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Yankees vs. Twins Division Series Game 1 Chat
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Meg Rowley
6:48
Hey everyone -- thanks for joining us. We'll get started right around first pitch, but feel free to drop your questions in before that. Go baseball!
Josh Herzenberg
6:50
Yankees lineup (Paxton on the mound): DJ LeMahieu (R) 1B
Aaron Judge (R) RF
Brett Gardner (L) CF
Edwin Encarnacion (R) DH
Giancarlo Stanton (R) LF
Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
Gary Sanchez (R) C
Didi Gregorius (L) SS
Gio Urshela (R) 3B
Twins lineup (Berrios on the mound): Mitch Garver (R) C
Jorge Polanco (S) SS
Nelson Cruz (R) DH
Eddie Rosario (L) RF
Miguel Sano (R) 3B
Max Kepler (L) CF
Marwin Gonzalez (S) LF
C.J. Cron (R) 1B
Luis Arraez (L) 2B
6:52
Jay (who will be joining us here to chat a little bit later) wrote the preview for this series, which can be found here if you haven't read it already: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/postseason-preview-new-york-yankees-vs-min...
7:05
Alright folks, let get this thing rolling
Nico Robin
7:05
over/under on 5 HRs per game this series?
Josh Herzenberg
7:06
I'll take the under because that's what math says. Personally, I'd love to see the over. Home runs are fun
Meg Rowley
7:07
That my reaction was not immediately, five! that's impossible! is an indication that 2019 has gone somewhat off the rails.
Guest
7:07
Costas and Smoltz?  That's a real bummer, man.
Hugh
7:07
Over/under on 3 anti-analytics comments by Smoltz within the first inning?
Josh Herzenberg
7:08
I'm thinking there'll be some professional hitters during this game as well
Meg Rowley
7:09
Broadcasting is very, very hard, and I don't envy anyone the task of having to be engaging and well-spoken for three hours (and not swear!) but it does feel like we could perhaps staff these booths with folks who might be able to meet the current state of the game with greater enthusiasm mixed in with valid critique.
Matt
7:09
Yanks going to mercy rule the Twins, right?
Meg Rowley
7:10
They're favored in this game, but these two teams are pretty evenly matched, and not so dissimilar in their construction, etc.
Paul
7:10
A catcher and a 1B being the two leadoff hitters gives me more satisfaction than it should.
Josh Herzenberg
7:11
2019!
Meg Rowley
7:11
add Garver to the list of things I did not see coming this season
Nico Robin
7:13
and there's the first one already
Meg Rowley
7:13
One down.
(sorry, all the yankees fans are beautiful, my interface hung)
Josh Herzenberg
7:14
*considers scrolling back up and editing my comment*
Howard
7:14
Over 5
Meg Rowley
7:16
How many HRs will be hit in this game?
1 (0% | 0 votes)
 
2 (0% | 0 votes)
 
3 (0% | 0 votes)
 
4 (26.1% | 6 votes)
 
5 (17.4% | 4 votes)
 
5< (56.5% | 13 votes)
 
Total Votes: 23
7:17
Sometimes I think about how James Paxton and Nelson Cruz are playing postseason baseball and Félix is sitting at home and then I don't do work for a little while
Dystopian Future
7:18
Things are getting interesting in the ninth in Atlanta, as the Cardinals now have the tying run at the plate in the form of Yadier Molina.
5 Run Homer
7:19
Every time I give up on a cardinals-braves game, they get interesting
Meg Rowley
7:20
This is one of the very best days of baseball, though I end up being very, very tired by the end of it.
A friend of mine yesterday encouraged me to pace myself for the postseason -- I have done a bad job.
7:21
Molina strikes out -- two gone in the ninth
Matt
7:21
Any idea how many nerd casts they are doing for this post season? Those are great.
Meg Rowley
7:22
Just confirmed with Petriello that they're done for the year -- the NerdCast is an ESPN thing, and they don't have anymore games so...
Matt
7:23
Bummer.
Meg Rowley
7:24
Agreed -- it is quite good.
Guest
7:25
Anyone else joining from FG for NYY/MIN?
Meg Rowley
7:25
Jay will be along in a bit, and Josh is here (say hi Josh)
Josh Herzenberg
7:25
hi
7:26
Quick note on the broadcast: Smoltz is right about Berrios's breaking ball movement -- his horizontal movement on his curveball this year was 70% better than league average. Both Berrios and Paxton throw with a lot of angle and generate above average horizontal movement
Both of them generally have below average spin rates on all their pitches
Nico Robin
7:27
hi josh
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