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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 8h

Blake Snell with a look like “we’re just gonna pretend that last part didn’t happen.”

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 7d

11 appearances
8 innings
12 hits
11 runs (9 earned)
8 walks
7 strikeouts
1-4, 1 blown save
10.13 ERA
since Treinen's hat nonsense.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 26d

Blake Treinen's stats since he wrote Charlie Kirk on his hat:

3.0 IP, 5 Runs, 9.00 ERA, 0 Ks, 1.667 WHIP, and 3 LOSSES

Charlie Kirk written on Dodgers Blake Treinen hat

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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 8h

Not to steal @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social’s shtick but this is simply Saturn Devouring His Son

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 9h

If I send you this, know I’ve lost my shit

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JJ Cooper @jjcoop36.bsky.social · 9h

My search in Retrosheet's extensive and invaluable Play By Play file has failed to find a single example of an 862GDP logged in Retrosheet (which isn't every game, but is most MLB games all-time).

1,266 8-6-2 plays.
0 of those 8-6-2 plays that are GIDP.

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 10h

If you need a go-to Wikipedia page this is a great one

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

List of inventors killed by their own invention - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 9h

becaue Frelick didn't maintain possession — the ball went off his glove and hit the wall before popping back into his glove. It's like it bounced from his glove to the ground and back.

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 9h

From MLB Gameday: "Dodgers challenged (force play), call on the field was upheld: Max Muncy grounds into a double play, center fielder Sal Frelick to shortstop Joey Ortiz to catcher William Contreras. Teoscar Hernández out at home. Will Smith out at 3rd. 3 outs"

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 10h

What in the hell was that

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Christina Kahrl @christinakahrl.bsky.social · 12h

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Productive Outs @productiveouts.bsky.social · 16h

I don't know that we're talking about Logan Gilbert's Resting Pitch Face enough. Elite. Karstens-esque. Simply breathtaking.

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🪩 Kiri 🪩 @kirio.bsky.social · 14h

Fouled a ball off his foot, then stole a base standing up. Naylor should be studied in lab.

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 14h

so far he's getting Yesavaged.

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FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 16h

The Mariners Didn’t Challenge That Play at the Plate, So We Challenged It for Them blogs.fangraphs.com/the-mariners...

The Mariners Didn’t Challenge That Play at the Plate, So We Challenged It for Them

Was Cal Raleigh actually out in the first inning of Game 1 of the ALCS?

blogs.fangraphs.com

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 17h

The last season-killing strike happened after a 5-year period in which Minnesota, Cincinnati, and Oakland won the World Series, with Montreal having the best record in baseball

Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 17h

Anyone who believes that the Brewers winning the World Series will suddenly cause Rob Manfred and the owners to come off of their "WE MUST HAVE A SALARY CAP" stance is an idiot rube of the highest order and I refuse to take such people seriously. bsky.app/profile/pass...

Passanthallich @passanthalbot.bsky.social · 18h

@JeffPassan tweeted
The NLCS begins tonight. And it could have a profound effect on whether baseball is played in 2027.

Free at ESPN: Why Milwaukee vs. Los Angeles is a proxy for the game’s greater labor battle and how the result will be used as a cudgel in the fight ahead: https://t.co/lrWojKhUGd

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 17h

just pre-ordered! looking forward to your book.

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 19h

In case you were wondering about a hangover effect after going extras to advance via a winner-take-all postseason game, the teams that one did not show any immediate effect, at least. That and more in my @fangraphs.com writeup of last night's ALCS Game 1 blogs.fangraphs.com/raleigh-pola...

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 2d

I recommend it

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 2d

If the Brewers and Mariners make it to the World Series, shitfuck we’ll pound that ol’ Budweiser and this platform will become the Ball Four Book Club.

Patrick Dubuque @euqubud.baseballprospectus.com · 2d

If the Brewers and Mariners make the World Series, I’m forcing so much Pilots analysis into BP that week

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 2d

The final four teams:

had a bye
had a bye
had a bye
(also the Dodgers)

and we never talked about the bye being a detriment ever again

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 2d

Probably should drop it off at the dry cleaners to get the tears out. Won’t need it for 6-7 months.

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 2d

Abner Uribe is so skinny that if he turns just so, he becomes invisible

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JJ Cooper @jjcoop36.bsky.social · 2d

In the 22nd inning this is no longer true.

JJ Cooper @jjcoop36.bsky.social · 2d

We have now had 21 innings of do-or-die games in the past two days.

And every inning has been wonderfully excruciating.

In every at-bat of those 21 innings the game has either been tied or the trailing team has had the tying run at the plate.

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James Smyth @jamessmyth621.bsky.social · 2d

Brewers & Cubs pitcher usage heading into this winner-take-all NLDS Game 5

Fascinating to have Megill & Pomeranz starting things off

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JJ Cooper @jjcoop36.bsky.social · 2d

We are facing a deciding game of an LDS series where the two starting pitchers between them have not worked longer than 2.0 IP in any game this season.

Bullpenning has become a significant feature of the postseason because it keeps working.

www.baseballamerica.com/stories/bull...

Bullpen Games Keep Paying Off In The Postseason

It may seem like a strategy of desperation, but teams using bullpen games are winning over and over in the postseason.

www.baseballamerica.com

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 2d

a very good duo. Miss having Shulman on ESPN games.

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