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nats guy
3:42
Ready for a Ryan Zimmerman write up, do we have to wait 5 years?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:42
Yeah, far too much on my plate now.
brad penny for your thoughts
3:43
perhaps impossible but how would you, if you can, compare fan discontent from '94 to the '22 bargaining?  obviously different timelines and such but do you think mlb "lost" fans like in '94?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:43
come on, this wasn't nearly as damaging as 1994 when a World Series went away and half of Canada's teams were dealt what proved to be a fatal blow
3:45
Fans have a bigger megaphone thanks to social media in 2022, but they will bitch about the smallest things so it's tough to believe that anything that happened in this past lockout is worse. If anything, they understand the players and owners better than before
Ben M
3:45
Used to wear a BK Dodgers cap a lot in NYC and caught a lot of grief for it. Folks don't know their history!
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:47
I don't wear any contemporary major league team logos anymore so the Brooklyn caps (including the earlier B in the diamond, c. 1912) have been among my defaults. Nobody's ever said a negative word to me about them
guy who asks the lunch question
3:47
oh man, bonus points for giadiniera, you made this Chiagoan happy
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:47
Get ahold of that Potbelly stuff, it's amazing.
A Boy Named Yu
3:48
How can Cubs ownership cry poverty the past few years then show interest in buying a football club?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:48
Guest
3:48
Everyone here needs to know about this: https://wardle.app/
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:48
Played this yesterday and it was fun, but hard!
Guest
3:51
Is Nettles basically Robin Ventura with longevity?  Nettles 111wRC+, Venture 113
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:51
Longevity, better baserunning (incl. DP avoidance) and postseason impact (grand single excepted).
3:52
Re baserunning/speed: I remember Ventura saying that for him to hit a triple, somebody had to go to the hospital
Guest
3:52
How many years will it take for two new expansion teams to be created, one East (Nashville, Charlotte, Virginia Beach) and one West (Las Vegas, Portland, Albuquerque)?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:52
End of the decade, if the A's and Rays get their ballparks. that's been the holdup and... we're still not there.
A Boy Named Yu
3:54
Is the Rule 5 Draft just canceled this year or has it been eliminated completely?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:54
Canceled this year, I don't think it's gone forever
Guy who asks the dinner question
3:54
What's for dinner?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:54
I think this, because I got the baby bok choy at the Asian market https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021476-sheet-pan-scallion-chicken...
David
3:54
Any chance manfred can be convinced to keep the shift? Nothing entertaining about a weak ground ball getting through because teams aren’t allowed to defend that spot
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:55
I think the newly created rules committee will study it but I suspect it's going away at least in some form. We'll still see players in motion to pull off some shifts
My son
3:55
My son is now 2 and I think I'll take him to his first game this summer so I'm glad there will be games
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:55
That's awesome, enjoy!
Ok folks, I've gone longer than expected for early spring conditions, gotta build up my pitch counts. So glad to be talking about the upcoming season for a change. Have a great week, stay safe, and let's do this again soon!
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