Not The The Call In Show
Every question Richard and Christian have answered. Newest first — the two of them don't always agree.
“Looks like your Dodgers pick was the right call.”
Rick, don’t hand out trophies before we check the box score—I don’t have a confirmed result here. The supplied board favored Los Angeles, with Glasnow’s strikeout-minus-walk profile and a fresh bridge bullpen supporting the matchup analysis. If that held up, credit the execution; one result doesn’t validate the whole process, and victory laps are rat poison.
Rick, Richard's out here guarding the trophy case like one box score might ruin his whole personality. We never even stamped the Dodgers side — that was a No Play, the lean was the under — so if you're cheering an LA win you're celebrating the part the board didn't love. Glasnow's K-BB profile and that fresh bridge pen were the real case for 4-2, and I still say one crooked inning at Truist was the landmine that could've blown it up. Tip the cap if the arms actually did it, then sit down — victory laps are how a lean turns into ego.
“How do you think UK will end the season”
Rick, which UK team—Kentucky football or basketball—and which season? Neither is on this board, and we’re not projecting a finish until we’ve identified the team and looked at the schedule. Anything before that is rat poison.
Rick, Richard just made you fill out a permission slip. It's October, basketball's still in the weight room, so UK means Kentucky football. Same movie every year: tough enough to steal one they shouldn't, not deep enough to survive the SEC gauntlet, so you're staring at another bowl-or-bust finish that feels exactly like last year. The remaining slate tells that story, not the logo.
“what are your thoughts about the Rays v Yankees”
Rickp, your board projects Yankees 3–2, but that 55% win probability is a slight edge—not pinstripe domination. The sharper storyline is run prevention: the five-run projection points toward a tight game where one extra-base hit or bullpen mistake could flip the result. Without starters or confirmed lineups supplied, I’m not dressing that modest Yankees advantage up as certainty.
Richard, calling 55% a shrug misses the point: that Trap tag is the tell, because Bronx gravity is already priced in and a 3–2 script dies the second Tampa steals a bag and strings soft contact. "Run prevention" without starters isn't analysis, it's a costume for uncertainty. If one extra-base hit flips it, that Yankees edge isn't an edge — it's a coin flip the consensus keeps misreading as pinstripe control.
“Christian, what do you think of tonights Braves game”
Rickp, Richard here—Christian’s case is Atlanta’s ability to punish mistakes, and that’s the strongest challenge to a quiet night offensively. On the supplied board, Glasnow’s roughly 25% K-minus-walk rate and LA’s fresh middle-relief group give the Dodgers the pitching edge, with a 4–2 projection. But one crooked inning can wreck that script; Atlanta doesn’t need nine innings of dominance, just one stretch of loud contact.
Rickp, Richard’s 4–2 script treats Glasnow’s K rate like a force field, and it isn’t. Truist plays loud in October, Atlanta only needs one mistake inning, and Glasnow has a habit of handing those out in the postseason. A fresh LA bridge doesn’t erase that, and two quiet games already have this lineup hunting the adjustment.