JotCast | FanGraphs Opening Day 2020 Chat - Part I

Dan Szymborski

7:02

Chats. A time for chats.

THERE IS AN ACTUAL BASEBALL GAME

I think. Today's Thursday, right?

Guest

7:03

Or Mr. Belvedere

Dan! How about the baseball tonight theme on SoundCloud in honor of the return of the season?

Dan Szymborski

7:03

No, we can't weird up the Real Chats too much.

Save that for SzymChat.

This is lude-i-cris

7:03

Hoping for many quadrangulars! Logic says it’s not in the likely range of outcomes.

Not Chet

7:03

MORE BASENALL

Dodger Fan

7:04

Not that lineup order really matters much, but the top 4 of the Dodgers' order tonight makes very little sense

Chet

7:04

MORE BASEBALL!

Dodger Fan

7:04

No question, but it's getting harder and harder to like Kershaw

Not Bork

7:04

Hello, friends!

Guest

7:04

Are there any more last minute announcements from MLB we should know about? Will 1 of every 10 balls now randomly be a tennis ball? Are the rules of Futurama's blernsball now binding on MLB play? How many multi balls have to be caught for an out

Dodger Fan

7:04

Thoughts on the proposed postseason format?

Dan Szymborski

7:04

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

Gunther Centralperk

7:04

Kershaw out with back stiffness. This is some kind of cruel joke. I’m absolutely sick over this.

Wireless Joe Jackson

7:04

PSA: Tmobile subscribers get free MLB TV and a free subscription to The Athletic redeemable through August 4

Dodger Fan

7:04

Will this chat be more like Twitter or NPR?

Dan Szymborski

7:05

With me around, more like Animal House

Lorenzo

7:05

Here's hoping Soto had a false positive and will test negative twice by next week.

Tony Wolfe

7:05

I'm not as down on the new postseason format as many seem to be, but I certainly understand the skepticism over it

Dan Szymborski

7:05

Tony Wolfe

7:05

I wouldn't want it installed permanently, but for just a 2020 thing? Whatever

Appa Yip Yip

7:05

I genuinely believe that Bo Bichette is just walking around the clubhouse whispering "Road Warriors" into everyone's ears and he is Convincing Them.

Estevao

7:06

When AJ Prefer took over the Padres was he pushed to go all in from the get go by ownership. He seems like a smart GM but some of the moves like trading Grandal for Kemp were beyond any reasoning? He is the GM that intrigues me the most

Dan Szymborski

7:06

Methink I detect the scent of an owner

Ari P

7:06

What teams are the biggest winners and losers from playoffs expanding? I would think the mets/nats are big winners, but not sure who else

Dan Szymborski

7:07

the second/third tier contenders fare best

Estevao

7:07

Were there any considerations of going with a Dome Stadium before building Coors Field? What would you think of that

Dan Szymborski

7:07

I don't recall if there were. I prefer no domes. Or at least non-retractable domes.

Baseball should be an outdoor game whenever possible

2-D

7:07

No staff predictions post?

Dan Szymborski

7:07

I think there is one, we did one!

Dodger Fan

7:08

If Dan is here, cat update?

Dan Szymborski

7:08

Three are sleeping. I can here Justinian in the hallway above me office still playing with that damn door toy.

Tony Wolfe

7:08

I believe they may have been waiting to post the predictions post until a decision was made on the playoff format

Then the decision was.... unexpected

Dan Szymborski

7:08

This is my endless life now.

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