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Dan Szymborski

8:37

It's probably the most annoyed I've been at the winning manager in an elimination game with a double-digit lead

This is Lude-i-cris

8:37

Dan are you a Chiefs fan

Dan Szymborski

8:37

No, but I made and Andy Reid/Taft avatar for some reason that I don't remember.

Belli Flop

8:37

Why the bleep did Flaherty go so long today?

Nick Dika

8:38

I'm assuming they weren't going to take him off regular rest however long he went?

Dystopian Future

8:38

This broadcast is really in love with its pitch overlays, huh.

Nick Dika

8:38

If you're curious @joshuahowsam on twitter has a lot of interesting insights about why overlays can be a bit misleading.

8:38

Waking up from that snoozer...to find out Ernie Effin Johnson’s doing play by play for the nightcap. Gettin me a Red Bull and hitting the mute button.

8:38

Acuna got on base 12 times in the series and had 1 run, which came on a home run, yet Jon Heyman calls him out on twitter for getting a single in game 1 thirty minutes ago and doesn’t mention the failures of all the vets. I can’t imagine why.

Dan Szymborski

8:38

Jon's a good reporter but he's miscast when playing an analyst.

Dodger fan

8:38

I shared this last night but did you know that Clayton Kershaw, the hitter, has a higher career playoff OBP than Cody Bellinger?

Dan Szymborski

8:38

Sooner or later it shall

8:39

Warning, I may be violently ill at some point during this game as I've eaten an obscene amount of crab chips that came in the mail today.

Marc

8:39

538 has the Cards with a 35% chance of advancing FYI

Dan Szymborski

8:39

I think ZiPS will have it closer than that.

Dystopian Future

8:39

No, this time Ernie Johnson's got a pink bowtie this time, he'll be 5% less bland.

Hire Joe Morgan?

8:39

Dear Dan,

I have been saving all my most important questions for you. Number one: is temperature part of the structure of a sandwich? So for a structural purist, does a grilled cheese sandwich need to be hot to be a sandwich? Does it cease to be a sandwich at room temperature?

Thank you, kindly.

Dan Szymborski

8:40

I think no. I think temperature's only an issue if it changes the fundamental architecture of the sandwich.

Savi

8:40

Fun random stat blast from 2018: Dee Gordon (588 PA) had 8 3B, 9 BB, 10 GIDP, 12 CS. Just though everyone should know that.

Dan Szymborski

8:40

BUT WHAT DID HE HAVE 11 OF

larryv

8:40

a grilled cheese must be hot at some point to become grilled, but subsequent temperature is irrelevant

Dan Szymborski

8:41

Yeah, but that's for the construction of the grilled cheese, not for the construction of the sandwich. A non-hot grilled cheese is still a sandwich, it's just a cheese sandwich.

Jordan

8:41

Dan how much of Prices salary do you think the RedSox would have to eat to move him?

Dan Szymborski

8:41

Wild guess or actual projection where I have to open up ZiPS and stuff?

Mad Joe-Don

8:42

And is Price's salary a sandwich?

Dan Szymborski

8:42

So at least this won't start out 10-0

larryv

8:42

huh. somehow "grilled cheese sandwich" sounds amazing while "cheese sandwich" sounds vaguely terrible?

Nick Dika

8:42

Cheese sandwich is what happens when you run out of groceries.

Hire Joe Morgan?

8:43

The cheese texture is very different when melty.

Nick Dika

8:43

I like how they call them "toasties" in Europe.

Dan Szymborski

8:43

It's kind of a better description.

My office really smells of Old Bay now.

Alex

8:43

Dan, do you think Girardi has a decent chance to land the Cubs job? Seems like they might give the edge to one of the internal candidates (Ross, Loretta, etc.) but I know Joe interviewed with them today.

Savi

8:43

What level of prospect would the Padres have to attach to Myers to move him without eating more than 25% or so of his salary? Seems like a decent fit for the Tigers if they get a good enough sweetener

Dan Szymborski

8:44

I don't. I think internal is the favorite.

Nick Dika

8:44

With the Tigers rebuilding, what's the incentive for them to take on a player like Myers? Do you think he'd be part of the next good Tigers team?

Dan Szymborski

8:44

I can see Epstein-Girardi having similar issues as Cashman-Girardi.

Morbo

8:44

It could start out 0-10, Dan

Dystopian Future

8:45

Nick I think the comment was more the Tigers pulling a basketball move and taking on Myers' contract for a prospect to go along with it. Might be reading it wrong though.

Dan Szymborski

8:45

It COULD but at least we get a second half-inning that starts off at 0-0.

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