As Rob Manfred climaxes from another LA vs NY matchup, MLB will get their marquee championship event with the best team from each league, among the fattest payrolls with the brightest stars in the largest media markets in the world. Topics for this episode include:
- What we thought about the LCS games
- Who’s going to pay Juan Soto all that money
- Setting up our little offseason team-building game to get the Cubs back into the postseason
- Some items about TV and accessibility to baseball content
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Rice CubeQuote Reply
Good, not great.
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PerkinsQuote Reply
Jason Kendall!
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Rice CubeQuote Reply
Dammit Cubs, now you can’t even trade him
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/10/nico-hoerner-undergoes-flexor-tendon-surgery.html
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https://bsky.app/profile/noahs.bsky.social/post/3l6w2ibojgj2m
berseliusQuote Reply
Casey McGehee!
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Iβm proud of Enrique Wilson for CHC-NYY.
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PerkinsQuote Reply
Obviously the 2025 Cubs will need to convince Shota Imanaga to change his name to “Will Smith”
https://x.com/castrovince/status/1848777206392062129?t=kHYmTKfgJoMu6vYjmykT8A&s=19
Rice CubeQuote Reply
RIP Fernando Valenzuela
https://x.com/jazayerli/status/1848936775202361532?t=CxkE7qkVq5xemIPjmkOZjA&s=19
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Tough rarity for those teams on 30 SB.
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PerkinsQuote Reply
The new check swing review system they’re testing is potentially cool but looks like it could use some tweaking based on the sample shown here
https://x.com/jnorris427/status/1849115891427873091?t=6qX1QrrIvF1mv6DM7WKH4g&s=19
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Pirates and Nats legend Lastings Milledge
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Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
I also used Milledge. Surprised to see him up at 2%.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Robert Saleh —–> chillin in Green Bay
berseliusQuote Reply
I’ve been putting on more background 2016 Cubs postseason games, and the guy I miss the most from that team now has swapped from Rizzo to Dexter Fowler. Immaculate vibes.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Fowler did feel like a spark the team never really got back after 2016. Hendricks will probably always be my favorite. When they played him off to a reprise of βSweet Emotionβ before Chapman took the mound in NLCS, chills every time.
PerkinsQuote Reply
The Rockies are my Waterloo today.
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PerkinsQuote Reply
Everyone who remembered Greinke and Mike Hampton won Silver Sluggers are special breeds
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Rice CubeQuote Reply
This will be fun
https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2024/10/24/mlb-will-test-automated-balls-and-strikes-challenge-system-in-spring-training/
Should see if Harry is still around since I’ve talked to him a couple times on the pod about tracking pitches
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Nobody ever suspects the Infield Predator.
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PerkinsQuote Reply
Sasaki-san is relatively memorable
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https://x.com/cardinals_live/status/1849651013143159077
π
berseliusQuote Reply
The last member of the Analytics Cylinder Club is no longer a Chicago Bear
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Hard to be good at football if you can’t catch the ball
Rice CubeQuote Reply
This game really breezing along with the lack of offense
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Offense happened
Rice CubeQuote Reply
One asks why anyone would ever throw a hittable pitch to Stanton again
Rice CubeQuote Reply
yankEEs
berseliusQuote Reply
The game is only tied because the Yankees defense is derp
Rice CubeQuote Reply
ED ads feel quaint and nostalgic vs the deluge of sports betting and racist and /or anti-trans political ads
berseliusQuote Reply
16 inning game LFG
berseliusQuote Reply
Loooooooool the reaction of the fans around that guy who pulled the Jeffrey Maier
berseliusQuote Reply
The Dodgers fan may have helped save his team here
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Hmm, that was certainly a play
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Decent drama for a low scoring game
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Yes….ha ha ha…Yes!
16 inning dream alive
berseliusQuote Reply
Goddamn great catch verdugo
berseliusQuote Reply
Frederick!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
No doubt no doubt no doubt
berseliusQuote Reply
Woow
berseliusQuote Reply
Freddy was looking for that pitch and oh boy did he get it
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Update: now rooting for every game to end in a walkoff grand slam
berseliusQuote Reply
Same spot as the Gibson homer
berseliusQuote Reply
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
I think the Yankees problem was more their defense, this game probably shouldn’t have gone to extras and in extras they probably should’ve gotten at least the Edman out
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Wherein Cubs legend John Mabry appears
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PerkinsQuote Reply
Jake Fox!
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Rice CubeQuote Reply
Snoozing early in this game
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Edman, of course
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Kind of wish the Cubs could put together a competitive offer for Soto
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Oops
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Can’t believe that KikΓ© Hernandez only made his debut in 2014. It feels like he’s been in the league for like 25 years.
berseliusQuote Reply
(mostly watching π¦‘π¦‘𦑠for bragging rights over my PSU attending brother and boss)
berseliusQuote Reply
The Shohei potential injury is worrisome
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Come on, Tony.
andcountingQuote Reply
Tony the hbp king
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Treinen seems like he’s been around forever too, feels weird to see him closing out games in 2024
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
(Dude is also super rw conspiracy theory pilled, even by pro baseball player standards)
berseliusQuote Reply
Stupid Dodgers
PerkinsQuote Reply
Yankees have won 4 in a row after going down 0-2 before π
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Must have missed this gem when I turned away from the TV for a moment
https://x.com/lesley_n0pe/status/1850362944015544377?t=BfTYb6ZoboifkHlf2e_0PQ&s=19
Rice CubeQuote Reply
First time using Edwin Jackson in a while and he burns me
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Rice CubeQuote Reply
Lot of people remembered Andrew Miller.
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PerkinsQuote Reply
Didn’t expect the Bears to lose so spectacularly
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Oh no bears, I hadn’t seen the replay
berseliusQuote Reply
Trying to decide if I want to cook dinner by cooking hotdogs over my phone opened to the BN comments (dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Your phone might melt
Rice CubeQuote Reply
The nice thing about a loss like that is I have a nice vacation from any sports radio or tv commentary for a week. I heard the play on the radio and wonβt even watch it, like one of those gruesome broken-leg replays. I just canβt imagine wanting to hear what anyone has to say about it.
andcountingQuote Reply
Shaq is on an all time marketing heater, managing to make me feel good thoughts to things as repugnant as printers, cruises, and papa John’s pizza (dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
Double oh no bears, I just saw the lowlight with the cb jawing with the crowd from the field while the Hail Mary was happening
berseliusQuote Reply
RIP to the score and espn 1000s radio transmitters, they’re gonna melt
berseliusQuote Reply
Burned by Fernando Rodney
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PerkinsQuote Reply
berselius,
I think between that, the half-assed prevent defense, and them actually letting a receiver get behind the wall, they kind of deserved that result unfortunately
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Woot
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Rice CubeQuote Reply
Shohei gonna play
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Yankees not looking so hot first time through
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Could I outrun Giancarlo Stanton?
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Freddie Freeman might, bad ankle and all
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Have to say I didn’t expect a potential sweep
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Mike Fontenot!
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Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
I was looking forward to an exciting series after game 1 but the last two games have been slogs.
berseliusQuote Reply
Thor and Starlin were more popular than I expected.
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PerkinsQuote Reply
Would be something of a miracle if the Yankees got this thing sent back to LA
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rooting for the (ugh) Yankees tonight, only because I don’t want to see the freaking WS decided on a Johnny Wholestaff pitching game.
berseliusQuote Reply
I really wish there was a law prohibiting negative ads and forcing politicians to tell me why I should vote for them rather than vote against their opponent
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Yeah Frederick is winning the MVP
Rice CubeQuote Reply
That fan and his friend really tried to steal the ball right out of Mookie’s glove
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rizzo 3 HR game pls
berseliusQuote Reply
Yankees found some offense
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Game 5 seems likely…for now
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Will Venable –> managing White Sox
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Darwin Barneyβs the landmine at 2%.
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PerkinsQuote Reply
There is apparently an article about the idiots who tried to mug Mookie last night and the caption I saw suggests that the Yankees haven’t banned him from the park yet which is just bonkers.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I put Darwin Barney in the lower right and used Bobby Shantz for the Cubs
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Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
Not a great moment but I still find myself rolling my eyes more at the pearl-clutching dodgers fans than I am at the Yankees.
berseliusQuote Reply
https://abc7.com/bryan-stow-giants-fan-attacked-dodger-stadium-beaten-at-the-ballpark/13756451/
high horse etc etc
berseliusQuote Reply
(mostly I just have an extreme dislike for Molly Knight, who most people are reskeeting in my TL)
berseliusQuote Reply
This was a great piece on sports betting from Arif
https://www.wideleft.football/p/has-legalized-gambling-poisoned-the
berseliusQuote Reply
It’s kind of annoying that those yahoos are getting their money back
https://x.com/JesseRogersESPN/status/1851662719176311041?t=nebFLbfxU48eMFwtsrWVZQ&s=19
Forfeiting the $ should have been part of the consequences
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I’m not sure why all this uproar is making me actually lean towards the Yankees at this point (dying laughing). Must be Nate Silver trollish contrarianism in the air.
berseliusQuote Reply
Could be fun if he did indeed opt out
https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2024/10/30/two-more-reports-share-a-general-feeling-that-cody-bellinger-will-opt-out/
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Go sports team
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Papi says Dodgers
ARod and Jeter say Yankees
Feel like there’s a bias but theoretically Cole can pitch better than Flaherty so it’ll be up to the bullpens methinks
Rice CubeQuote Reply
That short porch tho
Rice CubeQuote Reply
And just like that, another bullpen game by the Dodgers
Rice CubeQuote Reply
(dying laughing) Yankees (dying laughing) (dying laughing) (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Ruh roh
PerkinsQuote Reply
Five unearned runs!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Gotta root for the Yankees tonight to ensure DodgersInFive isn’t right 8 years after the fact
berseliusQuote Reply
Dodgers NOBL π
berseliusQuote Reply
They did not NOBLETIGER and now the Yankees are in trouble
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Imagine putting all your hopes into Yankees Mark Leiter Jr but he pulled through
Rice CubeQuote Reply
welp grats to Shohei and Dekopin and no one else
berseliusQuote Reply
The Dodgers did not blow a 3-1 lead
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Transaction season shall begin now
Rice CubeQuote Reply
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/10/manfred-mlb-to-test-ball-strike-challenge-system-in-spring-training.html
Rice CubeQuote Reply
At least the offseason begins tomorrow.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Frederick, as expected
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Solution for the Cubs is to get one of their guys to change their name to Will Smith
https://x.com/SlangsOnSports/status/1851839876443816291?t=pPOza6rLCWUCAmCpn2KqWg&s=19
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Your reminder that the Cubs start the season against the World Series champions again
https://x.com/amartinez_11/status/1851835336516575248?t=QAQDOjBrOt5FV0K2dg7jug&s=19
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Hee
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Rice CubeQuote Reply
It’s that time of year
berseliusQuote Reply
Not bad.
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PerkinsQuote Reply
New offseason poo –> https://www.obstructedview.net/let-the-offseason-begin/
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