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Davy Andrews
1:27
Mostly the eyeball thing.
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:28
A lot of deserved negative public relations for the Texas Ranger statue. That franchise can piss up a rope.
Davy Andrews
1:30
In all sincerity, I'm a bit worried about them. You can definitely see a path to success, but I'm not encouraged by the amount of things that would have to go right.
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:27
And speaking of matchups, here's my annual roundup of the Opening Day pitchers https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-annual-opening-day-starting-pitcher-ro...
Pocket Pancakes
1:29
Anyone have a Baseball Music Playlist to prepare for today?
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:29
It's just "The Boys are Back in Town" on repeat
(taking a cue from the NBC broadcast)
MilwaukeeBeerJays
1:29
Are any of ya'll writers/editors Canadian?
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:29
Dammit, my peeacock is minutes behind
Davy Andrews
1:30
Jennifer Garner is pretending she goes to the supermarket.
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:30
I must have paused it at some point, I'm like five minutes behind
Davy Andrews
1:30
I'll keep you up to date on all the commercials.
1:31
Mountain Dew Baja Blast exists.
Fear The Beard
1:30
Hi from the UK where we can actually watch Skenes live & with a 2 run lead already, good luck Mets. As a Giants fan this season can only get better 🤦🏻‍♂️
AvatarDavid Laurila
1:31
Thanks for joining us, mate, Hope you are a Toffees fan as well as a Giants fan.
Matt
1:31
Dan, someone already hit a HR by the time you posted that
Oaktown Blues
1:31
A's-related bold prediction #2: Max Muncy (A's) outhits Max Muncy (Dodgers). (Reasoning: mostly just a strong spring for the younger Muncy plus the inevitably
Davy Andrews
1:31
This is a fun one, though I can't say I'm willing to co-sign
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:31
Yeah, that was a hialrious fail. I'll try that again for White Sox/Brewers i 40 mins
The Actor for Al Pacino
1:31
Matt Shaw getting the start in RF with Seiya Suzuki out, I was surprised by this. A lot of unexpected stuff going on from that injury, I expected Kevin Alcántara to finally get a shot at some run, but he was sent down in favor of Dylan Carlson and Michael Conforto. I then expected Conforto to start against righties, but we now have Shaw drawing the opening start against a righty. Lots of moving parts, and it isn't even April!
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:32
Less is gonna be more with Conforto, just look at the Dodgers' 2025 regular season vs. postseason
CFH
1:32
Opening day is bringing back memories of torpedo bats for me. Are they still a thing? Are they still controversial?
Davy Andrews
1:32
Still a thing. No longer controversial. I'm not sure there was ever that much controversy, per se.
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:32
It's funny how quick the OMG TORPEDO BATS ARE RUINING BASEBALL went away
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:32
As soon as the fair-weather fans and media stopped paying attention
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:32
I swear, I was done hearing about those by like April 7th
Cameron Kear
1:33
Here’s a bold prediction. The A’s make it as a wild card team. What do guys think of that?
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:33
It's not the craziest. If the rotation doesn't suck, of a sudden it's a pretty good team
Davy Andrews
1:33
What he said.
Oaktown Blues
1:33
A's related bold prediction #3: Jacob Lopez leads A's pitchers in fWAR (reasoning: mediocre competition and he looked pretty dominant down the stretch)
Key Jangler
1:34
They even started making metal torpedo bats for NCAA
Davy Andrews
1:34
That's fun!
Guest
1:34
I thought the strike zone box wasn't gonna be on TV anymore.  It's been on both games
Davy Andrews
1:34
So from what I've read, it's still going to be there, but it's not going to show the location of the ball, and it is going to accurately reflect the top and bottom of the zone.
Ryan
1:34
Davy, your 99/1% prediction articles was some of the best comedy writing I’ve seen in a long time (basrball or non baseball).
Davy Andrews
1:36
Thank you! It's a real I-can't-believe-this-is-my-job endeavor for me.
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:34
LOL Juan Soto showing bunt on his first pitch
Matt
1:34
Ok, Put me down for a Murakami XBH. I think he goes yard in this game.
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:35
OK, I'll put you down for Murakami
Stieben Strausburg
1:35
put me down for brice turang
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