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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/4/20

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Ben Clemens

2:11

True story: I inadvertently insisted on the chat.

Meg asked for someone to write a game recap for tomorrow -- Tony Wolfe will be doing it -- and I was like, oh, are we chatting tonight? I'm in!

So I forced the issue without meaning to.

2:12

That said, I was going to be watching the whole game anyway and every time I have a chat I get to learn something new -- you guys are really knowledgeable -- so I'm very excited for it.

I might try to make it a regular thing if we get enough readers. One thing I've found during this enforced isolation is that I really enjoy interacting with people even if it's on Twitch or in a chat or whatever.

I'm trying to figure out a way to do more streams, which is not a thing I ever thought I'd say.

Chris

2:13

According to my ESPN+, KBO is scheduled to have replays mid-afternoon the following day, but only on ESPN2? Are there any places to stream the replays the following afternoon?

Ben Clemens

2:13

I will endeavor to find this out. My go-to for KBO broadcasts so far has just been Sung Min Kim's twitter account.

The Giants streamed some of their scrimmages and he tweeted them out.

2:14

Speaking of which: watch this and tell me you're not hyped for some baseball

Lotte's Dixon Machado with the nice play to start the game off today

Jeff

2:14

Any non-foreign born KBO players you are looking forward to see?

Ben Clemens

2:15

Yes! Dae Ho Lee is someone I almost wrote about for the Giants -- I was considering just covering all former MLB players, but just the foreign-born ones already had the article(s) around 6000 words and it was just too much.

I'm not exactly concise.

Him, and I love Seung-hwan Oh on the Lions from his Cardinals days.

Best nickname in all of baseball

2:17

Oh and while I don't know much about him, Hyun Soo Kim really intrigues me. He's not dominant or anything but when I was researching Casey Wilson, Wilson kept mentioning Kim, and he just seems like an awesome guy.

Jeff

2:17

Will there be fans for these KBO games? If not then we're missing out, international baseball fans know how to have fun at the games

Ben Clemens

2:17

Sadly not.

2:18

I was planning on going to a KBO game next year, the timing of a friend's wedding in Thailand looked like it might line up.

And while yeah the baseball will be great, the reason I wanted to go was for hte fans.

I went to a game in Tokyo (Marines vs. Fighters) a few years ago

2:19

And while theoretically I went b/c Ohtani was DH'ing, I barely cared about Ohtani and the experience was A+

From what I've heard, KBO might be even crazier

It's like college football, as Meg astutely noted.

Jeff

2:19

The chat is a good idea, I am horrendously lonely. My one companion is an outdoor cat who shows up for a couple hours a night to eat

Ben Clemens

2:20

The loneliness is seriously tough.