JotCast | 2017 NLDS Game 5 Live Blog

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Jeff Sullivan

7:34

Kris Bryant had a 68 wRC+ in high-leverage situations this year. That sucks

No one thinks he is unclutch. He *has been* unclutch is all

Nate

7:34

Are you married, Jeff? If so, thanks for giving up your evening for us.

Jeff Sullivan

7:34

Dave live-blogged a wild-card game on the night of his literal anniversary

Frostilicus

7:35

good thing the metro is open late tonight

Cam Daveron

7:35

So weiters was right, it was a dead ball?

Jeff Sullivan

7:35

Seems that way to me

7:36

If true, top of the fifth should've ended at 5-4

Guest

7:36

I feel like employing Michael Taylor has to violate child labor laws

Jeff Sullivan

7:36

Devers too

George

7:36

Does Wieters get a major league contract this offseason?

Jeff Sullivan

7:36

Yep

Curious

7:37

How long did it take for the Red Sox to develop the "cursed" narrative? Nats have only been around for a dozen years or so and good for less than half that time

Jeff Sullivan

7:37

Think it's less a Nats curse and more a DC sports curse. It is, of course, nonsense, but they've had it pretty bad

Kintzler with the ol confidently-walk-off-the-mound-after-strike-three move

Except it wasn't strike three

Blorb

7:38

It wasn't on the backswing. Hit glove, then ball.

Jeff Sullivan

7:38

Not about the interference. About Baez's backswing after he struck out

That Guy

7:38

I guess they can try playing the game under protest?

Jeff Sullivan

7:38

Might as well!

Not that it ever does anything

Mike

7:38

Is wRC+ lower in high leverage situations overall? Due to bringing a reliever in

Jeff Sullivan

7:38

Not meaningfully

Joe D

7:39

"If a batter strikes at a ball and misses and swings so hard he
carries the bat all the way around and, in the umpire’s judg-
ment, unintentionally hits the catcher or the ball in back of him on the backswing, it shall be called a strike only (not interference). The ball will be dead, however, and no runner shall advance on the play."

http://mlb.mlb.com/documents/0/4/0/224919040/2017_Official_Baseball_Ru...

Netflix and Rich Hill

7:39

Haha, Dave also said he was getting his wife DONUTS for their anniversary...and actually, that's the level of romance I'd expect out of Dave Cameron

Jeff Sullivan

7:39

In fairness I can vouch for the donuts. Dave's wife was ecstatic

Evan

7:39

Jeff has a girlfriend. She stopped by the Glory Hole Recreation Area a couple weeks back. It's not what it sounds like.

Jeff Sullivan

7:39

Or so she says

Frank

7:39

So do the Nats go with Kintzler -> Madson -> Doolittle, or do they go with the guy from the T-Mobile commercial who Harper directs to the bullpen?

Sadman

7:40

So... What does mlb do about that missed call?

Jeff Sullivan

7:40

Nothing

Frostilicus

7:40

Weiters has a player option for next season, no?

Lyle

7:40

Wieters will pick up his option

Guest

7:40

Wieters knowing the backswing dead ball rule has to be worth a few mil alone

Jeff Sullivan

7:40

Not if he's not persuasive about it!

Matt

7:41

Do the umps/managers not know the backswing rule, or did the umps just not see that it hit Wieters?

Jeff Sullivan

7:41

I imagine the ump didn't see it happen

Ryan King

7:41

Real quick on that passed ball/blown call thing. Seems to me "umpires judgment" implies it is a discretionary call like an infield fly. Wieters was not impacted by Baez's backswing so it would seem like it is acceptable to not call the ball dead

Jeff Sullivan

7:41

This is probably the right defense from the ump's standpoint

Although the "judgment" seems to only apply to the intentionality of it

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