JotCast | Red Sox-Astros ALDS Game 1 Live Blog

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weezy

5:29

it's funny to go from elimination games to these (slightly) longer series... my emotions have the same level of intensity, even though my brain knows this isn't win-or-go-home. Playing tricks with my mind!

Paul Swydan

5:29

Great song.

5:30

AdamZ

5:30

Red Sox #2 in mlb for infield pop-ups.

Paul Swydan

5:30

That's not a stat you want to be No. 2 in.

Russell

5:30

Well I'm not going anywhere. Thanks work

Paul Swydan

5:30

Boo.

bosoxforlife

5:30

You, as a Sox fan, would never have gotten a chance to enjoy the Glory and Magic that was David Ortiz

Paul Swydan

5:31

Go look at Ortiz's UZR. He'd have been just fine as a first baseman.

Mike sixel

5:31

Heaven forbid fans in AL parks get to see Kershaw pick in person..... Interleague is great for fans

Paul Swydan

5:31

It's great for fans approximately 10% of the time. The other 90% you see teams you'd never care about.

bosoxforlife

5:31

That is three swings at balls over his head by Devers.

juan pierre's mustache

5:31

Apparently Verlander can just throw every pitch 6 inches above the zone and that'll work out fine

Concrete melts off me

5:32

"Muttering to himself " Pedroia is getting senile.

Paul Swydan

5:32

Wow that play was bananas.

Mookie scored standing up on a play to shallow right field.

Did Mookie leave early?

AdamZ

5:33

Radical idea: get rid of leagues, just have three or four geographic divisions, top 8 teams advance to playoffs.

Paul Swydan

5:33

I'm also fine with this, as long as the teams play a more balanced schedule.

Seth

5:33

This is probably a dumb question but McCann puts down a 4 and it is a fastball up. A 1 is a slider, is that normal?

Paul Swydan

5:33

That stuff can change depending on the day/inning/runners/etc.

5:34

Wouldn't read into that too much.

Moltar

5:34

Also, DH vs Not DH is one of the Big Three arguments between my wife and I (she is staunchly in opposed to the DH). The other two are Peter Gabriel (yay) vs Phil Collins (boo) and whether or not to go for the double or nothing video bonus clue on Cash Cab (why would you risk all that money when you already won it?!?!?)

Paul Swydan

5:34

Your wife is right about Phil Collins. Sorry.

5:35

And the DH.

Looks like you married up!

Moltar

5:35

Better idea: get rid of leagues and divisions altogether, fully balanced schedule, top 8 teams make the postseason in a standard tournament bracket (have a play-in game for the last slot if you must)

Paul Swydan

5:35

Well, how do you balance the schedule if you get rid of divisions and leagues?

NL fan

5:35

your wife is always right

Oddball Herrera

5:35

Peter Gabriel vs Phil Collins? Is seppuku an alternate option?

Paul Swydan

5:36

I won't hear such disrespect of Phil Collins!!!!

khaaan

5:36

Peter Gabriel is way better. Come on. Super's Ready, man.

Paul Swydan

5:36

Alright, we're putting this to a poll.

5:37

Who is/was better?

Phil Collins (26.6% | 41 votes)

Peter Gabriel (27.9% | 43 votes)

Can't decide - tough one! (1.9% | 3 votes)

Can't decide - I'm too young to know either person (19.5% | 30 votes)

This is a bad poll. (24% | 37 votes)

Total Votes: 154

Korey Cluber

5:39

I wish I could vote twice so I could choose the last two options.

Jesus Drives A Prius

5:39

I'm 20 and always assumed I'm one of the younger guys in the FG audience. Are there really that many people who don't know who these guys are?

Paul Swydan

5:39

I would suspect a fair percentage of 20-year-olds don't know either.

Oddball Herrera

5:39

Thanks Paul, the only thing your poll has accomplished is making me feel old

Seth

5:40

Yeah I am 19 and don’t know either

Sharp

5:40

It would be a good poll if you put a head on it. Could turn it into a...SLEDGEHAMMER!

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