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3:01

Quero has already won 3 challenges today

Davy Andrews

3:02

Y'all are on it.

Oaktown Blues

3:02

Does anyone know how Quero has done on challenges so far today?

Matt Martell

3:03

Whoopie Pie update: Good

Davy Andrews

3:04

Further update: I have texted Matt like 15 questions about the texture, flavor, composition, baking technique of the whoopie pie.

Jay Jaffe

3:05

Treat for the next Subway Ghosts show? Would be extra-impressive given the logistics involved.

Davy Andrews

3:06

I'm definitely going to make the Mariners moose cookies. I might have to cheat on these, as Matt indicated that it's likely a cake baked in a mold rather than a cookie with the features stamped into the dough.

War2D2

3:04

@Oaktown Blues I hear Quero has won 3 challenges

Randy Johnson

3:06

I sure bet he started opening day of both of his Yankee years, so he'd be one. I am also certain Clemens had more than one with the Yankees, and definitely Sox and Jays and probably Astros too.

Jay Jaffe

3:07

You're right about both. Meanwhile, I found Gaylord Perry with 5 teams as well: Cleveland, Giants, Mariners, Padres, Rangers.

Jon

3:06

Ask him about the mouth feel

Matt Martell

3:06

Mouth feel good

Davy Andrews

3:07

He's a wordsmith.

War2D2

3:07

Are we really asking Matt about Mr. Met's mouthfeel. Is that really a thing we're doing.

Davy Andrews

3:08

Say "Asking Matt about Mr. Met's mouthfeel" three times fast.

Matt Martell

3:13

That's a thing you're all doing. I'm just obliging

Gust

3:08

Acuna deciding to hit righty against the righty Mis is an interesting choice

Davy Andrews

3:09

I will never get sick of this joke (for at least another week).

Go Mudcats

3:09

Davy, which of your 1%/99% predictions do you most wish will actually happen?

Davy Andrews

3:10

I mean, I think Gabriel Arias turning into a great hitter would be truly wild. But it's got to be the Bratwurst turning into Milwaukee's MVP.

MattStats5

3:09

Dan, you have the Natty Bo in the coozie?

Dan Szymborski

3:09

I'm a beer snob so no

and I drink very little these days because of my stomach

Jon

3:11

Too much beer can turn Useful Slop into Useless Slop

MattStats5

3:11

Honestly, I am NOT a beer snob, and I still can't stand Natty Bo.

Jay Jaffe

3:11

I'm not even sure I've had a Natty Bo. More due to regional reasons than anything else.

Guardian of the Ephemeral

3:11

James Wood got news of Cruz's exploits and said "hold my beer." Cubs draw even at 1 - 1. Cade Cavalli didn't wax his handlebar mustache for this crap.

Dan Szymborski

3:12

I forget who it was, but one broadcaster last year kept pronouncing Don Kelly so that it came out as "Dank Ellie" and it drove me nuts

David Laurila

3:15

I recall reading that someone who listened to Red Sox games on the radio in the 1980s though Spike Owen's name was Spy Cohen.

Big Buckston

3:12

Jim Deshaies just claimed that Michael Busch is now batting 2.000 on the season after getting his second hit in as many at-bats. I will quote this to my Cubs fan wife this evening and see if she sees anything wrong with that statement

David Laurila

3:12

Sciambi-Deshaies is a good broadcast duo.

Guest

3:16

Boog could make pretty much any booth solid and Deshaies isn't bad.

Matt

3:16

I think baseball needs to embrace being the ultimate 2nd screen experience. I have huge open world RPG on one monitor and baseball on the other is peak.

Jon

3:16

Royals are really missing out on an opportunity to serve the Hipolito Pitcher-do, a pitcher of Boulevard Wheat in a collectible pitcher

MattStats5

3:16

Natty Bo is a cultural thing...but a terrible beer. Jerold Hoffberger owned the National Brewing Company, and he brought the Orioles to Baltimore from St Louis in 1954. Thus, the Natty Bo connection.

Jay Jaffe

3:17

Juan Soto with the bases loaded, good luck with that, Buccos

Benny Agbayani

3:17

Who's building Quero's ABS challenges into the WAR model?

2131

3:18

Trevor Rogers 1-2-3 1st inning, Cy Young campaign under way

Jon

3:18

These flying shots by NBC are spectacular