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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/10/21

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Ben Clemens

3:12

I would not say it's anything like a system

So, either that or the personal dislike

(but no, it's that)

Sean

3:12

Wouldn't one way to minimize the negative reality regarding umpiring behind the plate be to get rid of the strike box? Annoying as it is anyway, it would at least relegate us to arguing objectionably rather than factually.

Ben Clemens

3:12

I definitely agree with this

The boxes aren't even always right!

Jacques Pederson

3:13

I think radio broadcasters are usually better, because the "dead air" has no visuals to back it up and therefore you are more likely to get anecdotes (usually fueled by beers if you listen to the Cards broadcasts)

Ben Clemens

3:13

Yeah, the results of our crowdsourcing bore this out as well

Obviously we didn't standardize the people voting between the two, but radio scored consistently higher, and that matches my general feel for games as well

3:14

I think that good TV crews are reallllly good, but that the average level in radio is higher

And yes, there were several beverage-related comments about the Cardinals radio crew that I did not publish lol

Tom

3:14

How about Waino yesterday?? If he continues as is, and wants in another year, do the cardinals continue to go year to year? Love to watch him pitch, but also would really like to see him go out pitching well....

Ben Clemens

3:14

I think that they'll go year to year as long as he wants to play and can start

3:15

I'd like to see them win a world series this year (hot take here!) and have him bookend his career with WS's

that would just be really enjoyable

Stars retiring in a blaze of glory is just the best

Appa Yip Yip

3:15

If you're chasing the high of the highlighted blue comment, go to Dan's chat he'll post any rat brained nonsense you can think of. "Is a RICE BALL filled with BEAN CHILI a SANDWICH?"

Ben Clemens

3:15

Of course it is!

(it's not)

3:16

I'm an ingredient anarchist as long as the structure is traditional, but if you're goin to have a non-traditional structure, I think you need bread surrounding toppings to be a sandwich

LFC Mike

3:16

Ben.. I understand Dan is seeking out dueling pistols.....just an FYI...

Ben Clemens

3:17

Luckily for me he lives far away. I wouldn't doubt Dan's ability to secure weird old-fashioned gimmicks like dueling pistols, and I have fired a pistol exactly once in my life, so I don't like my odds

45 blows billygoats

3:17

Which Brad Keller can we expect moving forward...the 2019 or the 2020 version?

Ben Clemens

3:18

Probably something in-between

(hi! I'm Ben! I like making milquetoast statements!)

I don't feel qualified to talk about Keller, b/c basically I thought he was terrible

Then Barton Smith noticed all his wild pitches

3:19

with gyro spin that did weird things

And I thought 'oh I guess I've been missing this, I'm in!'

now he's bad, which is what I was predisposed to think in the first place

but in the meantime my mental accounting changed

So I don't think my answer would be any good

I don't think so

3:19

Stars retiring in a blaze of glory, seems to me it typically doesn't work all that well for them. Too many become embittered geezers, before which so many try to come back anyway and look lousy then.

3:20

I 100% think Frank White had it right. "Make them tear the uniform off your back".

Ben Clemens

3:20

I really don't enjoy watching my favorite players from the past trying and failing to hang on, but I don't begrudge them the right to try

LFC Mike

3:20

Rice Ball filled with Bean Chili sounds like an hors d'oeuvre to me...

Ben Clemens

3:20

sandwiches can be hors d'ouvres

Jacques Pederson

3:21

How many active pitchers make the hall of fame?

Ben Clemens

3:22

Kershaw, Scherzer, Verlander, deGrom, Greinke. I feel comfortable penciling those guys in -- four active WAR leaders plus deGrom's insane trajectory

3:23

So the question is then how many other pitchers are going to get there. I don't think that many (any?) other pitchers over 30 have a shot -- it's like Strasburg, Sale, Lester, Wainwright, Price in that group

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