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Paul Swydan

8:22

Off to a great start!

apples

8:22

That speed Atuve interview was top tier content

Paul Swydan

8:23

The natural inclination is to criticize FOX for doing stupid things. But they are *trying* things, so let's celebrate that. If some of them don't work, that's fine. They did eventually retire Scooter the Baseball, after all.

8:25

Reminder that there are custom ASG leaderboards at the bottom of this post. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/this-is-the-post-about-the-all-star-ros...

Bour Hour

8:25

Skills idea: outfielders throw at targets at 2nd 3rd and home, scored on accuracy with ties broken by speed on throws that hit the target

Paul Swydan

8:26

Yup, that was one of the ideas I had proposed in the past. Specifically just center field to home plate (to keep it simple) but yes, this would be awesome.

Chuck Knoblauch

8:26

Let us take a moment to appreciate the almost perfectly straight camera angle to appreciate Scherzer and Sale.

Paul Swydan

8:26

Indeed.

That Scherzer pitch moved so much.

Murdoc

8:26

Damn I forgot you live blog this. I should leave work

Paul Swydan

8:27

Yeah you should!

Just kidding, don't get fired for me.

Will

8:27

I know average isn't the most important stat, but kinda cool to see the top 3 for BA be the top 3 in the lineup, in order.

Paul Swydan

8:27

I hadn't noticed that. That is kinda cool.

Mike

8:27

And appreciate max grunting

Paul Swydan

8:28

You can appreciate it until Joe Buck makes a dumb joke about it.

Travis

8:28

Has Freeman moved above Goldy on the "most underrated" list? I feel like Goldy is on top of so many "most underrated" lists that he's no longer underrated. And who would you rather have for the next five years?

Paul Swydan

8:28

No Goldy is still at the top of that list. It's ridiculous how underrated he is.

8:29

Tough with Freeman being 2 years younger, but I'll take Goldy.

8:30

Also, I hope Scherzer's night isn't over. Did they say up top Scherzer would only pitch 1 inning?

Mike

8:30

He said 1 inning after the first out, sounds like it was preplannes.

Planned

Paul Swydan

8:30

Boo.

Ryan

8:30

You know who looks like Scherzer stuff wise? One Aaron Nola

Paul Swydan

8:31

Bold take, Ryan. We'll see. I do like Nola a lot.

8:32

Feel like they should have let Ozuna hit third, just for the hometown fun. :-)

Murdoc

8:33

You remember that one all-star game where Jeter told Joe Buck to get lost? Good times

Paul Swydan

8:33

NO! Clip? I'll settle for a GIF.

Mike

8:33

I wish Blackmon had been like "dude, he can hear me"

Paul Swydan

8:34

Well, he did hit it.

Joe Buck cited RBI, drink!

Sale is not screwing around.

Matt

8:35

Who edits Fangraphs articles? You mention Ozuna and it brought me back to Dave saying Ozuna had already matched his career war at the break when that was just blatantly false

Paul Swydan

8:35

Which article was this?

Morris Buttermaker

8:35

I always drink while listening to joe buck

Mattingly's Sideburns

8:35

*Aaron Judge drops the ball on purpose to make Chris Sale throw more pitches*

Chuck Knoblauch

8:36

So is Stanton doomed to never be mentioned without a Judge comp again?

Paul Swydan

8:36

Not by Joe Buck, anyway.

Stove

8:36

This straight-on camera...can't get enough. That Sale slider is obscene

Mike

8:36

Did anyone see that photo of Bellinger talking to Stanton and Judge? He's 6'4 and he looked like a 15 year old next to them.

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