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Kwah

9:41

All my live figure skating US Grand Prix updates have been shadowbanned on this forum.

Jeremy

9:41

Boy Lowe looks lost

Dan Szymborski

9:42

"You're just low now. You want to be lau again, you're going to have to earn it."

Mad Joe-Don

9:42

Turner always looks like he needs a transfusion.

5 Run Homer

9:42

ruh roh

Derek

9:42

Lowe hit two home runs two games ago!

Guest

9:43

Re Mike: Felt that way the whole series. Seems partially due to low crowd noise and neutral setting

Jeremy

9:43

And then he went right back to being lost!

CapitalFrock

9:43

Is there any stat that standardizes pitcher velocity by era? I'm thinking of a wRC+-like metric where the average fastball velocity would be 100, anything harder goes higher... Do we have the velo data to be able to create something like that? Who would the outliers over the last 20 or so years be?

Brendan Gawlowski

9:43

This is a great idea

Guest

9:44

My mind says World Series but the atmosphere says Spring Exhibition

Guest

9:44

How would you deploy the Dodgers' bullpen tonight?

Brendan Gawlowski

9:44

I recently flipped the '97 ASG on and Maddux is out there throwing 85-87

Dan Szymborski

9:44

Carefully :-D

Mike

9:44

He went around, says Joe Buck when the pitch is just a strike

9:45

People are just deeply invested in the myths about Nolan Ryan and Bob Gibson throwing 100 to convince themselves that velocity is flat over time

Dodger Fan

9:45

I love that Velo+ idea!

Dave

9:46

Is annoncing really just so hard that Joe Buck is the best we can do, or is nepotism really just that powerful?

Dan Szymborski

9:46

It really is hard

Joe Buck's not horrible, he's just vanilla

Brendan Gawlowski

9:46

He's grown on me in recent years

And not just b/c of the flyover comment

Derek

9:47

Joe Buck is good!

Dodger Fan

9:47

Smoltz? uhhhh

Cliff B

9:47

Got a new appreciation for Buck from Brockmire

Jeremy

9:47

I feel like the average fastball was slower decades ago, but there was also more variance? Like, you had guys like Ryan (or further back, Feller), but also a bunch of soft tossing junkballers.

Mad Joe-Don

9:47

Having a famous dad will open some doors but you have to do the job year after year.

Brendan Gawlowski

9:48

If I could get velocities for five historic pitchers, I'd take W. Johnson, Feller, N. Ryan, Herb Score, and Steve Dalkowski

Cody Smokinger

9:48

Joe Davis already better than Buck

Brendan Gawlowski

9:48

west coast bias

Mike

9:48

My only problem with Buck is that he enthusiastically encourages Smoltz in his baseball grumping. Joe Davis with Smoltz was so much better just because he didn't indulge Smoltz

Derek

9:48

Smoltz drags Buck down, as he would anyone

Dan Szymborski

9:48

Smoltz would be fine if he stayed with the stuff he knows.

Wraith

9:49

If the Dodgers win today, and Kershaw pitches tomorrow and has a similar performance to Game 1 in the clinching game of the WS do you think he finally shakes the choker narrative?

Brendan Gawlowski

9:49

More or less. As David Price did in 2018.

Derek

9:49

Fairbanks always looks like he's 4 seconds away from a panic attack

Lzfreak

9:49

Yeah just have Smoltz break down pitching mechanics all game. That would be amazing

Brendan Gawlowski

9:50

It probably becomes like Peyton Manning, where postseason performance isn't a big part of his story

Dan Szymborski

9:50

Exactly! Smoltz is wonderful when he talks that stuff. He should be a third guy whose job it is to break that down.

Cevin Kash

9:50

I’d get past velocities for Dan at ages 8, 10, 14, 16, and 18

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