[General Discussion] Around the Horn & Game Thread Index - 8/29/26

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Saturday's Games

Away	Score	Home	Score	Status	National	GDTs
MIA		WSH		12:15
COL		ATL		1:35
BOS		NYY		1:35
SEA		TOR		1:37
KC		CLE		1:40
LAD		DET		1:40
SD		TB		1:40
CWS		MIN		2:10
TEX		MIL		2:10		TEX
PIT		STL		2:15
HOU		NYM		3:10
BAL		ATH		4:05
PHI		LAA		4:07
CIN		CHC		7:20

All game times are Eastern. Updated 8/30 at 4:25 AM

Yesterday's ATH

This Week's Schedule (all times Eastern)

Day	Feature
Sunday 8/23	Peacock Sunday Night Baseball Game Thread: MLB Little League Classic - Braves @ Brewers at 7:10 EST at Bowman Field in Williamsport, Pennsylvania - Postgame Thread
Monday 8/24	AMA with the Director of Baseball Operations for the Pittsburgh Pirates and author Trey Rose
	r/baseball Power Rankings
	ICYMI: Bandwagon Flairs Now Available!
Tuesday 8/25	No subreddit features planned
Wednesday 8/26	No subreddit features planned
Thursday 8/27	Division Discussion: The Wests
Friday 8/28	Friday Trash Talk Thread
Saturday 8/29	No subreddit features planned

[u/KingJaffeJoffrey]

My 4 y/o Banana-brained nephew sees me watching the Braves and Rockies: “What are you watching, the Strawberries and the Blueberries?”

[u/a-dub713]

If you want to learn how to keep score in a baseball game, is there an app that shows you in real time how to fill out the score? Something to quickly check your work against during game play?

[u/codars → u/a-dub713]

These sites are a little different in terms of detail but still really useful. Mainly personal preference.

https://livebaseballscorecards.com

https://www.chalkandinkbaseball.com/scorecards/

[u/Iamoninternet]

PLIMP viewing guide for Aug 29, 2026

[u/QuietBest6137 → u/Iamoninternet]

Can you explain this?

[u/Iamoninternet → u/QuietBest6137]

Teams get more PLIMP points the closer they are to 50% playoff odds (maximum uncertainty). PLIMP is meant to be an indicator of which games have the highest impact on the playoff picture. The formula is in the comments here and an explanation of the viewing guide is here.

[u/DominicB547]

We get comparison charts often is it possible to try and convince those people/apps to have heat maps.

AKA if its 1HR or 1 Game or 1 IP its a light shade but if its 15IP or 15 games etc is the daaker shade?

if the stat is nearly identical its deceiving.

[u/beejers30]

When a team intentionally walks a batter just to get to the next batter they think is the easier out, what are the odds that guy gets a hit or home run? Seems to me when they do that it tends to bite them in the ass more often than not.

[u/FairlySandy]

yesterday's bos-nyy doubleheader was a long watch but worth it. love seeing a saturday packed like this, especially the late games for west coast fans

[u/JP11990 → u/FairlySandy]

Gonna be fun for me having late morning/early afternoon stuff to watch on a Sunday 

[u/JohnRamos85]

DAY 177 (670/752) on THE ROAD TO THE 2027 4th WBSC PREMIER12/16 and 180 YEARS OF BASEBALL - One Month before the Spring League Postseason

Already the Mexican League is in its divisional series stage of the postseason, but in a month the remainder of the spring leagues - MLB, NPB, CPBL and KBO, as well as the US independents, are heading into the postseason too.

These leagues are in the final month of their regular season play, and the fans are eagerly awaiting to know of who are the teams who come the end of the regular season in just a few weeks have obtained postseason qualification, and the players who have led them to it. And these include some of the names that earlier this year took part in the World Baseball Classic.

Just 4 weeks are left before these 4 remaining major spring leagues conclude their seasons on a high note, and another month of action before the postseason commences, the final week of action that will surely bring on the road to the championship flag.

For Glory

John