JotCast | 2017 NLDS Game 5 Live Blog

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hscer

7:21

being a Nats fan is pretty great from December through September

Jeff Sullivan

7:21

Remember when Wieters looked like a possible hero for his bunt single

Raindog

7:22

Is it fair to say that baseball has overshot the "use a SP in relief in the postseason" idea? Maybe you should actually use some relievers?

Jeff Sullivan

7:22

I am definitely of the belief that managers are weirdly too afraid of using their perfectly fine non-closer relievers

I mean, you roster those guys for a reason

Davy

7:23

At a certain point, people are going to understand that trusting your bullpen is smarter than throwing somebody on short rest, right?

Bernard

7:23

This felt like the 2003 Bartman inning, in terms of how the team just fell apart. The Cubs just are on the other side for this inning

Chris R

7:23

This is devastating, my son is crying his eyes out. This is the life of a nationals fan.

Jeff Sullivan

7:23

You, on the other hand -- you are numb in your wise older age

Daniel

7:24

Wieters was never really good. Had like one or two good seasons.

Jeff Sullivan

7:24

He was best before he was ever in the majors

David

7:24

What was the hit probability on the Zobrist bloop?

Jeff Sullivan

7:24

67%. Bloops are fluky but consistently helpful https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?game_pk=526496&type=exit_veloc...

Zachary

7:25

If there's one thing to take away from today's game, it's Matt Albers > Max Scherzer.

Jeff Sullivan

7:25

Cubs a little fortunate that Duensing was able to retire Rendon, albeit on a liner

Sadman

7:25

Also we're only half way through this game.

Jeff Sullivan

7:26

I don't want to be that guy complaining but every game this month has taken forever

This one, at least, makes sense

Lunar verLander

7:27

Wait...are you still planning to do your regular Friday chat?

Jeff Sullivan

7:27

Somehow yes

All chatting, all the time

libre

7:27

The second a batter hits the catcher in the mask/helmet with a backswing on a dropped third-strike swing, it's a de… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

Show Hey O'Tawny

7:28

Why do so many baseball players have distinctive facial hair? Brian Duensing has a curly moustache for no reason

Jeff Sullivan

7:28

The top-of-head hair is always covered up with a hat or a helmet, so they need to find other ways of expressing themselves

Scary Monster

7:28

Nats fans should calm down! This game's got a long way to go.

Jeff Sullivan

7:28

At least two and a half more hours

STL

7:29

If the gamie ends as-is ... what the the narrative on the Nationals tmrw?

Jeff Sullivan

7:29

Cursed

Wieters sees six pitches, with four easily out of the zone. Strikeout!

Springer am Rand

7:30

Re: imagining what a player looks like before you see him, my confession is that I thought Trea Turner was black when he was a prospect because no one talks about white guys being fast.

Jeff Sullivan

7:30

And then Bradley Zimmer happened!

Cam Daveron

7:30

Does hit probability account for fielder positioning or is the tech not there yet

Jeff Sullivan

7:30

It does not

Clint

7:31

Hard to believe it's the fifth

Zachary

7:31

Matt Weiters in Single A (174 wRC+), AA (190 wRC+), AAA (146 wRC+), MLB (93 wRC+).

Chris S

7:31

Calling it Nationals win 8 - 7, Cubs still go to nlcs just to spite the Nats

Jeff Sullivan

7:33

I don't want to be an alarmist, but... it would appear they seriously messed that up.

I don't follow twitter when I'm doing a live blog but it would appear there's a very interesting conversation taking place re: the strikeout passed ball in the top of the fifth

Anyway, Michael A Taylor just struck out and we're going to the sixth, finally

Charlie

7:34

Someone mentioned KB and clutch a while back. My issue with the clutch metric is that it effectively punishes a hitter for performing well in non-high leverage situations

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