JotCast | FanGraphs White Sox/Astros ALDS Game 4 Chat

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Shaquille Oatmeal

6:18

I hate how smart TVs not only don't have a "previous channel" button, but take like 90 seconds to close my TBS app and fire up my Fox Sports app

Kevin Goldstein

6:18

You need a snappier TV!

Ben Clemens

6:18

Maybe that's a weird take, but I think he'd consider it cowardly

And Liam Hendriks doesn't seem like a coward

kyle

6:19

The rules are unwritten upside down in Australia

Kevin Goldstein

6:19

Important note.

Ben Clemens

6:19

I was at that weirdo first playoff series last year in Oakland

When he came in on 0 days rest

He was YELLING full-out on every pitch

just roaring

Hendricks

6:19

He was very outspoken against the Astros and then they made a very hard run to sign him. I always wonder what kind of effect that has on a player.

Kevin Goldstein

6:19

I don't think a ton.

Frank

6:20

If a team had the option to say we’ll bypass our half of the inning to get on with it, do you think it would happen in games like this? Or fan service, etc would make them not? Pace of play!

Ben Clemens

6:20

Player service, too

Kevin Goldstein

6:20

Hah, first time a team does that and the game gets close becomes the last time a team does that.

Ben Clemens

6:20

I just think a team would never do it

Maybe on Sep 30 when eliminated from the playoff race and the veterans just want to go home

But players LOVE actually getting to hit

Ryan

6:21

You can pick one MLB player to help you in a fight. Who do you choose?

Kevin Goldstein

6:21

Fun question. Bregman is first answer, but still thinking on it.

Ben Clemens

6:21

Bregman huh?

Kevin Goldstein

6:21

Easy.

Ben Clemens

6:21

He is not the first person I'd take in this game

Kevin Goldstein

6:21

In a fight?

Ben Clemens

6:21

Abreu is up there for me

Kevin Goldstein

6:21

Abreu is an absolute Teddy Bear.

Ben Clemens

6:21

I don't think Abreu would mess around and he's suuuuper strong

6:22

I guess it depends what the context of the fight is

Kevin Goldstein

6:22

You're in a bar, things start popping off...

kyle

6:23

Yordan could simply sit on your opponent

Kevin Goldstein

6:23

Yordan might be more of a gentle giant than Alvarez. It's not about size.

6:24

Clearly you folks haven't been in enough bar fights. The big guy is the least of your worries. It's the little hyped up dude.

Ben Clemens

6:24

I think Trout is a sneaky pick. He's an Eagles fan who attends Eagles games

Kevin Goldstein

6:24

Every time Snitker is shown on TV it looks like he has indegestion.

nat

6:25

This discussion is worth the FanGraphs membership fee.

Kevin Goldstein

6:25

PLEASE SUPPORT FANGRAPHS.

kyle

6:25

Dusty should have PH Castro

Ben Clemens

6:26

Unlike TLR, I think Dusty is 100% class

I was gonna say actually that's not fair

but no

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