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5 Run Homer
7:26
wasn't it pine tar on Molina's chest protector?
Ben Clemens
7:26
This would make sense- I didn't see it confirmed anywhere but that's what I assumed.
That Guy
7:27
Are we sure the Astros are appreciably better than the Yankees? Or even better at all?
Ben Clemens
7:27
Sure? Most certainly not.
It seems likely, based on both underlying statistics and pedigree, but it's not close to be certain and won't be settled by a seven-game series in any case.
5 Run Homer
7:28
Pham!!
Meg Rowley
7:28
I think the rotations are where the difference is the most stark.
Ben Clemens
7:28
In Play, Disappointed Verlander(s)
Meg Rowley
7:28
Man, I think if I were a Rays fan I'd have a weird affection for the Trop
Ben Clemens
7:28
Verlander didn't throw Pham a single fastball
7:29
Middle-middle changeup to RHB cannot be the way you draw it up
Then, of course, he comes back with two 94.9mph four-seamers
slammer
7:31
That change up didn't change! Just seemed to hang there...
Cal
7:31
speaking of the Trop, why are we not calling this matchup the "Orange Juice Series"?
Meg Rowley
7:31
We are dopes, is why.
Ben Clemens
7:31
Yeah, he spun it there. You could see the rotation on it but it just didn't break at all.
Derek
7:32
Having Ji-Man Choi and Jose Altuve on the same field is just fantastic
Meg Rowley
7:32
the democracy at play in baseball is never so obvious than its bodies, nor as beautiful imo
slammer
7:33
If TB scores again it might spell the end of the short rest experiment
Meg Rowley
7:33
Yeah, would think he is on a verrrry short leash
Ben Clemens
7:33
Yeah agree. You can't leave him in there to figure it out when you get to face the Rays' bullpen.
This is probably the game where you project to score the most runs.
7:34
If Verlander doesn't have it, just hook him and send in the clowns
Er, Urquidy and the bullpen.
5 Run Homer
7:34
Girardi just referenced to Avi as a former "White Sox"; what is the correct term for a member of a Sox club?
Meg Rowley
7:34
darn if I know
(this is a knitting joke)
Matt
7:34
Michael Brantley always looks sad.
Meg Rowley
7:35
He is one of my favorite hitters to watch.
Lunar verLander
7:35
Really threading the needle with that joke
Dodger fan
7:36
the man still has 4 swinging strikes in 16 pitches, its not really clear he 'doesnt have it'.
Matt
7:36
As a Yankee fan, I want to see this series go to 5 games, with extra innings in each game and have ___________ emerge victorious.
Meg Rowley
7:36
Rays -- definitely the Rays.
Ben Clemens
7:36
Yeah- he could easily just bear down and be fine, but he's had some uncompetitive pitches, both un-spinning changes and sliders and fastballs a million feet high.
Meg Rowley
7:37
the magnitude of the misses is concerning
Ben Clemens
7:37
It'd be very interesting to do some pitch-level research on short rest starts.
Meg Rowley
7:37
(meg nods)
Ben Clemens
7:37
To see if your worse-ness is every pitch a little or more mis-executed pitches.
Meg Rowley
7:37
Yes, yes it would Ben
Derek
7:37
Lol Ben just volunteered for a homework assignment
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