JotCast | FanGraphs Opening Day 2020 Chat - Part I

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Dan Szymborski

8:45

I like going to something classic like the spiders

Wire Fan

8:45

Remember when the Pirates were considered ahead of the curve on pitching?

Dodger Fan

8:45

GREAT pitch to end the 5th

Dave

8:45

Yeah, the country is burning. 140+ thousand people are dead. Testing for citizens is entirely inadequate in supply and speed. 28 Million are about to be evicted. Secret Police are being deployed by the White House. But hey, the people a little icky about providing resources to the entertainment industry are the illogical ones.

Dan Szymborski

8:45

One has nothing to do with the other. MLB did not do or cause any of these things to happen.

8:46

This is on the level of "How dare you have a wedding while Tibet isn't free!" It's not connected in any way.

MLB announcing tonight that the season is over would fix *none* of these things.

At all, in any way whatsoever.

Kvn

8:47

Sir this is a baseball chat.

Brian

8:47

Im fine with that, I just think there is all kinds of fun macabre themes that could be had with the eerie and fog rolling in off the lake and spooky cool fireworks night themes and the like

pittsburgh resident

8:47

to wire fan: they did resurrect some guys careers i.e. aj burnett, liriano, ja happ, etc. but their development and treatment of guys that actually had talent was trash

Dan Szymborski

8:47

I just don't like abstract team mascot names.

Thanks, Mo Bamba

8:47

y'all, the ball is juiced and it will make this more fun

Kvn

8:48

The Cleveland Wet Sox

Tony Wolfe

8:48

gross

Wire Fan

8:48

So down on the Seattle Krakens (NHL)?

Dan Szymborski

8:48

krakens aren't abstract

I like krakens!

or kraken

Guest

8:48

No streakers this year

But it’s a Kraken singular

Dan Szymborski

8:48

But it's a thing

Brian

8:48

A spider playing baseball is not abstract?!? I am of course joking, I also just really like bad puns.

Dodger Fan

8:48

The Cleveland Clevelanders! :|

MSW

8:49

Seattle Karens

Dan Szymborski

8:49

The Cleveland Ennui

Can they steal Lake Monsters from Vermont?

Jorge Posadism

8:49

Gary Sanchez and swinging at down and away sliders...

Guest2

8:49

The Cleveland Old Ones

Dodger Fan

8:49

I should probably open that booing app just for Manfred

Brian

8:49

I also like the Cleveland landers

JaAm

8:49

What is the consensus on number team names (76ers, 49ers)

Dodger Fan

8:50

Rename the city to Cleve, call the team the Landers

Tony Wolfe

8:50

51s!

I love number names

Wire Fan

8:50

The Cleveland baseball team. CBT is a good baseball acronym.

Dan Szymborski

8:50

I suspect all three letter abbreviations have been taken by SOMEthing horrible

Brian

8:50

although with landers the astros kinda have the space theme already

Dan Szymborski

8:51

The Astros barely use the space theme.

There wasn't anything even techy about their cheating. I mean, trash can banging?

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