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AvatarDan Szymborski
8:58
I would have voted for him
I've got a few more years to go
Jeremy
8:58
I feel like you don't really see "home runs kill rallies" takes any more?
AvatarDan Szymborski
8:58
A-Rod aside, analysis has generally gotten better over time
8:59
Smoltz wouldn't have even been crappy/grumpy in 1995 or so
Dan
8:59
If you do take out Urquidy soon, your next reliever has to go 3-4, right?
AvatarDan Szymborski
8:59
Yeah, that's the problem. How many resources do you expend on a 6-0 lead?
I say very few UNLESS the Astros roar back and get like four or five or more next half inning
Jeremy
8:59
Am I crazy, or do I recall ARod being widely praised when he first started announcing?
AvatarDan Szymborski
8:59
He was good when he was in the studio and it was just at the end of the year
9:00
But doing it often, he's overexposed
Guess
9:00
Anyone else listening to the ESPN Radio broadcast, rather than Buck/Smoltz?
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:00
I rarely do that because I can never get the syn cright
Martin
9:01
Gotta platoon A-Rod with another analyst
Matt
9:01
The  Astros must realize Zach Grineke is ON THE ROSTER, right?
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:01
I think he gets a start
They practically HAVE to
RTJ
9:02
How many MLB manager/FO people during the regular season would like to have a "mercy" 10-run rule in play after some threshold inning - if you asked them to be really honest?
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:02
They'll never admit it
AvatarJay Jaffe
9:02
whoa, I go to tuck my daughter in and the Red Sox scored a touchdown but missed the extra point?
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:03
Against Urquidy, they went for two
AvatarJay Jaffe
9:03
i was about to offer a fun fact that only one Red Sox postseason game thus far featured no score through two innings. Guess I can stick that one back in my pocket
Wire Fan
9:03
Girardi has publicly commented on his belief that MLB should explore a mercy rule
AvatarJay Jaffe
9:04
Girardi needs a mercy rule for his Philadelphia tenure.
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:03
I used to loudly complain about it in little league
I was way too competitive as a kid
Phil
9:04
The Red Sox do need a better placekicker.
James
9:04
Assuming no rally, Jake Meyers has to pitch a couple innings right?
Dropkick Izzys
9:04
Cristian Javier last topped 60 pitches in an outing in May
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:04
He had a 59 I think last week in the playoffs?
mybloodyballantine
9:04
Imagine paying to go to a baseball game and it ends after 1 inning because of the mercy rule.
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:04
I'd throw a beer out the press box window in disgust if that happened!
9:05
(I'd never bring a beer into the press box)
I'll usually slam down a couple of beers and/or dogs with random fans between innings
Johnny J
9:05
I mean, why not just let teams strategically forfeit then?
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:05
Tehcnically, they could do that now
AvatarJay Jaffe
9:06
I don't think the players want that at all
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:06
Yeah
You're WAY into the unwritten rules there
I dont' think I'd even be able to violate that one, even if a good idea
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