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Whodini
3:37
What was your favorite song from that Eurovision Song Contest movie?
Keith Law
3:37
No interest, sorry.
addoeh
3:37
How would you describe yourself when you've had a couple adult beverages?  Happy, huggy, sleepy, loud, sings a lot, dances a lot, belligerent, wordy?
Keith Law
3:38
I'm more voluble, and I'm told I'm a funny drunk.
Chris
3:38
Given his crazy stuff, why has Dustin May struck out less than a batter an inning in his minor-league career? Do you think he ever wins a Cy Young?
Keith Law
3:38
He does, or should, get a lot of bad contact.
Guest
3:38
Ha the Socialist agenda officially killed the Democratic party? How the hell could any same person ever vote for this?
Keith Law
3:38
Please go read any actual history or economics book about what "socialist" means.
Ridley
3:38
So, I hear more than a few politicians saying that they're not going to extend/increase unemployment because they don't want people to make more money than if they were at work.

Isn't that the point? Don't we want to incentivize people to stay at home, avoid spreading the disease, and be safe?
Keith Law
3:39
Painting the poor as lazy has been a popular pastime for both parties, especially the GOP, for at least 75 years.
Craig
3:39
MLBPA has a say in how the draft is run because draft pick compensation is tied to free agency. Why don't the owners get rid of free agency compensation so they can do whatever they want with the draft?
Keith Law
3:39
The union doesn't want to give up that say, and they'd have to give that.
Chris P
3:39
Vladdy Jr seems to still be hitting mostly groundballs and has only 1 homer going back to last August. Are you noticing anything different from him or his approach that would give you pause? I know he was on your breakout list this year and I still think he's going to be a star...but I'd be lying if I wasn't a little concerned.
Keith Law
3:41
It's been a week. Even with the high GB rate last year he had a 105 wRC+, because he hits the ball hard. Everyone I've asked who's spent time around him thinks he's such a smart hitter he'll get to driving the ball more. Also, he's just 21, way too soon to be concerned. He'd be a junior in college right now.
Sal
3:41
Earlier you said to raise the bottom of the strike zone to deal with the rise in Ks. Is that suggestion for a hard rule change or for umps being less generous with the low strike?
Keith Law
3:41
A hard rule change.
Jonny
3:41
"individuals with a cervix" by CNN today.   At some point this becomes Orwellian speech, no?
Keith Law
3:42
Please go read 1984 if you're going to allude to it.
xxx(yyy)
3:42
do you listen to any podcasts? have any recs for non-baseball related ones?
Keith Law
3:42
Grierson & Leitch, The Hidden Brain, BBC's The Inquiry. I don't have time to get through any more right now with no car time.
Sal
3:42
One last one....can you give Mets fans *any* reason not to start twitching when they hear or read the name "Kelenic"?
Keith Law
3:42
No, sorry. You should be permanently angry over BVW just giving him away.
Frank
3:42
The Giants traded for Zach Cozart and released him before the season was shorted so they owe him the money for this contract under the 2020 season.  Since he was released before the new agreement and 60 game schedule, do they owe him the full amount of his contract or the agreed upon prorata amount?  If its the later, makes this trade even better for the Giants.
Keith Law
3:43
Great question. I assume pro rata but I do not know for sure.
Andrew
3:44
If MLB created a "Utility Man of the Year Award" (think: NBA 6th Man of the Year), who would you name it after?
Keith Law
3:44
Tony Phillips.
addoeh
3:44
For Eric, I lost my dad two weeks after he was diagnosed with cancer.  Talk to a therapist, talk to friends.  For me, it was time that also helped.
Keith Law
3:44
Thank you.
Samsonite
3:44
I wouldn't normally recommend this kind of thing but this year is different - you should watch that Eurovision Song Context movie. Is it dumb? Very much so. Is it good? Well, I guess it's not. But it made me happy for a couple of hours and I've had some really terrible songs in my head for a week.
Keith Law
3:45
It's not even a style of movie I like. There are still so many movies out there I want to watch and don't have time to see - plus a billion TV shows, although I've finally started watching Stranger Things - that I can't see spending time on something I'm so unlikely to enjoy.
ok, apparently Cozart gets the full salary because he was released before the season.
That Guy in Detroit
3:46
The U.S. might benefit from the presence of an actual "socialist" party -- and ranked choice voting to give it, and others, an actual shot
Keith Law
3:46
The presence of one, yes. I don't think I'd like to live anywhere with a true socialist party in power.
Ken
3:46
Let me rephrase the question. Has the policies of the Democratic Party made it impossible for them to win a Presidential election?
Keith Law
3:47
Their candidate got 3 million more votes than her opponent last time, so I am pretty sure your questions reflect more about your desires than they do any political reality.
xxx(yyy)
3:47
who would you rather have for the next 5 years as a team cornerstone - Vladito or Joey Gallo?
Keith Law
3:47
Vlad.
Mickey
3:47
hey Keith - loved the book, of course. Are you less active on twitter these days or am I just missing your tweets (or mis-remembering you as being more active in previous years)?
Keith Law
3:47
Less active. It just doesn't pay to have discussions on there, let alone to argue with anyone. Credit to Twitter for finally booting David Duke, but the site is still overrun by bots, racists, science deniers, and just general assholes.
3:48
People will say *anything* if they don't have to put their names on it.
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