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Keith Law
1:41
I took a music theory class in college but haven't thought about that stuff since. I just play to win the game. Wait, wrong topic.
Nelson
1:41
Does Lamet need another pitch to succeed as a starter at a high level?
Keith Law
1:41
I think so. He's been really good without it this season, though.
Michael
1:41
If the season ended today, three below .500 teams would make the playoffs.  Not great, right?
Keith Law
1:42
Eh, I'm willing to accept pretty much whatever this season gives me. We have baseball and that alone is a surprise.
Nick
1:42
Any thoughts on how Justin Dunn has looked so far?  Is his future in the rotation or the pen?
Keith Law
1:42
He's been 90-91 a lot. This isn't the guy he was in the minors, certainly not the guy who hit 99 in relief in college and would still sit mid-90s as a starter after that. If this is all he has, he has to go to the pen.
Brian
1:43
A couple of Brewers questions: (1) Hiura's defense has been awful - do you DH him this year and hope the DH sticks in the NL in the long term? (2) What is Adrian Houser's ceiling?
Keith Law
1:43
1. Yes. 2. Fourth starter.
Dave
1:43
Are the Orioles actually interesting? That Ruiz play from last night was pretty impressive.
Keith Law
1:44
I haven't found them that interesting to watch, in terms of players who I think will be part of their next good team or who have real trade value. And those last two games vs the Phillies were ugly all around.
Henry
1:44
Hi Keith, what burr grinder do you use for pour-overs? I'm looking to replace mine.
Keith Law
1:45
This Baratza Virtuoso. Mine is an older model without the timer. It's been tremendous, requiring just two part replacements (a new burr, and a plastic housing that eventually cracked) in almost seven years, plus their customer service is an 80.
addoeh
1:45
A couple team below .500 making the playoffs isn't that bad.  1980's NHL played 80 games to only eliminate 5 of the 21 teams.
Keith Law
1:46
I made a joke about this somewhere recently, where I remembered the 1981-82 season (I think) and noticed what you just said, and felt really bad for the five teams that were left out.
Adam
1:46
Not a question, but a link worthy for your Stick to Baseball column. Talks about how fringe conspiracy sites and "news" are all free and easily accessible, while quality journalism with high standards is increasingly behind a pay wall. https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/08/the-truth-is-paywalled-but-the-...
Keith Law
1:46
The solution, if there is one, is for sites that facilitate the wide spread of fake news and disinformation sites, such as Facebook, to crack down on them.
James
1:47
I saw you liked some tweets defending "WAP." That song is trash; it's not art. Cardi B has every right to put it out, of course, but why elevate or defend indecency?
Keith Law
1:49
Who are you to decide what is "art?" I actually don't care for the song, although Megan Thee Stallion is a far better rapper than I realized. But it's not really a genre of music I especially like, and so much of that song's meaning is about female sexuality, and I'm really loath to call that "trash" especially when we've had several decades of songs where men extol their own sexual prowess without comparable criticism.
Brandon
1:49
Yeah absolutely nothing can backfire with having Facebook determine what is and isn't real news. For such a smart guy you really are extremely naive sometimes
Keith Law
1:51
Good comment, Brandon, thanks for making something personal that didn't need to be. I never said "nothing can backfire." I am arguing that Facebook and Youtube and Twitter would do better to police content posted on their services instead of letting Miracle Mineral Solution (bleach as a fake health cure) and QAnon (a domestic terror movement) use their sites to spread their messages and recruit new followers.
Andrew
1:52
Is it even possible for baseball to do a bubble like the NBA?
Keith Law
1:52
I don't think so, although that's a better question for scientists in that field. It strikes me that it's easier for the NBA with rosters less than half the size of MLB rosters.
Dodgers
1:52
What makes their player development system so great?  The talent they're producing is incredible.
Keith Law
1:53
They have drafted extremely well in the last few years, and their player development system is one of the best at integrating analytics, mechanics, and traditional methods.
Big Fan
1:54
Great article today.  Can Austin Riley be fixed?
Keith Law
1:54
His issues with velocity are tied to bat speed, and that's not an easy fix.
Rick
1:54
Brandon Marsh an impact guy? Seems like the Angels should’ve given him a chance over Adell.
Keith Law
1:54
Yes, he is. Not sure I agree on him over Adell to start, but switching them now would make sense.
JR
1:55
Any idea what AZ will do with Varsho? Seems tough to develop a C in the bigs. Are they resigning themselves to using him as IF/OF?
Keith Law
1:56
Plus his speed might be better used at another position. And Carson Kelly is really good. Their alternatives are better than they would be for most teams.
Ridley
1:56
I'd put the Republican party's change all that way back to Goldwater's defeat. That was the end of the intellectual conservative movement-the party made a conscious effort to be a grass roots, pro-religious-freedom-and-we-know-what-that-means and anti-civil rights party. My parents were part of that movement. They recognized that you don't start a movement at the top; they organized at the local level, winning schoolboards, winning county posts, and setting the agenda in state agendas. Reagan was their first victory, and he was as anti-expert, anti-intellectual as Bush 2.
Keith Law
1:56
It sounds like you know this stuff better than I do - and I'll at least plead age, since Goldwater's defeat was 9 years before I was born.
Jackie
1:56
Can Charlie Blackmon hit .500?
Keith Law
1:57
He can definitely hit .400.
Will
1:57
Do you agree with Mo Rivera that a team can’t be a world champion in a sixty game season?
Keith Law
1:57
No, and it's not even the biggest thing on which Mo and I disagree.
Jay
1:58
Basic policing of content is not hard.  When a toxic source like the two you mentioned becomes prominent enough to get attention, drop the ban hammer and don't look back.  A gazillion other sites already do it.  Facebook simply doesn't want to.
Keith Law
2:00
Exactly. And Youtube doesn't either. I've reported videos promoting MMS, which their policy explicitly bans, and nothing happens. I don't like the idea of the government creating new regulatory structures but maybe that's the threat we need to get these companies to step up their own enforcement.
Brian
2:01
The Mets have started Dom Smith at DH and Pete Alonso at 1B in each of the past three games.  Is the wrong thing to do because Smith is objectively a better defender?  Is it the right thing to do because Alonso may not perform as well if he's only DHing (which is speculation, for sure), or because they may not have the benefit of the DH next year and Alonso needs to maintain his skills in the field?
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