oh yeah, he lifts his legs twice, the 2nd time seems to be on purpose to impede the runner. I think Craig would have tripped over Middlebrook’s body anyway, though.

romoluvr [12:08 AM]:

who cares? dumb throw but a catcher whos not helping his team this series!!

ludquick [12:08 AM]:

intentional or not, that’s not the point. The guy was laying across the basepath. That’s it. Done

hotwater2 [12:07 AM]:

If that was unintentional, is it still obstruction?

derp ferguson [12:06 AM]:

lol at least you can stop complaining about elbow pads

hotwater2 [12:06 AM]:

@robneyer What’s the difference?

cardinaliscardinalis [12:06 AM]:

I think it was the baseball version of footsie

romoluvr [12:06 AM]:

Boston is stupid…two games blown this series due to dumb throws!!

romoluvr [12:06 AM]:

why did saltal throw??

Rob Neyer [12:05 AM]:

btw all, technically that’s obstruction, not interference

hotwater2 [12:05 AM]:

@robneyer Maybe not, it might have been unintentional

chuckb [12:05 AM]:

tremendous play by Pedroia

Rob Neyer [12:04 AM]:

McCarver says “Middlebrooks couldn’t get out of the way” … but it looks to me like Middlebrooks intentionally impeded the runner by kicking his legs up in the air.

romoluvr [12:04 AM]:

is saltalamacchia worst catcher ever?

hotwater2 [12:03 AM]:

3rd baseman tackled Craig

chuckb [12:03 AM]:

definitely was obstruction & called immediately

Bill Hanstock [12:03 AM]:

okay well i quit baseball forever. good night everyone

cardinaliscardinalis [12:03 AM]:

totally interference

romoluvr [12:03 AM]:

Boston blows it again!! stupid throw

Bill Hanstock [12:03 AM]:

what

GBSimons [12:03 AM]:

!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

ludquick [12:03 AM]:

holy crap

Grant Brisbee [12:03 AM]:

WHAT IS GOING ON

hotwater2 [12:03 AM]:

That was definitely interference

Bill Hanstock [12:03 AM]:

what

hotwater2 [12:03 AM]:

interferance!

Bill Hanstock [12:02 AM]:

this is the one situation where you walk the bases loaded. kozma on deck

hotwater2 [12:02 AM]:

McCarver is shocked that Jay isn’t IBB’d

Grant Brisbee [12:02 AM]:

Yeah, but what would Trevor Rosenthal have done against Uehara, sissy Matheny?

chuckb [12:02 AM]:

Craig can’t run. could Nava have kept Craig at 1st by throwing to 2nd?

romoluvr [12:01 AM]:

Game Over!!

Bill Hanstock [12:01 AM]:

i was close

Grant Brisbee [12:01 AM]:

Koji will give up a dinger and make the narrative that much more confusing.

Bill Hanstock [12:01 AM]:

koji gonna give up a home run here

romoluvr [12:00 AM]:

horrible move by a neophyte manager….he will cost boston this game

Bill Hanstock [11:59 PM]:

well if kojii gets through this inning, you have rosenthal out of the game and napoli available to pinch hit against a different pitcher. still, the riskiest gambit ever!

chuckb [11:58 PM]:

wtf? then why let Workman hit? Good thing you saved Koji about 7 pitches.

Bill Hanstock [11:58 PM]:

that was the billionth flare for a cardinals hit tonight

J.R. Wolf [11:58 PM]:

Yes, who never bats and is an automatic out.

J.R. Wolf [11:56 PM]:

Am I drunk or is Farrell?

Bill Hanstock [11:56 PM]:

i don’t understand anything any more. guess i’ll enjoy the ride or whatever

hotwater2 [11:55 PM]:

@J.R. Wolf American League pitcher

J.R. Wolf [11:55 PM]:

And the rookie is a pitcher.

J.R. Wolf [11:54 PM]:

Napoli is on the bench, it’s the 9th inning of a critical WS game and they send up a rookie? Tell me I hallucinated that.

chuckb [11:54 PM]:

someone needs to tell John Farrell this is the World Series

Rob Neyer [11:53 PM]:

The Red Sox really need to lose this game, right? I mean, if anything means anything?

chuckb [11:52 PM]:

if you’re going to let your pitcher hit, you should have used Koji in the 8th

GBSimons [11:52 PM]:

Farrell’s saving Napoli to face Miller.

Grant Brisbee [11:51 PM]:

Lupus. Mike Napoli has lupus.

Grant Brisbee [11:50 PM]:

There has to be something we missed.

Grant Brisbee [11:50 PM]:

That can’t be as crazy as it seemed.

Grant Brisbee [11:49 PM]:

ludquick [11:49 PM]:

what the hell was that?!

Grant Brisbee [11:49 PM]:

I …

J.R. Wolf [11:48 PM]:

That was sad.

GBSimons [11:48 PM]:

Uehara probably would have hit a grand slam.

chuckb [11:48 PM]:

McCarver wouldn’t want to analyze what he’s seen here tonight. I guess that’s why he’s retiring.

Bill Hanstock [11:47 PM]:

hey koji could have done this

chuckb [11:45 PM]:

if pitcher’s spot wasn’t due to hit in 9th, Farrell would have surely used Koji that inning

Grant Brisbee [11:44 PM]:

Probably the first to make that joke.

Grant Brisbee [11:44 PM]:

workman-like performance right

Bill Hanstock [11:44 PM]:

9th
Beards	4
Birds	4

Bill Hanstock [11:42 PM]:

at least koji isn’t warming up!

Bill Hanstock [11:41 PM]:

who’s ready for matt holliday serial postseason hero?

ludquick [11:41 PM]:

and that is why that was a Wong time to steal

Grant Brisbee [11:40 PM]:

/drafts Wong in second round next year

hotwater2 [11:40 PM]:

Beltran always looks relaxed

J.R. Wolf [11:38 PM]:

They’re trying to catch the runner on the Wong foot

Bill Hanstock [11:37 PM]:

wong fell down. if that pop fly wasn’t SKY HIGH that could have been disastrous

Grant Brisbee [11:37 PM]:

Oh, man, that jump. He could have taken third.

ludquick [11:36 PM]:

There’s nothing Wong with that…..sorry

Grant Brisbee [11:36 PM]:

@hotwater2 Polite-notification tracks

chuckb [11:36 PM]:

I think I’ve seen every PA Wong’s taken in thw big leagues & I’m pretty sure that’s the hardest ball I’ve seen him hit.

GBSimons [11:35 PM]:

@Grant – that guy auditioned for the creepy Ortiz homer stalker role, but was quickly dismissed for being “too smiley.”

chuckb [11:34 PM]:

hey Tim, Nava can hit.

hotwater2 [11:34 PM]:

If there were informational tracks in front of the warnings tracks, Kozma would almost have that kind of power tonight.

Grant Brisbee [11:33 PM]:

Grant Brisbee [11:28 PM]:

Pretty rough blown save for Trevor Rosenthal. Starting to wonder about the save’s legitimacy as a worthwhile statistic.

Bill Hanstock [11:28 PM]:

yeah it seemed more routine than it was before i saw the replay

chuckb [11:27 PM]:

Bogaerts is special.

ludquick [11:26 PM]:

that was an amazing short hop pick by Wong. Just saying

ludquick [11:26 PM]:

I love ba

chuckb [11:25 PM]:

that was a routine dp? I don’t see how.

Bill Hanstock [11:25 PM]:

@robneyer it’ll be fun when he sits tomorrow!

Rob Neyer [11:25 PM]:

Funny how Nava hits the ball hard pretty much every time. Huh. Imagine.

Bill Hanstock [11:25 PM]:

“what a play by wong” — that was pretty much a routine double play ball right

Grant Brisbee [11:25 PM]:

Good lord, Wong

chuckb [11:24 PM]:

Matheny done a much better job tonight.

GBSimons [11:24 PM]:

@hotwater2 – Loyalty’s great, winning is better.

hotwater2 [11:20 PM]:

@robneyer Yeah, loyalty to the guys that got them there, I guess.

Rob Neyer [11:20 PM]:

Five outs from Rosenthal? I like it!

Rob Neyer [11:19 PM]:

hotwater2, thanks for the information, as I either missed that or forgot it. So the Cardinals are carrying two pitchers they really don’t want to use?

GBSimons [11:19 PM]:

@grantbrisbee – Victorino HBP GIF?

Bill Hanstock [11:18 PM]:

Shane Victorino has been hit by a pitch 7 times this postseason, the most HBP in a postseason in history. Nobody else has more than 4.

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 27, 2013

Grant Brisbee [11:18 PM]:

Forget Yadier's neck tats, this is the crazy one: pic.twitter.com/zN5zZK2tBY

— Woe, Doctor! (@woedoctor) October 27, 2013

hotwater2 [11:17 PM]:

@robneyer I read today on vivaelbirdos.com that Mujica injured his groin in September, right about the time he lost his effectiveness.

Rob Neyer [11:16 PM]:

It’s interesting how Mike Matheny decided that Carlos Martinez is a lot better than Edward Mujica. Someday, people will look at the season stats and wonder…

Grant Brisbee [11:15 PM]:

Wait …

Grant Brisbee [11:15 PM]:

All those sci-fi movies and books from the ’90s kept bring up porn as an application for virtual reality. I just want to virtually hit Victorino in the ass.

Grant Brisbee [11:14 PM]:

MAN, I wonder what it feels like to do that.

Bill Hanstock [11:14 PM]:

lol

GBSimons [11:14 PM]:

Victorino with a HBP!!! Happy now, Grant?

GBSimons [11:13 PM]:

@Rob – that seems awfully difficult to do on purpose.

hotwater2 [11:11 PM]:

The gameday strike zone is bigger than the Fox track (or whatever they call it) strike zone.

Rob Neyer [11:10 PM]:

In super-slow-motion, it looks like Beltrán moved his elbow just enough so it definitely would a) not hurt, and b) land him on first base.

Bill Hanstock [11:07 PM]:

8th
losing team	2
foregone conclusion	4

Grant Brisbee [11:07 PM]:

When Matt Holliday does something good, Fox should use Aqua or Savage Garden as the outro music instead of Pearl Jam, just to remind us that everything is awful.

GBSimons [11:07 PM]:

That ball definitely changed direction slightly after hitting Beltran’s elbow (pad).

chuckb [11:05 PM]:

bunt here isn’t a terrible play

socklessmoejohnson [11:05 PM]:

waiting there for me yes I doooo

Grant Brisbee [11:03 PM]:

I’ve got Ace Frehley, and I’ve got Peter Criss.

Bill Hanstock [11:02 PM]:

Cardinals fan dressed as Gene Simmons http://t.co/D6t3NQZVGi

— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) October 27, 2013

Grant Brisbee [11:00 PM]:

chuckb [10:59 PM]:

I don’t think he’ll mind walking Yadi

socklessmoejohnson [10:57 PM]:

I think we’re all aware that the Cardinals continued success is the result of some sort of nefarious and devilish deal

hotwater2 [10:56 PM]:

@Bill Hanstock They’ve been avoiding the strikeout fairly well

Bill Hanstock [10:53 PM]:

the cardinals’ entire offense tonight has been BABIP luck

Grant Brisbee [10:52 PM]:

@chuckb The secret of baseball.

Bill Hanstock [10:52 PM]:

all this tipping my cap is wearing me out but you gotta!

chuckb [10:52 PM]:

that’s about 2 inches from being a double play. that’s some good babip luck there.

socklessmoejohnson [10:51 PM]:

Still more of a HBP than the Jermaine Dye’s bat-hitting, set Paul Konerko up for a grand slam in game 2 of the 2005 World Series HBP

Bill Hanstock [10:50 PM]:

the inevitable plod towards the cardinals retaking the lead

chuckb [10:50 PM]:

@robneyer yeah, I’ve been called the female version as well.

Rob Neyer [10:49 PM]:

That’s a clown HBP.

Grant Brisbee [10:46 PM]:

Shane Victorino is silently complaining about Beltran getting nicked by a quasi-HBP.

GBSimons [10:46 PM]:

I’m all for going back to “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” It’s a ballgame, after all.

Rob Neyer [10:43 PM]:

Love these old unis (and the new ones, too)

Cardinals "St Louis" World Series jerseys, 1931 and 2013. pic.twitter.com/IKwQLQtmsT
— Todd Radom (@ToddRadom) October 27, 2013

Rob Neyer [10:43 PM]:

You sound to me like the opposite of a dick, Chuck.

chuckb [10:41 PM]:

I hate to sound like a dick, but what happened to “Take me out to the ballgame”? Why can’t we just enjoy the World Series without trying to out-patriotize everyone else?

Rob Neyer [10:38 PM]:

“Ladies and gentleman, we now take a moment to purposely exclude anyone who doesn’t share the majority’s religious beliefs. Thank you.”

Grant Brisbee [10:37 PM]:

Good call, Bill. But that’s like a street magician’s trick. The odds were with you.

Bill Hanstock [10:35 PM]:

it’s gonna be cool when jonny gomes doesn’t do anything here

Bill Hanstock [10:34 PM]:

it’s called playing the percentages; it’s what smart managers do to win ballmatches

GBSimons [10:34 PM]:

Maybe it will be Miller time! Saving him as a secret weapon…

chuckb [10:33 PM]:

dammit. they’ll have to use a righty vs Ortiz the rest of the game.

chuckb [10:32 PM]:

if they use Siegrist here, he’s they’re last lefty. They’re either planning on 2 innings from him or they’re going to have to

GBSimons [10:31 PM]:

@chuckb – also, Siegrist is a better pitcher than Choate.

chuckb [10:29 PM]:

sort of amazing the Cards are still tied with the chances they’ve blown tonight.

chuckb [10:28 PM]:

good thought. bad bunt.

TheCitronaut [10:27 PM]:

Mm over managed that inning

chuckb [10:26 PM]:

mgl made the point on twitter that Matheny should have used Siegrist instead of Choate since he could keep him in to face Nava from the right side where he’s weaker.

socklessmoejohnson [10:25 PM]:

If anybody’s watching this on BT Sports just letting you guys know that Scottish Premier League football is in no way worth watching.

GBSimons [10:23 PM]:

DP better late than never, I guess.

Rob Neyer [10:22 PM]:

That was a crazy pitching change.

GBSimons [10:22 PM]:

Never mind. Matheny isn’t looking too good tonight.

Rob Neyer [10:21 PM]:

Crap. Don’t know whether to root for my Grandma or Nava and – oh, doesn’t matter now.

GBSimons [10:21 PM]:

Nava’s OPS as a LHB is nearly 250 points higher than as a RHB, so you yank Choate and bring in Maness? Cards have to hope Maness’ DP-inducing ways continue.

chuckb [10:18 PM]:

no idea why he threw a fastball there.

readeaux91 [10:17 PM]:

You had ONE JOB

GBSimons [10:17 PM]:

And that’s why you give Randy Choate a 3-year contract…

Rob Neyer [10:13 PM]:

I know it’s wimpy modern baseball but I do like this move a lot.

GBSimons [10:13 PM]:

Wong’s going to win the 2016 Presidential election, even though he’s not old enough. He’s going to fulfill all those crazy BPro Wieters projections.

chuckb [10:13 PM]:

was Freese in the more singles defense?

TheCitronaut [10:12 PM]:

Nice grab

Grant Brisbee [10:10 PM]:

Wong will hit .319/.368/.488 next year, even if he catches.

chuckb [10:10 PM]:

Kelly’s command has been awful since the 3rd.

Grant Brisbee [10:09 PM]:

@GBSimons What has Wong shown, though? It’s not like the Cardinals are just going to make him g … wait, yeah.

Grant Brisbee [10:09 PM]:

There can’t be a worse feeling than walking Shane Victorino. Save four pitches, hit him in the ribs. Everyone wins.

GBSimons [10:08 PM]:

Will the Redbirds trade Freese this winter? Carpenter to 3B, Wong starting at 2B in ’14?

Grant Brisbee [10:03 PM]:

David Freese has been so bad. I’m sure Rangers fans take great comfort in that.

Grant Brisbee [10:02 PM]:

Strike. Was a strike for Kelly in the first inning, too

Bill Hanstock [10:02 PM]:

this strike zone tho

Grant Brisbee [9:55 PM]:

chuckb [9:55 PM]:

what does the fact that Doubront’s pitching now mean about how the Sox feel about Buchholz tomorrow?

Bill Hanstock [9:54 PM]:

@Grant Brisbee he’s a cardinal, grant. any one of these guys could be the next pope

Grant Brisbee [9:53 PM]:

Joe Kelly has done well. But he shouldn’t get veteran-acey-workhorse-preferential treatment just because he’s held the Red Sox to a run.

Bill Hanstock [9:52 PM]:

5th
beardos	1
joe buck’s team	2

Rob Neyer [9:52 PM]:

Chuck, I think you’re right about Choate and Ortiz. Or at the very least, that Matheny shouldn’t push his luck. Kelly’s really good, but third time through the order…

chuckb [9:49 PM]:

Choate has to pitch to Ortiz in the 6th.

chuckb [9:47 PM]:

if Doubront’s pitching the bottom of the 8th, who do the Sox plan to use for the next 3?

chuckb [9:46 PM]:

wow! that must have been 6 inches outside.

Bill Hanstock [9:45 PM]:

howl’s moving strike zone

Bill Hanstock [9:45 PM]:

aw yeh i get to eat a cookie!

Bill Hanstock [9:42 PM]:

so clearly tim mccarver has never once seen cody ross play baseball

chuckb [9:40 PM]:

someone wake Tim up & tell him Peavy isn’t going to hit

Grant Brisbee [9:40 PM]:

Xander Bogaerts is the best #72 since Carlton Fisk. Needs exactly 68 WAR to catch him: http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/numbers.cgi?number=72&year=0

cardinaliscardinalis [9:38 PM]:

TLR puts Maness in right now.

chuckb [9:38 PM]:

Siegrist needs to be up in the pen.

GBSimons [9:37 PM]:

@chuckb – KMOX radio guys are talking about Kelly’s nibbling, too.

GBSimons [9:36 PM]:

I hope you have a cookie-free evening, Bill – though that lead-off triple is a serious threat.

Bill Hanstock [9:34 PM]:

man, if the red sox score even one run off kelly, i’ll eat … a delicious cookie

readeaux91 [9:34 PM]:

I will always agree with holding a Molina. Even Alfred.

Grant Brisbee [9:32 PM]:

@hotwater2 Bespectacled flamethrowers moved from rotation to bullpen and back again.

Grant Brisbee [9:32 PM]:

If you’re complaining about the decision to hold Molina, I just made this flowchart:

Rob Neyer [9:30 PM]:

Man, Kelly was out no matter what, because of Infield Fly. Pedey shoulda let Papi catch that one.

Bill Hanstock [9:29 PM]:

boy did ortiz almost mess that up spectacularly!

chuckb [9:28 PM]:

@robneyer Oquendo looks like he could play for the Arizona Cardinals.

readeaux91 [9:28 PM]:

Why are they talking about the squeeze? Molina runs like he’s pushing a wheelbarrow full of concrete.

chuckb [9:27 PM]:

@Bill Hanstock because it’s Kozma? It’s like there are 2 pitchers in the lineup.

Rob Neyer [9:26 PM]:

When you see Ozzie Smith, you think he could still play for the Cardinals. Then there’s Jose Oquendo.

Bill Hanstock [9:26 PM]:

why is peavy still pitching

hotwater2 [9:24 PM]:

@Grant Brisbee i don’t get the Scott Garrelts reference

hotwater2 [9:24 PM]:

@Grant Brisbee what does that mean?

hotwater2 [9:23 PM]:

@Grant Brisbee

Rodger Sherman [9:22 PM]:

@Grant Brisbee Mac from It’s Always Sunny perks up

chuckb [9:22 PM]:

Peavy’s probably struggling because of the negative mindset from preparing to pitch out of the stretch.

Rob Neyer [9:21 PM]:

Those are neat but I wouldn’t want them unless they’re not wa— Wait, they’re NOT washed? Oh yes oh yes oh yes oh

Bill Hanstock [9:21 PM]:

seriously, what is the cardinals’ BABIP this postseason?

Grant Brisbee [9:20 PM]:

Was looking for something completely different. Found this:

Grant Brisbee [9:17 PM]:

Get your nose out of the spreadsheet, Neyer

chuckb [9:17 PM]:

good change up there. Sox had a big opportunity.

Bill Hanstock [9:16 PM]:

joe kelly: almost human

Rob Neyer [9:16 PM]:

I don’t think it makes sense to give Ortiz a pass so you can face Nava. Regular-season statistics, anyone?

Grant Brisbee [9:15 PM]:

Just realized that Joe Kelly is this generation’s Scott Garrelts, and I had to sit down.

cardinaliscardinalis [9:14 PM]:

@chuckb doing his best Lance Lynn impression

chuckb [9:14 PM]:

Kelly attacked hitters in the first 3 innings. He’s nibbling now.

chuckb [9:13 PM]:

not at all crazy of that unintentional IBB

cardinaliscardinalis [9:12 PM]:

No matter how ugly it gets, everything is better than that soul patch.

Grant Brisbee [9:10 PM]:

The Motte interview reminded me that I made this, and that it came true:

Pacific Northwestern Vagabond [9:08 PM]:

@chuckb remember when Hrbeck WWFed Ron Gant?

chuckb [9:08 PM]:

another pretty low strike there. Pretty big zone tonight, at least vertically.

chuckb [9:06 PM]:

remember when the fly ball hit Holliday in the junk in the playoffs against the Dodgers?

GBSimons [9:06 PM]:

And there goes the perfecto. I may have jinxed it.

Grant Brisbee [9:05 PM]:

Looks like his brain was on Holliday, amirite?

Grant Brisbee [9:04 PM]:

chuckb [9:03 PM]:

thank God for that great interview. we wouldn’t want anyone to pay attention to that play in cf.

Bill Hanstock [9:02 PM]:

mine is not working just fyi

cardinaliscardinalis [9:02 PM]:

Nothing happened there worth talking about.

— Baseball Reference (@baseball_ref) October 27, 2013

Grant Brisbee [9:02 PM]:

Beards are nature’s kangaroo pouch for soup.

Grant Brisbee [9:01 PM]:

Also, IT WORKED

Grant Brisbee [9:01 PM]:

While looking at David Ross’s nasty beard, I should note that I grew a playoff beard last year. I have a beard about 50% of the time, but this is one that I let go because of superstition. Just let it fly. And it was nasty, so nasty.

Grant Brisbee [9:00 PM]:

David Ross, man. We’re listening to the David Ross wax poetic.

Bill Hanstock [9:00 PM]:

glad there was no pbp for that

Grant Brisbee [9:00 PM]:

DAMMIT PUIG

readeaux91 [8:56 PM]:

Right click>SAVE

Grant Brisbee [8:56 PM]:

GBSimons [8:55 PM]:

Only 18 more outs to go. He’s a lock!

socklessmoejohnson [8:53 PM]:

At least they’ve started talking about the perfect game already

chuckb [8:53 PM]:

Carpenter took a super angle to that ball.

GBSimons [8:52 PM]:

Thanks for the Carpenter dive-and-throw GIF, Grant. Not bad for a third baseman.

Grant Brisbee [8:49 PM]:

Grant Brisbee [8:45 PM]:

That was from this article from a really good writer I’ve never heard of: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2011/news/story?id=6182437

Grant Brisbee [8:44 PM]:

Reminder of where Peavy was in 2010: “Peavy walked into the training room and said he felt as though the muscle on the right side of his back was flapping at his side, just under his armpit. His stomach was queasy.”

Bill Hanstock [8:44 PM]:

jake peavy retires the side in order? moral victory!

Grant Brisbee [8:38 PM]:

hahaha

Bill Hanstock [8:38 PM]:

who’s ready to watch this joe kelly complete game shutout?!

Rob Neyer [8:37 PM]:

Dammit, Nava. We give you a chance to play and you hit an easy grounder to the second baseman? Benched!

chuckb [8:36 PM]:

yeah, Tim…Nava’s in there for his defense.

Grant Brisbee [8:35 PM]:

Also, whoa:

Grant Brisbee [8:34 PM]:

VEB was making a funny. I didn’t see the “Red Sox” part until the seventh re-read. It’s like “I love Paris in the the springtime.”

Grant Brisbee [8:33 PM]:

Wait, I get it!

chuckb [8:32 PM]:

did that little white speaker just drop an f-bomb?

Grant Brisbee [8:31 PM]:

Ruh roh

Rob Neyer [8:31 PM]:

Whoa, this is big news:

Shelby Miller up in the Red Sox' bullpen.
— viva el birdos (@vivaelbirdos) October 27, 2013

Grant Brisbee [8:30 PM]:

Wait, the Cardinals scored? I’ve been busy watching that Joe Kelly fastball.

socklessmoejohnson [8:26 PM]:

Oh Peavy

GiantBrass [8:26 PM]:

Carlos Beltran’s bunt retroactively genius. Such an unselfish and caring individual. Sacrificing so much for the benefit of his team. Inspiring.

Rob Neyer [8:25 PM]:

Beltran was bunting for a hit against the shift.

thirteenthirteen [8:24 PM]:

Wow, that bunt worked out so well, what good strategizing by Beltran.

Grant Brisbee [8:24 PM]:

I mean … lookie:

Grant Brisbee [8:23 PM]:

Mitchel Lichtman would argue that it’s a good play, and he’s smarter than me. I’m not a fan with a 3-1 advantage, though.

Rob Neyer [8:22 PM]:

I love the bunt, just didn’t execute. That doesn’t make it a bad idea, Joe Buck.

Grant Brisbee [8:22 PM]:

3-1 advantage … huh

Rob Neyer [8:17 PM]:

Joe Kelly threw 11 fastballs in that half-inning, all of them between 95 and 98. Considering that he averaged around 95 on his fastball this season, how long can he keep this up?

MarinerHousewife [8:16 PM]:

Here is what your caption for the Ellsbury gif could be: Awwwwwwwwwwwwww nuts.

Grant Brisbee [8:15 PM]:

Working on a GIF of that first strikeout to Ellsbury because it was beautiful. Also working on one of Kelly’s nonsensical catch because it was nonsensical. That was a heckuva scoreless inning.

Grant Brisbee [8:11 PM]:

Guess you can say that about a lot of things. A Joey Votto/Billy Hamilton hybrid, for example. Though I guess that’s just Mike Trout.

Grant Brisbee [8:10 PM]:

Can you imagine if Josh Collmenter or (pitcher) Chris Young had Joe Kelly’s fastball?

Grant Brisbee [7:59 PM]:

Ask me anything you want to know about the line of Sophia the First toys.

Grant Brisbee [7:58 PM]:

Baseball!

socklessmoejohnson [7:57 PM]:

That was a really nice rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner and I say this as a non-American.

Rob Neyer [7:44 PM]:

Hey. It’s almost time for Game 3. Game 3 of the World Series! See you here soon!