Adam Stein

It’s November, IKYK. It’s 78 degrees in Northern California today.

Remind me, am I supposed to thank Obama or Biden for this?

The Arraez contract is going to surprise a lot of people, including Arraez and his agent. He’s 1B/DH in a crowded FA field.

I almost fired our wedding coordinator over this. It’s like ATM machine.

Is Knoxville blue?

I have a friend who was a member of the Knox county democrats and was frustrated they were always losing elections.

Nashville isn’t a red city. Very blue. It’s just if you get 50 miles outside the city.

You’re right about the San Diego mayor. But even then, the city voted heavily blue.

Screen shot of AirBnB property rated 4.61 stars and in bottom 10%

The 5-star obsession and inflated ratings on AirBnB and other services are out of control. 4.61 out of 5 is a really good score, generally speaking. And somehow it’s in the bottom 10%.

The number of big plays in the 9th inning alone is wild. Blue Jays could have won in the top of the inning and had two great chances to win in the bottom of the inning. With better base running or that fly out carrying a bit more, it’s a totally different story this morning.

But totally agree signing a long-term deal with the Angels was a curious choice.

People don’t appreciate how consistently good Betts has been over his career. But he’s not Mike Trout who has like 7 top 2 MVP finishes.

I think Trout believed they’d build a winner around him or wanted to bring a championship to Anaheim rather than joining an already great team.

But I can’t remember a post season where teams seemed to LOSE games with bad plays, bad baserunning or awful managing, capped off by a meatball to Miguel Rojas and Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s baserunning in the 9th that LITERALLY cost his team a World Series.

The nature of baseball is that for every winner there’s a loser, for every home run there’s a pitcher who threw it. Every big out has a batter who didn’t get a hit or swung at a terrible pitch.

And also the randomness often means bad process can lead to good results and vice versa.

Clearly you should have withheld the newsletter from thousands of subscribers for the one person who was checking their email and watching on delay.
I feel for the person who had the game spoiled but don’t go online if you’re watching a game on delay.

This has to be Scherzer’s last batter. Hernandez probably should have been his last batter.

The Dodgers outsmarted themselves.

Also should have taken two ugly innings and gone to the pen.

Still think it’s a stupid take? Ohtani wasn’t sharp, even in the first or second, and now has them in a deep hole.
As you said, he has ALL the starters, why use the one who doesn’t have much rest?

The Dodgers are making a huge, risky and unnecessary gamble starting Ohtani on three days rest. He’s incredibly talented so it might work. And I expect they just want 2-3 innings. But you’re asking him to do something he’s never done and there’s a good chance he’s off and doesn’t have it.

Had the Blue Jays found a way to scratch across a run in the 8th, 9th, 10th, … 17th last night, they’d be on the verge of going up 3-1.*
Instead they’ll likely have home field advantage for a best of 3.

* of course is they did that the Dodgers pen might not be gassed and Ohtani is pulled after 6.

For all the great things about this Dodgers team, they’re starting Kike Hernández in LF and he’s a considerable upgrade from Conforto. Teo Hernandez in RF isn’t anything to write home about either, and is under contract for 2 more years.
The OF is Pages and a bunch of fungible guys.

I’d do something like that. But I’m pitching rec league softball not trying to win the World Series.

I missed the story but I don’t think I ever did that as a child. I have been called Uncle Adam by people who are not my brother or SIL’s children.

Hot take: over the next 4 seasons, Josh Naylor will be as productive as Pete Alonso, at least by fWAR. He also won’t get nearly as much buzz in the Hot Stove year though their contracts will wind up amazingly similar.

9 runs are the 3rd-most in a World Series inning, behind only:

1968 DET G6, 3rd
1929 PHA G4, 7th

With 10 each

Who had “Dodgers pitching allows 9 runs in one inning” on their bingo card?

Hume-Fogg alumnus Johnny Beazley

All these pitchers throwing max effort and regularly hitting 99 or 100 can’t be good for baseball. It’s one thing if the best relievers hit 100, but a team’s 4th best reliever throwing the 6th can do it, the game is just hard to watch. It totally pushes toward TTO which is a complete lack of action.

It’s 2025, why are baseball broadcasts still obsessing over what players have done in the last 3-4 games like it’s meaningful or predicative? Let’s show regular season stats not postseason stats.

Kiki’s arm is loose and he’s throwing better than Kershaw. He should get the 9th.

The Dodgers likely weren’t going to win tonight, but Kershaw just knocked their chances from 10% to 0 and lets the Phillies rest their best relievers.