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sadtrombone
9:27
I mean, Ortiz *only* had three walk off home runs in a curse-breaking, drama-filled playoff runs
staz
9:28
Site question: The player ages listed... assume they are the players' age-season? (cutoff=6/30/XX)
Ben Clemens
9:28
They are not, they're the player's actual age
Take a look at DJ LeMahieu, for exmaple
AvatarDavid Laurila
9:28
Jon Morosi just tweeted that Ronald Acuña Jr. thinks his 18-year-old brother, Luisangel Acuña -- a Rangers prospect -- has the potential to be better than he is.
Tony Wolfe
9:28
no pressure!
Guest
9:29
Re: surprising postseason stats: check out who has the best career postseason OPS: https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/Playoffs_batting.shtml
Ben Clemens
9:30
Merry CRasmus to all!
Mike
9:30
My fav Ortiz fun fact is that the all-time WPA leaders for each round of the playoffs are different people, and none of them are the career total playoffs WPA leader: that person is David Ortiz

(the individual round career leaders are Gehrig, Pujols, and Justin Turner)
Derek
9:31
1/10 pun
Ben Clemens
9:31
1/10 judge scoring
:)
BLAB
9:31
I went to St. Louis once, and there was this billboard between the airport and the stadium that read "Busch Stadium:  a great place for everyone but Cubs fans."
Ben Clemens
9:32
I could FEEL that going into center
I mean, it didn't
But I thought it was goin to
Tony Wolfe
9:33
I'm also curious to know how that conversation played out leading up to that Acuna quote. If someone asked him directly whether his brother was as good as him, what's he supposed to say?
"lol no of course not are you serious"
Guest
9:34
0-2 on two balls, lol
Ben Clemens
9:34
Makes me think of that anonymous scout who said Luis Robert was the current best player in the world
When he was still playing in Cuba
Derek
9:34
FRAMBER!
Tony Wolfe
9:34
Love that story
Ben Clemens
9:35
That's some And 1 stuff right there
Wait til you see him play defense!
Mike
9:35
I understand Mike Zunino sometimes gets hits but I swear I've never seen it happen
Lzfreak
9:35
A single for Zunino!
Tony Wolfe
9:35
he should be the new inspiration for that weird tire commerical where the girl says "who says pitchers can't play defense"
Sam
9:36
A single for Zunino! He showed me!
Derek
9:36
Hey a non-dinger run scored!
Kevinthecomic
9:36
Ray's 1st lead!
Mike
9:37
I remember the Dodgers talking a couple days ago about how vs the Padres their plan from game 1 was to see as many pitches as possible, as even if Clevinger pitched, the Padres would have to rely on their bullpen the way they did at some point in the series, and the sooner they got relievers into the game and started getting them throwing pitches and getting to see them, the better their results would be as the series went on

It feels like the Rays should be attempting that kind of strategy given the Astros G4-5 starter situation, and that they've let Valdez be way too efficient.
staz
9:37
re: player ages: I should have been more specific: referring to age listed in Leaderboard tables (and data export). Thanks!
Ben Clemens
9:37
Oh totally misunderstood you. Then yes
Guest
9:37
What the heck was Correa doing?
Ben Clemens
9:37
Yeah Mike I see your point but it feels like that's getting a little too cute
AvatarDavid Laurila
9:37
Zunino now has five singles this year. (and 10 extra-base hits.)
Ben Clemens
9:37
If you have hitters whose approach meshes with that, sure
Tony Wolfe
9:37
Just seems like a lapse of concentration thing
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