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Ben Clemens KBO Opening Day Chat

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Ben Clemens

1:16

But in previewing this year I learned that he's actually pretty solid

Rob

1:16

Eric Thames' voice is very different from what I expected

Ben Clemens

1:16

Haha yeah I was thinking that as well

The beard makes me think he'll have a suuuuuuper low voice

stever20

1:18

Man, Thames is going to fit in so perfectly with the Nats.

Ben Clemens

1:18

I'm enjoying his interview setup.

Nice cabinet situation going on

I wonder what Kiley would think

I don't think he'd approve.

1:19

If I was going to do an interview in my kitchen, I would 100% straighten out my dish towel first

Kyle Schwerin

1:19

FYI, looks like the KBO is streaming all their games on Twitch here: https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Korean%20Baseball%20League

David

1:19

Player to watch (for MLB): Lee Jung-hoo, father was a KBO MVP. 22 years old. Plays for Kiwoom (who has best offense in KBO). .336/.386/.456 with an .842 OPS in 2019. Won Rookie of the Year in 2017 in the KBO.

Ben Clemens

1:21

Another guy with more walks than strikeouts last year.

Someone's 80s comparison is apt here as well; there are farrrrrrr more players here with more walks than striekouts than there are in the majors

David

1:21

21 years old (American age). 22 years old (Korean age). 1 minor detail. On Korean sites, everyone is listed a year older than they really are.

Ben Clemens

1:22

Oh this is interesting

Worth noting, and I definitely would have gotten that wrong

The lag in broadcasting is kind of amusing

Thames, Ravech, and Eduardo have clearly not rehearsed this

Rob

1:23

How would they rehearse this?

Ben Clemens

1:23

Oh just how to work out who talks when

Not the exact questions, just the order of talking

Rob

1:23

This is making me an Eric Thames fan, to be honest.

Ben Clemens

1:23

Yeah he's fun! I really enjoyed the moment when he was destroying baseball right after joining the Brewers

1:24

Travis Sawchik had some really cool interviews with him

The one that springs to mind for me is that he wore a hole in his carpet just swinging his bat in his living room.

Watching old videos of Bonds

Brian CashGod

1:24

^ this is one of the better interviews I've seen in a while

Ben Clemens

1:25

He's having a great time

It is really cool to see players outside of the 'both teams played hard' paradigm

I love that he loves telling these stories

Mike

1:26

Yeah, Thames is like this at all times too. Never gets old (Brewers fan here) Will be missed.

Ben Clemens

1:26

My wife's family are all huge Brewers fans

(they're from Wisconsin)

And my mother-in-law was QUITE angry that they let Thames leave

1:27

She watches the postgame show more or less every game, though, and he was apparently a great interview there as well

Rob

1:27

Ben when will your next OOTP stream be? I really enjoyed the last one.

Ben Clemens

1:27

Tomorrow! Same time, noon ET, and this one should run around 1-1.5 hours

1:28

I have very little idea what we'll talk about

The team is still stuck in neutral, though Lorenzo Cain had a huge 4 times on base day and got his wRC+ up to 14.

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