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Kyle Kishimoto
9:06
we could also clown on players who consistently challenge correct calls!
Davy Andrews
9:06
Excellent point.
Ben Clemens
9:05
He's my favorite petulant but professional player
It'd be a perfect storm
9:06
There's so much to like
i read fangraphs
9:06
Kinda funny that the Phillies benefit with the DH and the Astros (pressuming that Yordan would field most nights) would be relatively better off with fewer Mancini and Diaz PAs
Ben Clemens
9:06
Very good point
Davy Andrews
9:07
Both Mancini and Diaz are reallly struggling.
Ben Clemens
9:07
To be fair, the Phillies built their team with the knowledge of a universal DH, so it's not some NL/AL thing so much, but it's funny that the team with Yordan would prefer not to use a DH
Brb, gotta pick up my dog from daycare (they drop her off, they're great!)
Phil
9:08
Bets on players with lowest successful challenge percentage (cause you know someone will track it)?
Kyle Kishimoto
9:08
there are far smaller scale microbets that people are going to be able to  make and i really don't like it
i read fangraphs
Davy Andrews
9:10
Do you like the spread of legalized sports gambling?
Yes (6.2% | 3 votes)
 
No (77.1% | 37 votes)
 
I Don't Care (16.7% | 8 votes)
 
Total Votes: 48
This is just me being curious. I personally hate it.
Jeremy
9:10
Do umps ever refuse to grant hitters late time out calls?
Davy Andrews
9:11
Yes, you definitely see it from time to time.
Kyle Kishimoto
9:10
my stance on this is similar to my stance on most vices - i don't like it but i don't think it should be illegal, but the way it's advertised and marketed should be highly regulated
Davy Andrews
9:13
Right. I think people forget how recently things like lawyers, pharma weren't allowed to advertise.
RTJ
9:11
I don't care about legalized gambling, but ads for it should be illegal like cigarettes ads are
Stu
9:12
Why exactly is it important to retain the 'art' of pitch framing?
Kyle Kishimoto
9:12
1. pitch framing is really cool to watch and study
2. without framing teams would just put gigantic people who can hit well behind the plate, it's nice to have primarily defensive positions
Davy Andrews
9:13
Well-played baseball is more fun! Why make a cool skill extinct?
McCullers
9:12
Is he tipping pitches? Is that what the video demonstrates?
Kyle Kishimoto
9:12
yeah that guy thinks he's tipping
kdl
9:12
I don't care about the gambling either. I'm annoyed by how in my face it is, tho
Lzfreak
9:12
I'm the yes in that poll but it's more that I like it being legal and less that I like it all over my TV
RTJ
9:13
catchers would still have to block and throw runners out?
Kyle Kishimoto
9:13
according to BP the difference between the best and worst blocker in the league is like 1 run, the difference between the best and worst framers is ~25 runs
Guest
9:13
Is there a way to get first-pitch splits on the Fangraphs leaderboards?
Ben Clemens
9:13
I don't think so. I use Savant for 'on a given count' splits and FanGraphs for 'after a given count'
Kyle Kishimoto
9:13
among the things we know how to measure well framing absolutely dwarfs all other skills in magnitude and importance
Ben Clemens
9:14
after a given count is more useful, imo, but I sometimes want to look at 'on' as well
Davy Andrews
9:14
Hi Ben!
RTJ
9:14
thanks Kyle, I didn't know that
Ben Clemens
9:14
hello. We're back!
Fangraph's Lurker
9:14
I'm really hoping for more stolen bases
Kyle Kishimoto
9:14
i hope the bigger bases will increase attempts at least a little bit
Ben Clemens
9:14
Ruby is thirsty and excited to watch some baseball. Mostly thirsty
Davy Andrews
9:15
I'm going to ask this again because Ben was the only person who answered before: What did you/your loved ones dress as for Halloween?
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