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Kevin Z.

8:39

Szander!

JamesD84

8:39

Would Ron LeFlore be given an opportunity to play in the minors today? I can see teams sayings something like, "Armed robbery and drug crimes don't reflect our values" or saying, like football coaches would, "He's been punished, let's give him a second chance." That said, I don't think any team would have on its payroll today someone like Billy Martin with close friends who were in a position to hear about which prisoners had potential.

Ben Clemens

8:40

Interesting fact: if the game was played at -200 degrees F, the ball would only travel 260 feet. Also, everyone would be dead from the cold

desertfox9139

8:40

appx 2 percent difference i see

also, i should have went to Illinois rather than DePaul

always confused

8:40

Re: rosario poll - that's what I thought, didn't know if I was just a biased home fan!

Gamer

8:41

I am at the game now. What pitch was Anderson hitting the dirt with? Horrible English. I am aBraves fan but not chopping.

Dan Szymborski

8:41

I wouldn't Chop even if it was awful. I had participating in crowd participation things

hate

Ben Clemens

8:41

To be clear I think Dan means even if it weren't awful

And uh, curveball I think?

Dan Szymborski

8:41

Err yeah

Luke Hooper

8:42

Those were curveballs. Enjoy the game!

Dan Szymborski

8:42

I didn't have enough negatives in the sentence

Ben Clemens

8:42

Anderson is really struggling with location tonight

8:43

That changeup was the first secondary pitch he's thrown in the zone all night

That's, uh, not gonna work long term

Luke Hooper

8:43

Finally got a curve in now too.

Tim

8:44

was that flyout to riley the furthest play from third base ever made by a third basemen?

Dan Szymborski

8:44

I swear Anderson's still getting taller

Luke Hooper

8:44

Machado did that a lot this year. He nearly caught one on the warning track.

Ben Clemens

8:44

This sounds like an interesting offseason research project. Manny Machado has made some incredibly wide-ranging plays

bosoxforlife

8:45

Just like baseball when I grew up. The 3rd baseman makes a catch in foul terrirtory down the RF line.

Dan Szymborski

8:45

Have the Astros participated in any games this postseason that were scoreless after two?

Dan

8:45

Does it seem like the Astros are seeing Anderson's changeup well thus far (aside from the strikeout there)?

Mateo

8:46

How much worse would Ian Anderson be if he was actually trapped in a 65 year-old's body?

Luke Hooper

8:47

There's no way he could handle his hyper-extended knee landing at that age. Among many other things.

The Stranger

8:47

This Serena Williams/Wonder Woman commercial just makes me miss American Gladiators. Assault was the greatest sport known to man

Luke Hooper

8:48

I'm pretty sure there is a near-constant flow of new versions of American Gladiator coming out.

Hugh Duffy

8:47

Part of Ian Anderson's first inning troubles is not always having the feel for the changeup and curveball. You could tell that he was trying to find the release point on the curveball in the first inning. I think he's found the feel for all three pitches now, but we'll see in the third.

desertfox9139

8:47

Ian at only 30 pitches, would you let him go deeper than you normally would in a postseason game? i would

Ben Clemens

8:48

You just KNOW Smoltz had a soliloquy ready on how you have to get Anderson early and how he's vulnerable in the first

Dan Szymborski

8:48

I would too. The Braves probably have two bullpenish games and this is the first of three games with no off day

Geebs

8:48

Lets say the Braves win, dose that make Ozuna a WS champion, in terms of the record books?

Dan Szymborski

8:48

I believe so if he's still on the roster

Lars Nootbaar

8:48

I hit for the cycle today

Luke Hooper

8:48

He definitely gets a ring.

Ben Clemens

8:49

Nootbaar is mashing in Arizona

That's your nightly Cardinals content

Geebs

8:49

Re: Ozuna, that's kinda icky

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