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Dodger Fan
11:03
Mike, which NLCS game was this?
@Bat (ha) none of us are at that game!
Steve Bartman
11:03
I have a pretty vivid memory of the one Cubs playoff game I attended.
Ben Clemens
11:04
I think pitching Raley here makes sense for the Astros
If a runner gets in scoring position I wouldn't be surprised if they yank him quickly
AvatarDavid Laurila
11:04
Ben is right. I'm watching every pitch, but there is only so much to say. "Should he bunt?!"
Mike
11:05
the only Kershaw game I saw was not a playoff game, but rather a regular season start against a 100 loss Marlins team when, for the only time in his career, Kershaw walked 6 AAA baseball players in a single game!
Lzfreak
11:05
Has there ever been a World Series without a stolen base? If that happened would Taco Bell go out of business?
AvatarDavid Laurila
11:05
This is a question that something needs to research and answer.
bosoxforlife
11:06
There is a time to follow the game and a time to remember why we love this game so much.
Ben Clemens
11:06
One of my favorite things about baseball is the institutional memory, as it were
Fangraph's Lurker
11:06
it's all fun and games until a solo homer turns this into a 14 inning nightmare
AvatarDavid Laurila
11:06
That wouldn't be a nightmare. It would be a classic.
Derek
11:07
Whoa. Margot mashed that foul ball
Ben Clemens
11:07
I have spent hours upon hours talking to my wife's great-uncle about the White Sox games he's been to
And I honestly enjoy it quite a lot
Bat
11:07
Has MLB considered abandoning this 3 batter minimum rule in the POs?  Or is the thought process that the PO game rules must be (as close as possibly) identical to the regular season?
Ben Clemens
11:07
They haven't said anything publicly but I think it was actually meant for the playoffs
GraphFans
11:07
I saw Brooks Raley pitch in the KBO on a trip to South Korea last summer. Lotte Giants against the LG Twins. Pretty cool to see him in MLB so soon afterwards.
Ben Clemens
11:08
How many foul balls can Margot hit
Manuel Margot
11:08
My average exit velo would be a lot higher if they counted my foul balls
Kevinthecomic
11:09
Margot seems to be seeing the ball well
Ben Clemens
11:09
Juuuuuust short of well
MM
11:09
Manny's late-season and playoffs should bump him up in drafts, even as a platoon guy. Yay or nay?
Ben Clemens
11:09
Eh I'd wait to see the Rays' offseason before thinking about it too much
Mike
11:09
I am a Dodger fan which is my way of saying that it feels like every playoff series since the 2017 NLCS has been more stress and worry and sometimes relief than anything, like, positive
Ben Clemens
11:09
Treat it like any other 50 pa stretch
Guest
11:10
In all seriousness, I wonder if exit velo on foul balls could tell us anything
Ben Clemens
11:10
I don't really think so, honestly. I've messed around iwth this
I think the problem is that they are necessarily mishits
In large part
Tony Wolfe
11:10
damn. what an AB
Ben Clemens
11:12
Brooks Raley's face right now is stressing me out
Dodger Fan
11:14
What the hell is Dusty Baker doing with that mask?
Ben Clemens
11:14
Rally mask!
AvatarDavid Laurila
11:15
If there are no strikeouts in the bottom of the ninth, and the Rays hang on, the winning team will have fanned 13 times, the losing team four times.
Tony Wolfe
11:15
Welp. Three more outs and the Rays can take Game 1
Derek
11:15
I like him avoiding the (deserved) criticism people get for only wearing the mask over the mouth without covering the nose by only covering his nose instead
bosoxforlife
11:15
Where was Raley playing between 2014 and 2019?
AvatarDavid Laurila
11:15
In the KBO.
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