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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 4/13/20

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Ben Clemens

2:13

So there'll still be a Super Two deadline to game, it'll just be a smaller number of games.

2:14

So normally that's 172 days out of the 187 in a league year.

2:15

If the new season is, to use my earlier math, 108 games in 116 days, teams could avoid a full year of service time by keeping their players down for ten days.

That sucks! Service time manipulation is lame.

2:16

But they'll probably do it.

Nolan

2:16

MLB Network has been running a lot of old games recently to fill their schedule. What is the single game from the last 50 years you would most like to see?

Ben Clemens

2:16

I've been pondering this question in the queue for a few minutes now, so if other people have good answers let me know.

2:18

I think I'm going with the Kirk Gibson home run game.

It was before my time (I was only 3 then), so I don't remember it live, but it would be absolutely thrilling to experience live.

John

2:18

Arizona is super hot. Seems like you would want games out there at 8-9 am start times which would get you games in EST at 11-12 pm start time. Florida games would need probably need to be at night because of the afternoon rains. Agree/disagree?

Ben Clemens

2:19

Totally agree. I talked about this a bit with Eric to vet the Arizona side, and he was a little skeptical that you'd be able to play every day, because it does get *really* hot sometimes, but if you did play it'd be morning and night.

On the Florida side, yeah, basically all evening games.

2:20

I personally like the post-rain feeling in the Southeastern summer, that seems like great baseball weather

That said, I'm from Tennessee, not Florida, so the heat and humidity are both a bit lower.

I think that'd work though.

pirates hurdles

2:20

1960 WS game 7 was really fun to watch, lots of scoring, back and forth. Enjoyed the 2013 NLWC game too, tons of emotion from 20 years of losing flushed in one night.

Ben Clemens

2:21

Yeah the 2013 NLWC game was my pick for best game you can watch on youtube right now:

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/our-favorite-games-to-rewatch-part-1/

Boy that game was fun.

I'm not a Pirates fan, either.

It was just awesome.

Davey

2:22

Passan said on ESPN just now it’s Arizona or bust for the season— thoughts?

Ben Clemens

2:22

So, I have to assume these plans are still fluid, and that the thikning could change if a new logistical plan comes out.