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Ben Clemens
10:39
Great game. When I attend a game, if it's a)not for work and b) not a Cards game I always root for the home team
Davy Andrews
10:39
How did this MO come about?
Ben Clemens
10:40
It's just fun to root for the home team
Ben Clemens
10:39
So disappointing end
Jeremy
10:39
And peak Pedro Martinez is on the other line.
Kyle Kishimoto
10:39
Jeremy
10:39
Wow, had no idea Kyle Gibson was that good.
Davy Andrews
10:40
Best joke of the night.
Ben Clemens
10:40
Jeremy I cackled
I've laughed out loud twice tonight already (the other time was about the bunt stringer)
Phil's phan
10:41
Jt has been an awesome player! That trade worked out mostly
Ben Clemens
10:42
The Phillies would do that trade again 100 times out of 100
Kyle Kishimoto
10:42
my favorite thing about JT is just how much he catches, he led the league in innings caught by over 120 this year
Ben Clemens
10:42
he's like modern day Yadi Molina (in that way specifically, very unlike Molina in that he can really hit and is fast)
I know I bag on Smoltz too much, but he's describing why momentum-based tellings of a series are silly very well
Only, he's using it as a defense of momentum
10:43
I guess now he's swung back around into saying that momentum is not as important as veteran presence, so who knows
B'Ryce Hammer's Luscious Locks
10:43
alright... shenanigans are over for me. Good night y'all.
Ben Clemens
10:43
Night
Jeremy
10:43
Peak Pedro vs. Peak Koufax is a tough call. Peak Lefty Grove not that far off, IIRC.
Kyle Kishimoto
10:43
pedro 3 year peak ERA+: 246
koufax 3 year peak ERA+: 176
grove 3 year peak ERA+: 184
10:44
randy: 188, although it should be noted that this 3 year peak was from his age 36 to 38 seasons
Phil's phan
10:43
The stolen base thing (21 for 22) is also amazing.
Ben Clemens
10:44
Kyle, where's '19-'21 deGrom on that?
I know the innings will be short
maybe '18-'21 to make it work or something
Kyle Kishimoto
10:44
adding 2018 actually improves it, he had a 205 ERA+ from 2018-2021
Ben Clemens
10:45
lolll
he's good
Kwah
10:45
JT Realmutovertime
CJ
10:45
Fox graphic on Philly sports is ~1hr late
Jeremy
10:45
The Realmuto trade was a *great* trade. Feel like he's been a bit underrated even in the sabermetrics community until this year. Definitely been the best catcher in baseball for years now.
Ben Clemens
10:46
Is it a bad omen to drop the ball when the catcher throws it back to you after a walk?
I guess we're about to see
10:47
also, Smoltz not knowing Astro names update and Smoltz on a first-name basis with Phillies update at once
He called tomorrow's starters "Noah" and "that man"
Davy Andrews
10:48
How much of this is avoiding polysyllabic names?
Ben Clemens
10:48
Noah has two syllables! as many as Javier
Davy Andrews
10:48
I meant his last name!
CJ
10:49
What is Realmuto's secret on keeping athletic abilities?
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