JotCast | Yankees vs. Twins Division Series Game 1 Chat

Prev Page View Full Chat Next Page

Josh Herzenberg

8:11

Baseball is fun

Meg Rowley

8:12

We are pro-fun.

We are just scaredy cats.

jonnyzuck

8:12

these popups falling in make it look like my softball leagues

Meg Rowley

8:12

must be a hell of a league

Cubbie23

8:12

If there was any playoff baseball series where the runs will be solely scored via HR, it is going to be this one.

Meg Rowley

8:14

The Twins were third by Guillen Number (the percentages of runs scored on homers); the Yankees were fourth.

And like, barely fourth.

(Toronto was first, Milwaukee was second: https://legacy.baseballprospectus.com/sortable/index.php?cid=1819118)

8:16

Yeesh.

This is literally the first time the Yankees have used these 9 players in the same lineup.

This is when it all counts. This is when it matters. #NextManUp

Josh Herzenberg

8:17

If anyone is interested, there's a documentary about Sanó's signing called "Ballplayer: Pelotero." It's pretty good

kevinthecomic

8:18

Twins exercise Nellie's $12-million option for next year? Should they?

Meg Rowley

8:18

Yes. Yes.

Josh Herzenberg

8:18

They definitely should

jake

8:20

in a just world, they'd decline cruz's option and give that man a raise!

Josh Herzenberg

8:20

It didn't really matter, but Gonzalez played that bounce off the wall really well

Jacob

8:23

Bat slams are the new bat flips?

Meg Rowley

8:24

the sport should feature a beautiful range of expression

Ruh roh.

Josh Herzenberg

8:24

wow

8:26

Cron should’ve made that catch IMO

Meg Rowley

8:26

Think he'd likely agree.

Raysallday

8:28

Does it feely poopier to be a hitter down 0-2 or a pitcher down 3-0?

Josh Herzenberg

8:29

Since we're noted scaredy cats here, I'd say I'd rather be down 3-0 than down 0-2. I didn't hit past high school but I pitched through college, and I always felt like I was on the defensive behind in the count as a hitter, but if I went 3-0 on a batter, it was my fault and that's fixable

But, more importantly, the scaredy cat thing. Obviously

8:33

I know Kepler's story is well-known for the FanGraphs crowd, but I think Costas did a nice job consolidating it there for the fans listening

Meg Rowley

8:34

I agree

and that's the sort of detail that

is great to share in postseason imo

Josh Herzenberg

8:34

100%

Catch as catch can

8:37

Are bloop hits between 2b and rf that go off the second baseman's glove the real key to the postseason?

Muxosk

8:38

In the sense that it's a lot about being lucky in the right moments they are.

Meg Rowley

8:38

Or unlucky, as the case may be

Berry Os

8:39

Is this my last inning?

Josh Herzenberg

8:41

I'll say no

Meg Rowley

8:41

if he goes quickly here, no -- much of that last inning wasn't his fault

I think if I were a major league catcher, well, I'd do a lot of things badly, but I think the most revealing would be how often I'd toss aside my mask assuming I had a play on the ball in foul territory that was in the stands

Josh Herzenberg

8:42

those masks probably aren't the most comfortable. Nice way to get a breather

Meg Rowley

8:44

nifty

Anonymoose

8:44

Meg, hockey style mask or classic?

Connecting…