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AvatarJay Jaffe
10:43
it was something A-Rod said, not Smoltz
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:44
AvatarJay Jaffe
NathanLazarus
10:44
I know there are other, better complaints about Smoltz, but he says "utilize" a lot, and it sounds like an eighth grader trying to use big words.
rastronomicals
10:44
Thanks
capconstrained
10:44
Doesn't Mariano disprove Smoltz's theory.
AvatarJay Jaffe
10:44
the number of things that disprove Smoltz's theories is near infinite.
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:45
The weird thing about A-Rod's even lead thing is that a lot of the weird conventional wisdom, you always hear. But I had *never* heard anything like that before from anybody ever, ever.
AvatarJay Jaffe
10:45
i wondered if he was having a stroke
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:45
Like the "home runs kill rallies!" thing is incredibly dumb, but you hear people say it from time-to-time, so you roll your eyes rather than double-take.
Alex
10:46
I know Boone said it pre-game, but I still think it's weird to roster Hicks over Voit if you're not bringing him in and shifting Gardner to LF in later innings. Voit enables all the infield flexibility options - makes them much weaker if any of their IFs are hurt with no tangible benefit.
AvatarJay Jaffe
10:46
Yeah, i'm not sure i get it unless you figure that Hicks might have some added utility as a pinch-runner or something
Zach Zac Zack
10:48
Are all Zack's pitchers?
AvatarJay Jaffe
10:48
Cozart says hi
Adam
10:48
I mean, I get leaving Voit off knowing that Houston has 0 lefties. And iirc, Boone said he preferred maybin in left in Houston, bc of the unique dimensions.
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:48
There's nothing I have more trouble with spelling-wise than remember who is Zack and who is Zach
the Zacs are unusual enough that you can remember them
AvatarJay Jaffe
10:49
i can't even remember which way Britton switched without looking
toyotathon
10:49
I think with Hicks they'll use him if it's tight. If not, maybe they would rather just rest him.
5 Run Homer
10:49
Zach discussions always just end up with me thinking it’s a weird name
Byron Buxton
10:50
Are there any Mlb players who go by Zachary?
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:50
I don't believe so
AvatarJay Jaffe
10:50
FTR for Britton it was Zach to Zack, though his full name is Zackary
Dystopian Future
10:50
All Zach/Zac/Zacks should just go by Z.
You know, I have to say this; this postseason, Smoltz was actually really engaging and dare I say fun to listen to right up until the seventh inning of that first Yankees-Twins game this year. The wheels have totally come off since.
He needs more structure, when there's nothing going on he just verbal vomits and that's when he gets himself into trouble.
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:51
The thing is, Buck won't keep Smoltz on point
That Guy
10:51
Who is you all's favorite Zac*? I'm partial to Zack Morris myself.
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:51
His band, Zack Attack
or possibly Zach Attach
Wire Fan
10:51
Wasn't Britton's players weekend uniform "With a K"?
Britton
10:51
Too many BB but I turned back into BRITTON sometime this summer
AvatarJay Jaffe
10:52
my favorite Zac* is Greinke, by far.
10:53
the Voit-off reasoning was that Boone couldn't envision using him as a pinch-hitter for any of his regulars. And he's obviously not a pinch-runner
10:55
Urshela goes yard off Bryan Abreu and it's now 6-0
10:56
first pitch hanging slider, oof
Dystopian Future
10:57
Gio Urshela out of play, run(s).
That Guy
10:57
Oh right, Gio Urshela exists. I had almost forgotten
Dystopian Future
10:57
If only Abreu had known who Urshela was maybe he could've gotten him out. Too bad he's just a rookie.
Alex
10:57
The Voit thing is just hard to fathom - he obviously struggled immensely down the stretch, but the guy had a .900 OPS for a big chunk of the regular season. Plus he, alongside LeMahieu, gives them total infield flexibility.
AvatarJay Jaffe
10:57
The other thing about Hicks is that if you're playing him in CF, the chain is Gardner to LF, Stanton to DH, Encarnacion to 1B, DJ to 3B, Urshela to the bench and I don't think anybody thinks Hicks can outhit Gio right now
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