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Guest
7:46
What are you guys rooting for this in series?  Rays sweep?  Astros in 7? Etc.?
Tony Wolfe
7:46
I think there are perfectly sensible reasons to root against either of these teams. I do, however, think the Astros winning a title this year after everything that's happened would objectively be very funny
Ben Clemens
7:46
The Yankees aren't a great matchup for Renfroe, who wants to bat against lefty starters. I'd argue that the real surprise was taking Brett Phillips off the roster, but they just have a ton of lefty bats.
Guest
7:47
This is worse than watching the Patriots win every year despite their history of cheating.
Ben Clemens
7:47
The worst part for me is how much we have to talk about it!
The Astros picked a thing to motivate themselves
It's stupid, but it seems to work.
Can we just leave it like that instead of spending an hour of every broadcast talking about how they're circling the wagons?
Also Ben
7:48
Right after Phillips lost the dance contest too
Guest
7:48
For Tony: What is the reason to root against the Rays?
Tony Wolfe
7:50
Their lack of spending reasonably bothers a lot of people. It's not as big of a turn-off for me personally, but I totally understand people who can't get behind it
Ben Clemens
7:50
I personally separate rooting for the Rays players and rooting for the Rays ownership
Tony Wolfe
7:50
Exactly
Ben Clemens
7:50
They're really fun! The team is a ton of fun to watch, and it's neat to see people work with constraints
7:51
Ownership group? Chumps! Spend more money.
But let's be clear: every ownership group, more or less, would love to get to do what Tampa does, which is be great without spending money
Josh
7:51
would they consider giving home field advantage for the entire series to the team with the higher seed? it might help to encourage more competitiveness in the regular season too
Ben Clemens
7:52
That's kind of interesting. I don't think they'd do it because it would be such a big change from tradition
Guest
7:52
Re: Derek's comment: What's the most impactful injury that has occurred during the post-season in MLB's history?
AvatarDavid Laurila
7:52
Not technically the answer you're looking for, but in 1946 Ted Williams got hit on the elbow by a pitch in an exhibition game against an All-Star team a few days before the World Series. (Yes, that happened,) He played hurt and went 5 for 25 in the Series.
Ben Clemens
7:52
But that's one way you could have everyday games
Mariners Fans
7:52
If they change the neutral site from year to year though (like the All Star games) I might actually get to see a post-season game in person though.
Ben Clemens
7:53
I think this was a big missed chance here for the announcers to talk about how you feel when you're hot. Francoeur was talking about how Correa is the hottest hitter, and I'd be curious to see what he means by that
Tony Wolfe
7:53
I'm not so sure Seattle would be where you'd go out of your way to put October baseball
Ben Clemens
7:54
Francoeur has been excellent in this postseason, I think. I'd like to hear him expand on that one, though, rather than just saying "Correa is so hot right now" a la Zoolander
AvatarDavid Laurila
7:55
On other lead-into-the-series note: During the regular season the Astros went 4-13 versus teams that finished .500 or better.
Guest
7:56
Great story on Ted Williams.  At least the NFL had the good sense to exempt players in the SB from the Pro Bowl when they decided to have the Pro Bowl before the SB a few years ago.
Derek
7:57
Wow. It's wild that the Astros only played 17 games against teams w/ winning records (I know that doesn't mean much in the context of this season's schedule, but still!)
Ben Clemens
7:57
So I guess 10 against Oakland, then 7 against LA/SD
7:58
The rest of the teams in the west finished below .500
The A's probably played only 7 games against teams over .500 all year
ZiPS
7:58
Surprised that Zips gives the Rays a slightly higher chance vs. the Astros than it does Dodgers over Braves? Does that say more about 1) how good the Rays are, 2) how good the Braves are, or 3) how weak the Astros' regular season was?
Ben Clemens
7:58
I'm wondering about this as well
7:59
I think it's a mix of 2) and 3), but I think ZiPS is too low on the Astros
AvatarDavid Laurila
7:59
I'm of the opinion that a sub-.500 team reaching the World Series would be worse than a team that was involved in a cheating scandal reaching the World Series.
Ben Clemens
8:00
Why not both?!?
I'm not sure which is worse, but both are really bad looks
8:01
And the fact that the Astros weren't punished enough will only make it look worse. I don't think I'm exactly being conspiratorial when I say that I bet MLB asked the announcers covering Astros game to avoid talkin about scandals and punishments
But I'm not sure that will fly should they meet the Dodgers in the World Series
Derek
8:02
That was almost an immaculate inning!
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