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Ben Clemens
8:02
Hey everyone, welcome to a Game 3 chat that was supposed to be a Game 4 chat
Davy Andrews
8:02
RTJ said it best:
RTJ
8:02
Baseball!!
Ben Clemens
8:03
We're having some technical difficulties on the site, but bear with us for a minute please
Davy Andrews
8:05
Important question as people start to log on to the chat: What did you and/or your loved ones dress as for Halloween?
David Appelman
8:06
It's fixed. :)
Davy Andrews
8:06
Thanks, David!
Ben Clemens
8:06
No more technical difficulties, hooray
8:07
I dressed as Ted Lasso, which has the dual benefits of being a good costume and being easy to do
Castellanos defense, just like we always expect
Davy Andrews
8:07
We call that the sweet spot.
8:08
I watched at all his best defensive plays the other day, and almost all of involve that same little half slide on the glove side.
Kwah
8:08
Fangraphs was briefly broken so that Nick Castellanos could briefly be a Golden Gloved god.  Universal balance.
Ben Clemens
8:08
Castellanos is the kind of guy who even makes the easy plays look hard. He's excellent at sliding to make up for his range
Andrew
8:09
Altuve and Pena both swinging first pitch Game 2 and Game 3 - I wonder if there's some strategic thought behind that
Ben Clemens
8:10
Maybe, but I'm skeptical. They both love swinging, and got sinkers first pitch
Mike M
8:11
Not out of the ordinary for Altuve to swing at the first pitch but if you’re Peña in that situation you gotta try to stretch that AB to up Ranger’s pitch count
Ben Clemens
8:11
I'm never quite sure what to think of this line of thought
8:12
I think I mostly agree
But I also don't want Pena taking a sinker in the strike zone
8:13
Running up the pitch count will take care of itself if you're doing the right thing about hunting pitches to hit
bosoxforlife
8:13
Why bother to up Suarez's pitch count? The number of pitches he throws will not be a factor in the number of innings he pitches.
Ben Clemens
8:14
There's that, too. Rested bullpens, and the Phillies don't love letting Suarez go super deep in the game
I don't think it's obvious either way, but it's not clearly wrong for sure
Schwarber is definitely the biggest strike zone complainer in this series, but i think the umpiring has been really good
Not So Fat Mike
8:15
Pick a NOFX song to represent each member of the Phillies outfield.
Davy Andrews
8:15
This is what happens when you invite friends to the chat. Schwarber: I'm Telling Tim. Marsh: Bob. Castellanos: Punk Guy.
Andrew
8:15
No strike zone box at all tonight?
Ben Clemens
8:15
I bet it'll come back. They've had intermittent technical difficulties with it this postseason
Carson
8:15
Any chance he stays for a second time through if he's cruising?
Kwah
8:16
If I were a hitter in the World Series, I would simply foul off 130 consecutive pitches in the game's opening plate appearance.  Obvious advantage teams are ignoring.
Ben Clemens
8:17
I assume so, but maybe not a third. What do you think, Davy?
Davy Andrews
8:18
I'm with you. I think they'd love to have length, but he's going to have to look good to stay in there.
Andrew
8:17
Also, iirc, pitchers tend to groove fastballs first pitch of the game at some way above average rate?
Ben Clemens
8:17
They throw far more fastballs than normal, although they don't groove them at a crazy rate or anything, and the one Altuve swung at was out of the zone, for example.
Joe
8:18
If everyone in this game were suddenly a free agent who would get the most money?
Ben Clemens
8:18
Yordan
Ben Clemens
8:19
There are arguments to be made for some of the pitchers, I guess? But Yordan got more than any of them probably would even with a bunch of team control remaining
Davy Andrews
8:20
And he's just 25.
Kwah
8:22
In a true capitalistic meritocracy, the Perfect Game Umpire would of course earn the most robust money boost as a direct result of this series.
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