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Keith Law
1:49
There are plenty of literary masterpieces that are on the shorter side - you may find you enjoy those, and still get the psychic value of reading such acknowledged classics, with less effort.
Dave C
1:49
When’s the last time u were as surprised during the draft as the Sox taking Nick York’s this year?
Keith Law
1:49
Hayden Simpson.
JP
1:49
So NASCAR released a photo of the noose in Bubba Wallace’s garage - and now all the pedants are out in full force - “AKSHUALLY, that’s not technically a noose!” I swear these are the same guys that love pointing out that “assault rifle” is not a real legal phrase after every school shooting. “Who gets to decide what an assault rifle is?!”
Keith Law
1:50
I mean, I suppose you can argue it wasn't put there just then ... but the word for that type of knot is a noose.
Chris
1:50
I think every post-draft analysis of a draft pick not taken in the top 10 is "if there was a full season, this guy could have been a top 10 pick, so this could be a steal"... for some reason, reading every writer/blogger of every team say that bugs me lol
Keith Law
1:50
It should bug you because it's a fabrication.
Jabroni
1:50
Did you like the WS strategy of going big with picks 1&2 then punting 3,4 and 5?
Keith Law
1:51
I liked the strategy but not specifically those picks. I would have targeted other players with the same plan.
Todd
1:51
Do you trust the polls at all that show Biden comfortably ahead? How possible is it Biden wins the popular vote greater than Hillary did but loses the electoral college?
Keith Law
1:51
It's going to come down to 3-4 states, no? Whoever wins PA, OH, MI, WI wins the election. I would guess most other states are locked up already.
Pat D
1:51
Disney is apparently going to re-design Splash Mountain.  I'm genuinely shocked.  Any thoughts on this pretty insignificant development?
Keith Law
1:52
I was just on that ride in December. It's a little cringey. There's nothing overtly racist about it, but if you know the genesis of the stories (or the movie based on them), you know what's going on.
I'll be sad if "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah" is gone, though. I loved that song when I was a kid.
Matt
1:52
If the batting leader at end of the year has something like a .517 batting average, will it count in record book for highest batting average of all time?
Keith Law
1:53
That's not happening. Someone could hit .400, though, and I would argue that it shouldn't be considered on the same level as Bill Terry/Ted Williams ... but that we should also enjoy it for what it is. If Trout comes out hot and is hitting .400+ going into the last week, let's make it a thing. Embrace the weirdness of the short season.
NL
1:53
I hate the DH, but understand the argument at least for this year. My question is why we worry about pitchers getting hurt running the bases. Seriously? An athlete running?
Keith Law
1:54
How about the part where pitchers are not good at hitting? This isn't 1955. Pitchers are so much better today at pitching that asking them to hit when they get little time to practice and only face live pitching themselves every fifth day if that is a bit absurd.
Tyler
1:54
is Trump vs Joe "Weekend at Bernie's" Biden the worst candidates to vote from in US history?  it's even worse than Trump/Hillary, where I refused to vote for either.  I'm afraid I'll do the same this year.
Keith Law
1:54
Check your privilege, Tyler. There is too much riding on this election to sit it out, even if you think it doesn't affect you.
addoeh
1:54
Biden could win with Clinton states + FL and either AZ or NC.  He has more paths than just the Midwest route.
Keith Law
1:55
I guess that's true, especially with Arizona and NC in COVID death spirals right now. I'm shocked there isn't more of an effort to recall Ducey in AZ - the only recall effort I could find was from people arguing in April that he shouldn't have locked down at all!
Dave C
1:55
Thoughts on the schedule this year? Seems weird that 1/3 of ur games are against teams that you aren’t competing against in ur League
Keith Law
1:56
I'm trying to just accept the weirdness for what it is. Getting worked up over details when the real goal is just to have a full season without anyone getting sick seems silly.
Sammy So-so
1:56
If Tyler Soderstrom doesn't stick at catcher, does he still have the ceiling of an everyday player? Thanks.
Keith Law
1:56
Yes but he'll need a position. Third base is at least the next stop.
Jason
1:58
How is drinking a cup of water or walking down a ramp considered newsworthy in 2020?
Keith Law
1:58
And it gets him praised as the "best president ever!" by the sycophants.
Tyler
1:58
"Check my privilege?"  You know nothing about me.  I am not white or rich, so what is my "privilege?"  All I know is when Biden was with Obama, all I got out of their presidency was losing my health insurance (that I was told I'd be able to keep) and am now paying about $200+ more a month than I did before their presidency.
Keith Law
1:59
I know that you have enough privilege to think about sitting out what is almost certainly the most important US election since the 1930s.
Gus
1:59
Is Bohm the Phillies opening day DH?
Keith Law
1:59
If Bohm makes the OD roster, Hoskins should be the DH.
John
1:59
Two drafts with really awful picks (besides the obvious with Rutschman) for Mike Elias. Time for O’s fans to worry about the direction?
Keith Law
1:59
I do not agree that they've had "awful" picks.
That's an overreaction, at the least.
Howie
1:59
Hi Klaw, unless the value of a MLB franchise takes a hit due to pandemic owners should be able to get financing to mitigate short term cash flow concerns. Where I see this going though is the free agent market is much softer, concerns about collusion result in another work stoppage. Thoughts?
Keith Law
2:00
Free agent market will probably be softer for mid-tier FA and below. I don't think that leads to collusion claims.
Jabroni
2:00
88 days after the March agreement the owners finally agreed it was an agreement?? What the hell??
Keith Law
2:01
This is better framing than the bothsidesism I'm seeing everywhere. The owners spent 12 weeks trying to avoid the terms of the agreement they'd accepted in March, and ended up adhering to the agreement when the players said they expected the owners to live up to what they'd signed.
Ben
2:01
The "if you like your insurance you can keep it" line was was a commitment that Obamacare wouldn't require any existing plans to fold.  Which it didn't.
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