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Daniel Brim @dbrim.com · 4m

Put on the pre-game show while I’m cleaning my apartment and I might need the Mariners to win just so commentators stop saying stupid shit about the value of contact or whatever

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Daniel Brim @dbrim.com · 5m

Yeah, at that point Muncy and Snell were on the IL, Glasnow just got back, Shohei was pitching two innings, Freddie and Mookie were in career-worst slumps, the bullpen didn’t have Sasaki, etc etc etc.

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Daniel Brim @dbrim.com · 12m

It’s not really relevant at all. The Dodgers were not the same team.

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Daniel Brim @dbrim.com · 25m

I would consider Yamamoto their best pitcher so I would prefer him to get two guaranteed starts, and he couldn’t start game 1 because they never have him do four days’ rest

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Daniel Brim @dbrim.com · 27m

Yeah it means Shohei can’t have his day off, basically. Can’t really hold him to game 5 unless they have Snell go in game 4 on short rest which… please don’t

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Daniel Brim @dbrim.com · 36m

Actually maybe you flip Glasnow and Ohtani since you’d be more confident in the former on 4 days’ rest in game 7

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Daniel Brim @dbrim.com · 38m

Yamamoto can’t do 3/7 on his normal rest pattern

Daniel Brim @dbrim.com · 40m

Anyways I guess this means they have to pick between Yamamoto or Ohtani starting twice, which presumably means Yamamoto game 2, Ohtani 3, Glasnow 4, then repeat

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Daniel Brim @dbrim.com · 42m

It brings me no pleasure to report this

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Daniel Brim @dbrim.com · 48m

The dodgers are the villains in this series but I regret to inform you that they are the heroes, aesthetically

Passanthallich @passanthalbot.bsky.social · 56m

@JonHeyman tweeted
Blake Snell gets the ball for Game 1 NLCS tomorrow. Brewers considering an opener again.

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Daniel Brim @dbrim.com · 3h

Somebody was riding a dirt bike on the multi-use path near my place the other week, I was so furious

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Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 4h

new meme debuted

Photo of rick Monday recoiling in the broadcast booth as Stephen Nelson grabs his shoulder during an exciting play by play call

I have captioned Stephen’s hand “a clean inning” and Rick “Blake Trienen”

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Stephen Nelson @stephennelson.bsky.social · 5h

Haha thanks, Phyllis!! That was a wild one. I did address my excited shove with Mo. here’s what he had to say:

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Daniel Brim @dbrim.com · 5h

As it was last year, this is the segment that scares me. 17 miles into the ride, and very very mean. Last year I walked half of it, and I have to be mentally prepared to do the same this year

Strava segment: Ladera Lane. 0.86 miles at an average of 10.9%.

Daniel Brim @dbrim.com · 5h

A few things going for me over last year:
1. More comfortable riding in groups so for the first 15 flat miles I might have some draft
2. Easier gearing on the bike, so hills will feel less stabby even if I go the same speed
3. I’m a little faster on the flats this year

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Daniel Brim @dbrim.com · 5h

I don’t really have a goal for it other than just finishing, which would be a pretty big achievement given the shape I was in physically and mentally when I moved. Would be nice to do a faster time than last year but if I don’t it’s not the end of the world.

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Daniel Brim @dbrim.com · 5h

Didn’t quite get the consistency I wanted but I’m feeling pretty good about my prep for next week’s ride. Biggest concern is that I haven’t gone past a 4 hour ride this year and last year I had more long ride prep. Overall fitness is about the same, so we’ll see.

Strava graph of the amount of bike ride time I’ve had per week for the last six months, with an overall total of 88 hours.

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Daniel Brim @dbrim.com · 17h

Norimoto’s peak corresponded to when I was most plugged into NPB and I got a few “what’s up with this guy” inquiries from US people. Some US scouts said “reliever body type and command” even then, so I see why he signed an extension in Japan. Funny that it went that way in the end.

Daniel Brim @dbrim.com · 17h

Another guy who probably waited too long. Might have gotten nine figures if posted in like 2017. Stuff still is ok in relief and I think he gets a major league deal but he’s also a lesser profile than Matsui was a few years ago.

NPB on reddit @npb-reddit.bsky.social · 1d

Rakuten Eagles pitcher Takahiro Norimoto will be using his International Free Agency rights to try and sign with an MLB team during the offseason. "Given my age, I think this will be my last time exercising my free agency."
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/423... #npb