Scott Fischthal

SABR member, Retrosheet Director and IT professional

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@discussbaseball @jayhaykid Well, somebody has to have the worst DH spot

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@MarkZuckerman Game Score: 0

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@TalkNats I think they should call it the Daylen Lile drill (Lile’s Launch Angle Sweetspot% last year was 100th percentile, almost the same as Mike Trout’s for best in MLB)

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@SNYtv @chelsea_janes Huge loss for DC, huge gain for NYC

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@chelsea_janes We’ll miss you in the DMV. Good luck in NY!

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@grantpaulsen Just as an aside, the 2025 Nats are tied for the 12th worst ERA+ in AL/NL history (since 1901). The last time a team was worse was 1954. To be fair, the 2021 O’s and the 2023 A’s were 2 of the 5 teams they were tied with, so we’ve seen some historically bad staffs lately

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@MarkZuckerman I’ve enjoyed your work immensely over the years and hope to continue to hear and read your coverage for a long time to come!

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@john_keim I thought the punt there on 4th and short was delusional.

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@JPFinlayNBCS The Dolphins seem to have a lot more events going on. We’re overlooking the Plaza de Espana from our hotel room and the Dolphins have a whole fan zone setup. https://t.co/7KQo3m3uWk

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@JPFinlayNBCS Say hi to your cameraman - I was sitting next to him on the flight!

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@scorebook_bob FYI, I believe the @Retrosheet /Project Scoresheet scoring for the play is 862(3)2(2)/GDP/8XD

For the few of us who deal with such things

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@grantpaulsen No one has - this is arguably the worst 4 game stretch of pitching since the 1930s. They don’t have more than a couple of bona fide major league pitchers, and one of them got shelled today.

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@spencernusbaum_ Ties for the 3rd longest streak of games allowing 15+ hits (4) since 1901 (the last team to get to 5 straight was the 1930 Phillies). Last team was 2016 Giants, but they only allowed 61 hits

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@grantpaulsen Boras will be in his eighties by the time these guys are free agents, and MLB will be operating under a new CBA. Basing the selection on him would be insane

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@Nats_Chat @MarkZuckerman @AlGaldi @JunksRadio I have a different take on this. The Nats are already on their second rebuild, which started when they blew up the player personnel group after the 2023 season. The first one already failed due to the catastrophe that was the 2021 selloff.

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@BobDavidsSABR Pre-chapter game interview by @CharlieSlowes with @Mike_Soroka28

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@MarkZuckerman Brzykcy I imagine, unless there’s another Chafin situation out there

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@grantpaulsen No one wants to DFA a guy on his birthday (he turns 31 Saturday), but he’s reached the point where he’s not playable. I think this is bordering on Steve Blass disease. Maybe a strained-ERA IL stint?

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@verizonfios What a terrible experience it has been trying to upgrade my old coax-based FIOS VMS to FIOS+. Doesn’t work at all and keep getting disconnected from chat.

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@SeanDonovanshow @LibrarianJoe_ Soto hit 3 homers in the 2019 WS