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Kyle Kishimoto
8:23
he throws incredibly hard but when i think of guys with super violent deliveries i don't think of his
Jon Huntley
8:23
Ben, did Rubenstein say anything interesting?
Ben Clemens
8:24
I didn't hang on every word but not really? Just that it feels a little surreal because he grew up a fan
Baseball!
8:25
Mason Miller’s delivery is violent…
Michael
8:25
Who is writing the Will Smith extension piece? Early impressions of the deal?
Ben Clemens
8:26
Jay is, for tomorrow. And my first impression is that we need a separate scale for catcher contracts, so I'm gonna have to build that for myself. They always seem like such bargains
AvatarDavid Laurila
8:25
Notable in today's Orioles in-game booth interview was an Angels player getting jammed and flying weakly to right, and Rubenstein reacting with an "Uh oh" off the bat.
Ben Clemens
8:26
joy
Shirtless George Brett
8:26
Not so much Ragans' delivery, more so his history of arm trouble.
Kyle Kishimoto
8:26
yep, i feel you there
Wes
8:26
Oh, absolutely. In an ideal world, there wouldn't even be three-person booths. Give me a play-by-play person and a color analyst and that's it
twilight zone
8:26
what would happen if this season K% dropped like 15% randomly league wide with no real explanation
Kyle Kishimoto
8:27
a 15% reduction from 2023 would bring the number down to 19.3%, or the lowest since 2011. we'd definitely be writing every day about potential causes lol
Ben Clemens
8:28
now imagine if it were 15 percentage points
Hendrik
8:28
David, Re: Guests in the booth, does that extend to Alex Speier appearances on NESN? I've always been a fan of that regular feature.
AvatarDavid Laurila
8:28
Alex's appearances are relatively brief and insightful. Those are good things... and an anomaly.
Tim Tebow's Thunder Thighs
8:29
In Kyle's defense (my name is also Kyle, so I may be biased) the Pirates are actually farther east than the Braves, yet are in the central division instead of the east, so it's quite plausible that the divisions have semi-brainwashed a lot of us into a weird alternate time zone universe. Except for when the Braves won the NL West division over the Giants, which sounds absurd today.
Kyle Kishimoto
8:30
the astros and rangers are the reason why 3 of the 4 teams with the most travel miles (korea-playing teams excluded) are in the ALW
Ben Clemens
8:29
Pittsburgh is one that gets me a lot. It's just a lot farther east than sports would have you think
8:30
I was just saying (to Kyle) that there's a whole time zone between Texas and Pacific
AvatarDavid Laurila
8:30
Speaking of Pittsburgh, I will be at PNC for three games in just over a week. Love that ballpark.
Phil
8:31
There's a huge difference between having a local beat reporter in the booth, providing useful information, and just, like, a celebrity dropping by, which is pointless.
AvatarDavid Laurila
8:31
This is correct.
Too Many Mooks
8:31
Good time for Eovaldi's second whiff there
Matt Martell
8:31
I stepped away for a bit to edit something. Back now to say that PNC is my favorite ballpark.
Royce Lewis Simp
8:32
Why do bad things happen to good people
Ben Clemens
8:32
ugh I haven't read much about it but come on, this is too on the nose, baseball gods
Baseball!
8:33
what “here we go again” items have folks seen today?  I have trout homering yet angels getting routed… and Royce homering then getting injured :(.
Ben Clemens
8:33
the Dodgers are good b/c Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman homered
AvatarDavid Laurila
8:34
On the subject of ballparks, my favorite spring training venue is Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, in north Scottsdale. The D-Backs and Rockies share it, and it is fantastic.
Shirtless George Brett
8:34
The Royals lost. Does that count?
Ben Clemens
8:36
Sorry, did you guys catch that Jeff Samardzija's brother is named Sam?
Sam Samardzija, really??
Kyle Kishimoto
8:37
do you think sam was short for anything?
Ben Clemens
8:38
oh i looked it up, and he's actually Sam Samardzija Jr.
worked so well the first time that they went back to the well
Too Many Mooks
8:38
Samardzija Samardzija
Matt Martell
8:38
I’m still reeling from the fact that Jeff was the Cubs’ last homegrown pitcher to make the All-Star team
Kyle Kishimoto
8:39
how in the world has hendricks never made an all star game
Matt Martell
8:42
No idea!
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