Let's go Yankees! Thanks for the thread Alex.

Ok this is weird. I'm closer to Detroit and Cleveland, but I can get the Yankees feeds for those games. But it's blacked out for Reds games. Stuck with the Reds feed

Oh man, safe!

Dammit.

What are they gonna call this pitcher next year?

Okay.
Hm, this kid must be pretty wild to walk batters even with the huge Angel plate. I hope Tanaka gets as big a strike zone as we're seeing now.

Sweet!

Yes!

That was a satisfying single.

I approve

Didi!

[5] at this rate, former pitcher

That was another satisfying single.

[12] Hah! Yeah, they'll probably call him, "Who? Oh yeah, that guy."

lame.

I feel like Chase is turning back into a pumpkin.

i'm glad they are yelling at him. how is that strike zone equivalent?

[5] Nice. I was trying to think of a rookie quip. That 18-inning game took a lot out of me. ;>)

This I do not approve of

Hmm.

So this is not going so well.

Nice.

My Hiro!

Good, keep Tanaka off the base path

Hicks has to keep playing.

Officially I don't believe in batters being hot... but Hicks is hot.

Holiday and Gardner both look bad tonight. Maybe they needed the rest more. Unknown URP is no match for Hicks though.

There is also a quip in there about an URP named Rookie.

It somehow seems right that Pete Rose should be doing post-game shows with A-Rod. Not sure I can explain why. It has something to do with how uncomfortable they often seem, or how uncomfortable they make me feel.

Oy

I like all the base runners, but this is kind of torturous. How's about we completely wreck their bullpen for the rest of this series? (Like ours was wrecked last night/this morning.)

Yeah arod and rose do sort of fit together.

tanaKa!

I hope we aren't going to pay for that E.

Dammit

Hoo boy.

Tanaka with a little fire!

Yes, Reds can not score with bases loaded, no outs too

Hooyah!

Oh yeah!

Wow, Hiro is pumped too!

[26] Really? I totally believe in it. Sometimes you just see the ball/basket/net etc a mile wide.

Let's go 田中！

[41] The evidence, though, is the problem.
I mean, it's not as decisive as they (Sabermetricians) used to think, but it's pretty strong.

[41] I beileve (will look it up) that some basketball researchers found there IS evidence of being 'hot'...

Wait, I'm listening to the game on the Reds radio feed, I thought the guy's name was 'Ricky' Davis...it's really 'Rookie'??

Okay, Didi, table is set.

[43] Yup, Rookie.

Reds tv announcers are pretty good, even got a Sweet Lou siting

The Rangers playoffs odds are sinking..am I being irrationally exuberant in hoping for a deadline deal to bring Yu Darvish to the Bronx??

Yeah, it's 'Rookie'.

I can find you something. As you say, there is some evidence. But it looks like the 'hotness' must be very, very weak.

Didi gets one in

Nerts

I guess I accept the one run. And Chase did hit it, just went to a guy instead of the grass.

[47] I think there's more to 'hot streaks' than to stuff like 'closer mentality', which seems like nonsense. But too many players, in all sports, just swear on it. I remember in my hoops days (years ago!) there were times when the hoop just seemed a mile wide and I couldn't miss..perfect confluence of mechanics and confidence?

Headley get your head straight!

I really think Chase needs a week off or something.

[51] I know, all basketball players say that.
What debunked it was Daniel Kahneman's little test: he looked at millions of shots from many NBA seasons, and found that a player's probability of making his next shot given that he made his last one is not different from the player's probability of making his next shot given that he missed his last one.

As I said, the situation is actually a little more complicated, especially in baseball, but that's the gist of it.

I think Blake should change his name to Bleak Wood. Same letters. More drama.

Reds tv announcers are obsessing over the 1976 WS tonight

[54] The stats may show that and yet in one single game situation that wouldn't apply..no way. But back to baseball...'Blake Wood'? Where are the Reds getting these names from..is Jimmy Greengrass Jr warming in the pen?

Well, I want my managers following stats. (Because they'll do better over the course of a season.)

Here's a good discussion, including the author of the paper who thinks he's found a (very very small) 'hot hand' effect in baseball, someone replying, and the author replying to the reply.

https://arxiv.org/abs/0901.2675

These Reds radio announcers are spending the inning discussing why sauerkraut is not used on hamburgers, and if jalapenos are good or not..

Bam, door shut.

I'd love Tanaka to go deep, because of last night's pen-crusher.

Ouch, hate Hicks hit by pitch

I guess that's the best place to get hit.

Will Jake bunt?

Shoulda.

Boo, two HBP

Okay, stop plunking our favorite players, please.

[58] Nice, will read that tonight.

The Reds..pretty aimless franchise? Wonder why Votto never asked for a trade.

Goddamit.

[59] After being introduced to Cincinnati "chili", I'd be afraid to hear their conclusions ...

Man, any other spot, practically, we get two runs.

Now all up to Headley... maybe he can wake up.

[59] I say jalapeños are good on EVERYTHING.

Actually, this game could use some haberneros!

Hey, CUT THAT OUT.

Jesus.

Ouch, knee. Boo. Make Storen bat and wear seams

I know he's not trying to hit them, but I feel he just doesn't care enough.

Or get him out before he kills someone

Take that!

I think we may safely say that base running is not Gary Sanchez' forte.

Poor send. Ronald hit it on the screws.

[78] Unfortunately, last year he only had to run the bases as a matter of course.

[78] Paging Posada....

No one was worse to watch run the bases than McCann..or Giambi, both of them looked constipated.

Sweet!

Well that's a shame.

Shite

I'm appreciating the DP more in retrospect, though!

110 should be the new 100.

Yay!

Well, one of the runs is unearned, so Tanaka's ERA will actually go down. Still, he deserved better than what happened, I feel like.

I forget, who didn't pitch yesterday? Greene? Layne?

He seemed a tad PO'd as he walked off the mound. All-in-all a good day's work, though.

[89] the Bat Boy.

Man, this is like 1959. It's a Castro revolution!

[89] Greene was scheduled to start today for SWB. Gonna be Johnny Allstaff for them tonight.

Jeez.
Brett has broken out.

Boom Boom Bye Bye! Where is this power coming from for Gardy?

Hot diggity

Hot damn! Kaboom!

Double digits!

Fun!

[93] Oh yeah. So he'll get a couple of innings tonight, unless he's terrible.