JotCast | FanGraphs Opening Day 2020 Chat - Part I

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Dodger Fan

9:42

But the trophy is just a piece of metal, guys!

dave k

9:42

Adam LaRoches son is the next 500m player

Dan Szymborski

9:42

that's MR DRAKE LaRoche to you, peasant

dave k

9:42

ESPN doesnt know who else to put as the face of the giants. They just alked about Longoria not playing

pittsburgh resident

9:42

now laroche appears in the chat, it never ends

JaAm

9:43

ARod signs himself to his 3rd record contract as owner of the Mets

Tony Wolfe

9:43

I'm really damn excited to see Johnny Cueto make an OD start again

dave k

9:43

so will they play this game at 2 am?

Dan Szymborski

9:43

Bud Selig is still paid $6 million a year

Andrew G.

9:43

Tony, big fan. I've got a two parter for ya. Firstly, what does it say about Joey Votto that he has zero playoff series wins in his career? Secondly, who are your darkhorse Cy Young candidates? Thanks, T-Man.

Tony Wolfe

9:44

come on man

clevinger and castillo are getting Cys though

Dodger Fan

9:44

I recently graduated from the Alex Rodriguez School of Baseball Analysis, and Jacob deGrom is my dark horse Cy Young pick.

Andrew G.

9:44

i'm serious about the second one

Wire Fan

9:45

I think the runner at 2nd in the 10th inning rule should be modified to allow the opposing team to pick the runner

Dodger Fan

9:45

Clevinger doesn't deserve to be a dark horse. He's so freaking underrated.

Tony Wolfe

9:46

yeah those two are only really dark horses in that they aren't Cole/deGrom

Guest

9:46

Have either of you been in MLB clubhouses? Is there any way it's an appropriate environment for a kid, or is my vision of clubhouses just colored by the worst parts of ball four, etc

Dan Szymborski

9:46

I have been. It's not super exciting sinc ea bunch of writers are around

9:47

I'm not in there very often though. Beat writers are working to get their quotes and the like and if I need someone, I can get in touch with someone

Aspergilius fumigatus

9:47

Has anyone else seen A-Rod's tweet of him playing Connect-4, but just completely incorrectly? It's sooo ~not~ how you play Connect-4 that I had a visceral reaction to the photo

Dan Szymborski

9:47

Wait, I have no tseen that

dave k

9:47

by TEXTING?

Dan Szymborski

9:47

I very rarely talk to players about actual baseball. I'd make a terrible reporter lol

9:48

I probably spend half the time arguing with their agents

Aspergilius fumigatus

9:48

A-Rod connect-4 tweet:

For a guy who swung and missed as often as I did, connecting on four in a row can be a challenge sometimes. 🤣🤣

Still, games like this help keep our minds sharp and focused and can be great fun for the whole family.

What’s your go-to game? Text it to me at (305) 690-0485

dave k

9:48

ARod sets the pieces on fire?

Dodger Fan

9:48

Please send this tweet as I am too lazy to open a new tab and google it.

Dan Szymborski

9:49

I don't understand what's going on in this picture!

dave k

9:49

WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS PICTURE

Aspergilius fumigatus

9:49

Also, like, is he doing ads for Connect-4? So confused

Tony Wolfe

9:50

that picture is completely insane

Dan Szymborski

9:50

Tony, it's insane on like five or six different levels

dave k

9:50

This is like someone took pictures at 2 different times and super imposed the board

this picture alone is enough to NOT let him own a baseball team

Brian

9:50

also Connect 4 is a solved game, if you have the first move you cannot lose!

Dan Szymborski

9:50

A-Rod solved it. You always win if you play by yourself\

JaAm

9:50

How could you possibly take a picture of connect 4 that is less like how you actually play

Dan Szymborski

9:51

I'd love to see a whole series of professionally shot photographs of A-Rod misplaying board games.

They show him playing Monopoly and he has 20 hotels on one property and he's accumulated three tokens.

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