JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 4/6/20

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 4/6/20

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Ben Clemens

3:01

He's kind of a Michael Wacha starter kit, and that's a nice pitcher.

But Musgrove has ace upside still in my mind.

David

3:01

I'm going to make a big leap from "best pickup booze in SF" to asking your verdict on the "clapping hands" on Salesforce tower. I've got one friend who thinks it's cool, and another who thinks it's "Orwellian."

Ben Clemens

3:01

Haven't seen it!

I don't get to the downtown area of town much, and way less now.

3:02

But I just looked it up, and definitely creepy. Do not like.

The top of the Salesforce Tower is illuminated with a video of clapping hands and prayer flags in support of medical workers and first responders fighting #COVID19.

Rings

3:03

Let's say there's some July-Sept season of some sort. I dunno, 60-70 games. More teams in playoffs but shorter rounds. Something like that. Someone wins. Do they get seen less favorably than a full season winner?

Ben Clemens

3:03

Hm.

3:04

I think so.

It's just so clearly different.

3:05

In the same way that WWII stuff was considered baseball-ish but also not hte same.

I think this would be similar. It also depends what caliber of team wins.

Like if the Braves burn the NL East down and win comfortably, that seems fine?

If the Royals spike a postseason appearance on pure luck and then win it all, that's going to feel like nonsense.

Vs Trash Can

3:06

...but do they get seen MORE favorably than the Trash Cans among the players?

Ben Clemens

3:06

And yes. This year's winner will be thought of more favorably than the Astros, as well as the '18 Red Sox.

Don't cheat, people!

Derek

3:07

Are you a music fan/concert-goer? Best concerts you've been to?

Ben Clemens

3:07

I was moreso five or ten years ago, though I still like concerts.

3:08

My taste is all over the place; I was planning on going to a Stormzy show that got canceled by COVID, which would have been in a few weeks.

The last show I went to was Galantis; first time I'd been to an EDM show in an auditorium setting.

3:09

It was quite weird, but they were incredible.

My overall favorite show/artist to see in concert is Interpol.

3:10

I saw them a lot when I lived in New York, and they were always awesome.

Giodude

3:10

Would you be open to sharing the notes your stepbrother sent on the no-knead bread?

Ben Clemens

3:10

How about some rough notes?

More salt than the nytimes recipe calls for.

3:11

When you open the top of the dutch oven, put a baking sheet under it, which will prevent the bottom from over-browning.

3:12

If you want to add in flavoring, do it after mixing the dough, but you can also fold in before the second rising.

3:13

Last but not least, the initial rising time is only an estimate, so don't feel too bad if you miss by an hour or so.

Rubber shoes

3:13

Did the juiced ball impact EV’s?

Ben Clemens

3:13

There's mixed evidence on this front.

3:14

I kind of think yes? But I can't dig up the reason I thought that offhand, I assume it's some Rob Arthur article, because that's where I get all my information.

I looked last year at what would happen if we subtracted 1mph from every batted ball.

3:15

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/taking-home-runs-back-to-2015/

Charl

3:15

Red Sox drop $400 million and bring back Mookie after his awkward locker room speech to his Dodger colleagues.

Ben Clemens

3:15

I want to hear that speech so badly.

I'll note that Joe Kelly is not necessarily a reliable narrator, but I truly hope it was Mookie reading deadpan from a teleprompter.

3:16

The Red Sox aren't signing him, and given the way they've been operating, they might even talk MORE about how tough this economy is on innocent, profit-maximizing billionaires.

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