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AvatarDavid Laurila
5:07
I'd take Story.
Luke Hooper
5:07
I'd take Story mostly because of age.
AvatarDavid Laurila
5:09
Plays at the plate are fun. That one was very fun.
Luke Hooper
5:09
Hamari might have been my favorite part of that play.
5 Run Homer
5:10
That’s a hell of a slide
AvatarDavid Laurila
5:10
That was actually a very good play by umpire. Footwork had him perfectly positioned, and he had to be quick.
Alex M
5:10
Why was that scored a sac bunt? By the rulebook it should be a 5-3 ground out. He was bunting for a hit.
Luke Hooper
5:11
I umpired a lot through college. I was ALWAYS out of position. It's not easy.
Nate
5:12
I saw where Jim Crane, commenting about Verlander indicated that he'd like a multi year deal if he can. Think someone will give him one nice enough to pass on the QO?
AvatarJay Jaffe
5:13
he has to decide about the QO before any other team can make him another offer
AvatarJon Becker
5:14
He can get offers during the ten-day decision period but most teams (especially with all the CBA uncertainty) won't be in a position of deciding to offer a huge contract in mid-November
AvatarDavid Laurila
5:13
Yordan Alvarez has a 153 wRC+ in 976 career regular season plate appearances. He deserves more hype than he gets,
Dave
5:13
Yordan Alvarez is a man
Shodai
5:13
Thank you David for reminding me that Joe West is no longer an active MLB Umpire!
AvatarJay Jaffe
5:16
MLB has only announced umpires through the Division Series, West might be back for an LCS or the World Series
AvatarDavid Laurila
5:14
West wouldn't have moved that adroitly.
Dan
5:16
the narrative about the Astros being good fastball hitters makes Lynn an interesting choice for a game 1 starter. I guess this result could’ve been expected
AvatarJay Jaffe
5:20
Astros' .366 wOBA against 4-seamers was 5th in MLB, and .365 (also 5th) if you lump sinkers and cutters into the mix
Luke Hooper
5:17
Alvarez with a career .422 wOBA on fastballs too
Rain
5:20
McCullers currently winning the Lanceathon
James Watkins
5:20
I feel like the Astros will actually prioritize Correa because attracting other FA's right now may be tough, despite on field performance
AvatarJon Becker
5:20
Maybe (or just because he's the best SS on the market), but ultimately the best way to attract FA is with money, which the Astros sure seem willing to spend. So few vestiges left from the 2017 anyway
Joey Caltrain
5:21
Really gratifying to hear the broadcasters complimenting Tim Anderson for his personality instead of complaining about it
AvatarDavid Laurila
5:22
Didn't hear them as I was at the game, but the AL Wildcard Nercast had to have been good.
AvatarJon Becker
5:22
It was great, it takes the right blend of people to make three-person booths work, and they crushed it.
Luke Hooper
5:23
especially when the booth was the size of a spare closet
AvatarJay Jaffe
5:23
That group — Benetti, Perez, and Petriello — has done enough of those games that they're really good together
5:24
beats the hell out of listening to A-Rod babble for nine innings.
Derek
5:24
Benetti is the man, therefore it was indeed great
AvatarDavid Laurila
5:24
Petriello mentioned the small booth size to me pregame. Not normally a broadcast booth, but multiple broadcast teams that night.
Andrew
5:25
Benetti is just fantastic. I'd like if he got big playoff assignments.
Luke Hooper
5:26
Sounds like Benetti is in the running for Sunday Night baseball next year.
Luke Hooper
5:25
It was pretty hilarious when they showed shots in the booth. They couldn't even fit shoulder to shoulder so Mike was like a foot forward from the others.
Phil
5:26
I'm sure I could put this more succinctly, but: if three competing LaRussa narratives are 1. fogey who doesn't understand analytics; 2.insensitive old white dude who doesn't understand his players; 3. genius who has baseball in his bones; are all of these equally a little bit true, are all of them false, or is one of them a little more true than the others?
AvatarDavid Laurila
5:26
2 probably closest to true,
5:27
Eduardo fills more booth than most. He is by no means a small man.
BustyDaker
5:29
Lets go!!
Bunk
5:29
Let's Go was popularized by Lil Jon
Alex M
5:29
I wonder if "Let's Go" in this context or "Vamos" in Spanish is older in usage.
Luke Hooper
5:30
Had to dust off some more lets go banter on the commercial break
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