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Eel Ffilc

9:53

The balls on this man

BringBackDeSpanielHair

9:53

Kershaw with ice in the veins!

Steve Nebraska

9:53

That was also a hell of a job by kershaw to step off the mound to avoid the balk

Craig

9:54

I don’t understand ppl who are simultaneously critical of great players and lay nonstop praise on like utility players. Like constantly going in on a guy like Giancarlo but loving a Brock Holt type. Just the level of expectation? Aesthetic preferences?

David Laurila

9:54

A successful straight steal of home would have been really, really, cool.

Dodger Fan

9:55

David, it would not have been cool!

Dan Szymborski

9:56

Sorry, it would have been.

Jeremy

9:56

Counterpoint: it would have been cool.

Dan Szymborski

9:56

Would a Successful Steal of Home Be Cool?

Yes (97.7% | 127 votes)

No (2.3% | 3 votes)

Total Votes: 130

David Laurila

9:56

This game is as good as last night's, but might be tough to match the ending.

Mob Ranfred

9:57

“In 2023, we’ll be outlawing steals of home. But you’ll be allowed to steal First Base”

Mike

9:57

I'm forced to vote yes but this specific steal of home would not be cool

Matt

9:57

Conservation of steals

bosoxforlife

9:58

Craig, it is that people are asked to get the most out of what they were gifted with. Stanton was given great talent but , for various reasons, has only shown them on occasion. Brock Holt got 99.9% out of gifts.

Dan Szymborski

9:58

There's a kind of white scrappydom bias too.

sadtrombone

9:58

JFC Tyler just throwing garbage after two straight strikes.

Marnie

9:58

after all the bad glovework in very recent memory, I was thinking that Margot HAD to try something. But I was shocked by the steal attempt!

Guest

9:58

Hey, Craig! Agreed. I think a large part historically of the praise for the "hard-working" but "less talented" athlete is rationalizing a preference for white players? These are the guys who "play the game the right way."

Dan Szymborski

9:59

I remember an SI poll of players like 15 years ago

All the "Most Underrated" players were white

David Laurila

9:59

Wasn't sure about a second Old Brown Dog, but if guys are trying to steal home... dammit, I'm having another Dog!

LarryTheBerry

9:59

Craig asked the question that no one wants to answer with racism, but is probably actually racism

Jeremy

9:59

Fun to see Yogi Berra melting down at the ump in that clip of Jackie Robinson stealing home. It's such a contrast to the affable image Yogi developed after he retired as a player.

JHCH

10:00

honestly, the unsuccessful steal of home was pretty cool too.

Dan Szymborski

10:00

Melting down against an ump *is* affable!

Kwah

10:00

{Variety headline voice}: Quants Shun Bunts; Dunces Denounce Fun Daring Baserunning Stunts

Marnie

10:00

@Craig: I think it also has to do with the opportunity cost of the inflexible roster slots and committed money that could have gone to alternative talent. ALSO, as a dodger fan, I gush over the high performance of the scrappy types. The narratives behind Turner, Muncy, and Taylor is just so fun and inspiring.

David Laurila

10:01

Some dash, others blast.

Six Ten

10:01

Stanton was blessed with talent and also cursed with injuries. If you start from presumed physical advantages you have to acknowledge all of the ways someone’s body can affect their game. Your very gifted body can also be one of your obstacles.

BringBackDeSpanielHair

10:01

about that Glasnow QS...

5 Run Homer

10:01

Maximum Muncy has arrived

Dan Szymborski

10:01

Maximuncy

Kwah

10:01

Max Muncyard.

DRQ

10:02

Unless I'm wrong, Edwin Jackson was the last active player to have appeared in a game for the Devil Rays?

10:03

edwin Jackson wkll

Mike

10:03

Scrappy dudes are aspirational. And their failures forgiven. But baseball is a game of failure. Everyone fails constantly. No one is gifted enough to overcome that reality. But from one whom little is expected, all success is found money.

10:03

edwin Jackson will be the last active player for like 13 teams

Guest

10:03

A successful steal of home would have been cool. A barely unsuccessful steal of home was cool.

DRQ

10:03

Waiting eagerly to see whether Edwin Jackson or Bartolo Colon will come back in 2021, just to see which franchise (Expos v Devil Rays) has the longest-lasting ex-player.

Dan Szymborski

10:04

Jackson's "just" 37!

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