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Craig Edwards
9:54
Big Out.
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:54
Of course, if Lester were a Met, he'd tear a rotator cuff and the Mets would diagnose it as strep throat and have him pitch through it
HankLloydWright
9:54
How do you know when your cat has a sore throat?
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:55
The vet looked at it and said it was red. She was doing like these little half-gags every once in a while
Lunar verLander
9:55
False. If Lester were a Met, he'd contract the plague
He Hate Me
9:55
Strep throat is actually pretty serious, Dan.
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:55
Actually, my mom got scarlet fever from it as a kid
I just hated those damn throat cultures.
Plouffe Bonser
9:55
Dan update, cats?
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:56
I'm eating spaghetti.
HankLloydWright
9:56
Get well soon, Cassiopeia!
CamdenWarehouse
9:56
I'm not used to cat updates where Galileo isn't asking for food
Will
9:56
I'd love to see an article about this broadcast. How it came about, the content, the ratings. How much did it cost ESPN to make it, how did it market it? I only found out from the Effectively Wild podcast. Are most people watching it just on ESPN2 by accident? I have so may questions.
Dystopian Future
9:56
Dan update, spaghetti?
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:57
The spaghetti is being consumed and not in a position to communicate.
Story's Story
9:57
Can I be the NL MVP next season?
Craig Edwards
9:57
I don't think it works that way.
Shirtless George Brett
9:57
I used to get strep throat every year as a teenager. It sucks
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:57
I used to talk my doctor into not giving me throat cultures. I frigging HATE those.
Anonymous
9:57
If the spaghetti starts communicating, let us know so I can flee the city
Spaghetti
9:57
Why won't somebody stop him?
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:58
OK, back to baseball, this isn't my weirdo weekly chat!
Josh R
9:58
Am I crazy for hating ARod in the announcer booth? Seriously, I think he's terrible.
Erik
9:58
Luckily, Dan, there's a site called "FanGraphs" that can answer your LeMahieu question. Turns out his career groundball rate remains unchanged at 53.8% with runners on base, though his oppo rate jumps all the way from 35% to...36%. (Couldn't find the precise split for just a man on first but that should get you most of the way there.)
Meg Rowley
9:58
Hate is strong, but I prefer him in studio, where I think he is really very good.
I think a full broadcast is too long for him
Harry
9:58
Going back to the earlier question about how we'll view the Rockies rotation in retrospect, what makes Freeland worse/less promising than Marquez and Gray?
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:59
I don't see the link to that.  This is the site I use.
He Hate Me
9:59
You can't get strep throat more than once. It's a single organism so after the first time your immune system is wise to it, like chicken pox.
Craig Edwards
9:59
What happens if any of Freeland's numbers drop off or if he give up a few more homers? There's less margin for error.
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:59
Then why was he taking the throat cultures still!
10:00
LIES!
From the CDC "
Prevention
People can get strep throat more than once, so having the infection does not protect you from getting it again in the future. While there is no vaccine to prevent strep throat, there are things you can do to protect yourself and others."
Dystopian Future
10:00
I think national broadcasts are really difficult for anyone, honestly. And A-Rod is new to this. So yeah, I don't think he should be as far up the ladder as he is, but you can't blame him for it. And he's quite good for a new announcer.
Meg Rowley
10:00
Broadcasting is very, very difficult.
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:00
Freeland could theoretically get a CG under 100
HankLloydWright
10:01
Unless Big Throat Swab is lying to us all
Craig Edwards
10:01
The difficult part for the national broadcast is that the audience is often people who actually watch more of the teams playing on a daily basis so getting minor things wrong that aren't that important feel like major insults.
Geoff Williams
10:01
I was more excited about that walk than Dave's Cameron dog
Lunar verLander
10:01
I saw somewhere that these broadcasts should have 1 national play-by-play announcer, than 1 person from each team for a 3-person booth. Thoughts?
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