JotCast | 2017 World Series Game 6 Live Blog

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Jeff Sullivan

6:09

I think it's just more noticeable in the playoffs. Extra production

This is Lude-icris

6:09

Is the Yankee pitching staff this good or was the Astros offense just in a funk

Jeff Sullivan

6:09

Random funk

CamdenWarehouse

6:10

OK, here's the piece by Carleton: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/28506/baseball-therapy... - long story short is fatigue not familiarity

Jeff Sullivan

6:10

I mean, a penalty is a penalty, right?

6:11

But yeah, if a guy gets through two trips on 50 pitches, that's different from two trips on 90

That was a weirdly loud crowd cheer for a ground ball directly to the second baseman

John Autin

6:11

What's the population in here tonight?

Jeff Sullivan

6:11

463 and growing

6:12

Hill trying the ol drag bunt

I love him

Look at him run!

He's ridiculous!

libre

6:12

Do the Dodgers stand a chance?

Jeff Sullivan

6:12

No. They have a 0% chance of winning this game

libre

6:13

How can the Dodgers win?

Jeff Sullivan

6:13

A couple of homers

FrankBlackFrancis

6:13

You're not going to give the Yankees' staff ANY credit?

Jeff Sullivan

6:13

It's a good staff. What do you want?

Look at Rich Hill hunch over!!

He still struck out, but that was a fun strikeout

The Truth is Out There

6:13

Seems like the Cubs screwed themselves out of the NLCS rather than LA flat out earning it.

Jeff Sullivan

6:14

The Cubs got absolutely dominated in the NLCS

They didn't belong on the same field as the Dodgers

Yet another first-pitch swing from Taylor. Geez

Sterling Mallory Chris Archer

6:14

Jeff, do you think there’s any room for psychology to get into sabrmetrics somehow? I get that most conventional wisdom can be proven wrong by the numbers, but humans are humans after all where their past numbers won’t necessarily dictate the players ideal usage.

Jeff Sullivan

6:14

Yes, absolutely. Although it's extremely hard from the outside, given that we don't get that sort of intimate access

6:15

It's not a surprise that teams are placing a higher and higher priority on the "soft skills"

Hey look, a slider for a strikeout. Maybe the baseball is fine

1-0 Astros, through three!

bosoxforlife

6:15

Is Grandal playing somewhere else next year?

Jeff Sullivan

6:15

Odds are good

Mike

6:15

people really have a hard time with the Astros offense being the best offense in baseball since integration by WRC+ best!

Jeff Sullivan

6:15

Truly something historic. They're extremely good

Safety Stegosaurus

6:16

Rich Hill looks like a character from Rick and Morty.

Show Hey O’Tawny

6:16

463 seems low for these chats

Jeff Sullivan

6:16

Always grows in the middle and later innings

Especially tonight after parents finish walking their kids around gathering snacks

Tim

6:16

if it's fatigue than there is nothing magic about the 19th or 28th batter than right?

Jeff Sullivan

6:17

I think it's likely there is a times-through-the-order effect. It's just not as powerful as the fatigue effect

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