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Craig Edwards

5:34

that's the spirit. We'll be here a while.

Kiley McDaniel

5:34

silver lining: pace of play should be good rest of the way

lots of fastballs, no one is taking any one pitch too seriously, not a ton of pitching changes

Craig Edwards

5:34

and we get a walk.

Mason Jarre

5:35

That panicked scurrying sound you here is the entire TBS programming department trying to figure out how they can get Seinfeld reruns on.

Kiley McDaniel

5:35

this is the manager version of no DB's within 30 yards, standing in the end zone, praying you don't drop the rainbow pass

hypo

5:35

Kiley are you enjoying this, seeing how things "ended" with the Braves?

Craig Edwards

5:35

This was not the lead-in for Dodgers-Nationals they were hoping for.

Mo money, Molina

5:35

they actually put in bader, wow

Kiley McDaniel

5:35

believe it or not, but i don't root for them or against them. i do like seeing some of the young players i was involved with doing well

Mo money, Molina

5:36

Just remember, no lead is safe with carlos martinez

Manta

5:36

So, let's say the Cards pull Flaherty and the Braves mount a comeback over 3 innings culminating in Carlos Martinez vs. Acuna with men on in a tie game 10-10. The drama, right?

Kiley McDaniel

5:36

especially if you disrespect the game, anything can happen

5:37

paging Frank Reich!

Mo money, Molina

5:37

"you love to have the lead but with it comes challenges" - what great analysis

Kiley McDaniel

5:38

"lots of pressure to not give up 10 runs" is a real burden

5:39

If the Cards can score 10 in the first so can the Braves!

Craig Edwards

5:39

they might even score 11.

Kiley McDaniel

5:39

Jack is not making this easy on us

Mike Sixel

5:40

Anyone warming for the cards? Not able to watch....

Kiley McDaniel

5:40

doesn't appear so

5:40

10-0 is the most dangerous lead in baseball

Kiley McDaniel

5:40

good thing STL didn't have a rally-killing HR in the 1st

Utz

5:41

This dismantling of the Braves is brought to you by Utz. Utz: The only thing that will make Atlanta fans feel worse than that first half-inning is our manufactured cheese balls.

Kiley McDaniel

5:41

they are truly heinous

Craig Edwards

5:41

Teams scoring 10 runs in a playoff game are 151-4.

Belli Flop

5:42

"So you're telling me there's a chance"

OddBall Herrera

5:43

Look on the bright side, now we get 8 innings to have the 'what are you not allowed to do in a lopsided game' unwritten rules come out of the woodwork

Kiley McDaniel

5:43

not on Brian McCann's watch!

tolec

5:43

St. Louis sent 14 men to the plate in the highest-scoring first inning in MLB postseason history.

Brad

5:43

Teams scoring 10 runs in the first inning of a playoff game are 0-0.

Dystopian Future

5:43

One of them is the 2017 WS game with the Dodgers and Astros right?

5:44

Not saying it’s right or wrong but given that Flaherty pitched a normal game 162 after StL had already clinched the central, I’d assume they’d do the same here?

Craig Edwards

5:45

Very different situation. They would still have to play a 163 if they didn't win and the Brewers won as well. Plus, he was still set up to play game 2 and 5 of NLDS on normal rest. In this scenario, if Flaherty pitches a full game, he can't go until game 3 of NLCS and maybe only gets one game. Pitching 1 and 5 is way better for St. Louis.

Bill

5:46

My proprietary model forecasts the final score of this game will be 90-0.

Dystopian Future

5:47

Is this the earliest that a non-injury defensive substitution has happened? (In the playoffs, since I assume it's happened before in the regular season; everything's happened in the regular season).

Craig Edwards

5:47

at least tied, I would think.

hypo

5:47

What if it really starts pouring and the game is washed out. Would they resume at 10-0 in the 2nd or wipe the score and start over?

Craig Edwards

5:47

I can't even imagine.

5:48

85% of you think Flaherty should not pitch a normal game.

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