a 24 hour period, he went from normal to shock and the emergency vet wasn't even sure he could keep Galileo alive long enough to put him to sleep.

I mean it's a blessing he didn't have a long, wasting illness or anything, but it was still so shocking and quick.

LLW902

9:24

"ESPN2 stream for every postseason game" is my presidential platform. i lose disastrously but get more protest votes than nader in 2000

Dan Szymborski

9:24

Protest votes are the best. You don't want to actually get stuck BEING a president!

Belli Flop

9:24

Every time I see Audrey's name I think of Game of Thrones and I am sorry

stever20

9:24

so do you guys think MAT was hit last night by the pitch from Hader, or did it hit the bat first?

Audrey Stark

9:25

MAT can do no wrong.

Hader should be fined for hitting such a precious cinnamon roll.

@Belli Flop I prefer Tony.

5 Run Homer

9:25

Audrey, do you get more dumb GoT jokes or dumb Iron Man jokes?

Ben Clemens

9:26

Matt Olson in 2017-2018: 4 fair bunts, 4 outs. Matt Olson in 2019: 5 fair bunts, 5 singles

Dan Szymborski

9:26

There's a sort of cruel 2019 irony that the A's get a run in Morton's best inning so far

Derek

9:26

Honestly I didn't mind the TBS broadcast too much - Ernie Johnson is always fun and Ron Darling is usually pretty good. Franceour was meh...

Audrey Stark

9:26

@5 Run Homer I don't get it much at all. In baseball it's just getting asked if I'm related to Jayson. Which is a no.

Dan Szymborski

9:27

Fun? In NBA, yes, but Ernie sounded almost bored to me yesterday. I was hoping he was going to do some Childish Gambino lyrics when he mentioned Soto's nickname, but no.

Jeremy

9:27

Ernie Johnson announces baseball like a guy who watched a lot in the 80s, but watches five games a season now.

Dan Szymborski

9:27

This.

Ben Clemens

9:27

EJ seemed disinterested last night. I like him a lot on basketball broadcasts, but this wasn't as good.

Dan Szymborski

9:27

There are very few broadcasters who can credibly do multiple sports.

The Hamburglar

9:27

Where is Cistulli?

Dan Szymborski

9:27

At his house on the Styx, I assume.

Ben Clemens

9:27

Ron Darling is weird -- he's quite good on Mets broadcasts, especially when paired with Hernandez, but I don't always love him on national broadcasts.

Guest

9:28

WE chart on ESPN2 seems artificially wavy

Matt

9:28

Dan, are you implying that Joe Buck is basically Bo Jackson?

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