JotCast | FanGraphs After Dark All-Star Game Live Blog - 7/11/17

FanGraphs After Dark All-Star Game Live Blog - 7/11/17

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Paul Swydan

9:12

Shockingly, I've never read Ball Four.

9:13

Baseball books I'd instantly recommend - Travis' "Big Data Baseball," Jonah's Expos' book, Crasnick's book, Passan's book, "The Teammates" by Halberstam, "We Could've Finished Last Without You" by Bob Hope (not THAT Bob Hope).

So many others.

Morris Buttermaker

9:14

Love how we had a 30 minute ceremony to honer latin players and joe buck is butchering Betances' name.

Da Bum

9:14

Thoughts on Harper draft teams idea? I love it.

Paul Swydan

9:14

Oh it'd be amazing. Let's do it already.

9:15

Keep the one player per team rule, and keep the fan vote for starters, but then mix it up and let the captains pick. Who wouldn't want to see this?

They already tried it a few years ago with the HR Derby.

Mattingly's Sideburns

9:15

Betances is awesome but I feel like he could go full Daniel Bard at any moment.

Paul Swydan

9:15

Hope not. Bard's downfall was sad to watch.

ChatzMcGee

9:16

Bryce Harper knew the strikes weren't coming, that was actually a neat insight. "I feel like he's guy you just take"

CW

9:16

I have always like the idea of putting microphones on players, with the down time in between pitches and pitching changes I think it would be interesting to hear what players say to each other.

Da Bum

9:16

The Clemente biography I'm reading is great. Clemente Baseballs Last Hero

Paul Swydan

9:17

I read the Dave Maraniss one. That one was great. Probably any book about Clemente is great.

Chuck Knoblauch

9:17

I've wanted a draft for a long time. I would watch the heck out of the draft special. Put them all in a room and do it playground style, have a good laugh at the undeserving fan vote recipient picked last.

hscer

9:17

of course, Bryce did swing twice first lol...neither of those caught plate either...maybe that's actually when he made the adjustment/observation though

that was some variety of a show that Betances put on

Paul Swydan

9:17

Fun game so far, we just need some runs!

9:19

Kipnis has to be cringing watching that ad right now. I'd love to know why they picked him for it.

Oh I see, the Cardinals pitcher gets a second inning. Nothing fishy there!

Jaime

9:20

When will we see the first position player subs

Paul Swydan

9:20

Probably next inning.

fresh basil

9:20

Boring prediction: Josh Harrison hits a leadoff 8th inning homer for a 1-0 NL win

Paul Swydan

9:20

Heard it here first!

9:21

He asked him about his undershirt.

Harper almost swore!

Mike

9:21

There had better be some stupid Dodger fan service in the late innings

Paul Swydan

9:21

Maybe he's waiting for all the west coast people to get home from work. That Joe Maddon, what a guy!

Stove

9:21

re: Cardinals pitcher pitching two. Sale got 2 innings as well

Paul Swydan

9:22

Yes, but Joe Maddon isn't in charge of him.

Jaime

9:22

Not boring prediction: Trout swoops in in the ninth inning to hit a go ahead grand slam

hscer

9:22

Michael Jordan is apparently now a part of Jeter's Miami bid.

Paul Swydan

9:23

I saw that. If his old boss Jerry Reinsdorf could do both NBA and MLB, and his old rival Magic Johnson can do both, then why not His Airness, right?

Mike

9:24

I meant with the awful astros ads re: fanservice

Paul Swydan

9:24

Oh. Yeah, well I expect we'll see a Nats one this inning because they are interviewing Harper. Dodgers later.

Will

9:24

They should keep Judge and Harper in the whole game right?

Paul Swydan

9:24

They should, but they won't.

Travis

9:24

John Helyar's "Lords of the Realm" is a top baseball book of all time. Covers the structural development of the player's union & how the owners are basically little children.

Paul Swydan

9:25

That's another one that I have shockingly not read.

Zane

9:25

I really, really want a ball to be hit to Harper right now (or just whoever is mic'd up at some point later in the game).

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