JotCast | 2016 World Series Game 4 Live Blog

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Nick Stellini

8:36

1. Dingers

Bro Charboneau

8:36

Lackey's got to change his evil ways.

Ryan

8:36

To think: Casey Blake for Carlos Santana.

Neil Weinberg

8:37

Casey Blake destroy the Tigers (my favorite team) and then Cleveland traded him for a great player.

Nick Stellini

8:37

Joe Buck said "tarpaulin" and he is my hero

Jon

8:37

That throw was too high

Mike

8:38

August on Carlos Santana:

I've created a Carlos Santana Narrative Buster. Your one-stop shop for shooting down all bad Carlos Santana takes:

Neil Weinberg

8:40

What is this "nobody gave them a chance" narrative?

xxx

8:40

Is Brantley's career already over?

Neil Weinberg

8:40

Gosh, that's a sad thought

Nick Stellini

8:40

Way, way too soon to tell.

DaveB

8:41

See Sizemore, Grady and Hafner, Travis

Nick Stellini

8:41

How dare you speak poorly of Former Yankees Great Travis Hafner

Minty

8:41

How long until the All-Star game no longer matters?

Russ

8:41

Nick Stellini

8:42

Incoming Kluber dinger

Neil Weinberg

8:42

Would he smile?

Nick Stellini

8:42

Would Kluber smile after a dinger?

Yes (40.7% | 46 votes)

No (59.3% | 67 votes)

Total Votes: 113

Ryan

8:43

Too early to PH Kluber?

Ryan

8:43

He's gonna Klub it

Neil Weinberg

8:43

Yes

Nick Stellini

8:44

I love to PH for my ace in the second inning, personally

Neil Weinberg

8:44

Wow

can't throw a strike to the pitcher

NEVER SWING 3-1

(slight exaggeration)

Nick Stellini

8:45

He's getting decent pitches to hit.

If he actually somehow goes deep do I get Dave's job for being Nostradamus?

hurricanexyz

8:45

oh my god, pitchers swinging when ahead in the count infuriates me so much. if I were a manager I would give my pitchers absolute take signs on like 100% of 3-1 counts

Neil Weinberg

8:45

I wrote a thing last year that said basically everyone should take on 3-1 much more than they do. Pitchers should never swing imo on 3-1

8:46

Oh hell yes Kluber infield hit

Nick Stellini

8:46

Let's get weird

Moldy Pumkin

8:46

How many times has Kluber ever gone yard?

Neil Weinberg

8:46

Never had a professional HR

The Hamburglar

8:46

Why is that? Are strikes rarely thrown on 3-1 or something?

Neil Weinberg

8:47

Basically, the odds of a walk are high enough that it's worth risking dropping into a 3-2 count. It's not automatic, but guys swing way too much on 3-1 relative to 3-0

8:48

I like the idea of Cleveland winning the game because of that Kluber AB

Nick Stellini

8:49

Also 3-1 is generally considered a "hitter's count" where you should swing, so I would totally never throw a 3-1 fastball. I also walked in four runs the one time I pitched in little league so never listen to me.

Neil Weinberg

8:49

Jeff Paternostro says 4.45 for Kluber down the line

Mike

8:50

Baseball is weird, and the best

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