# Major League Baseball: The 2010 Playoffs **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [October 6, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197 "2010-10-06T00:24:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197/421 "2010-10-23T02:28:41Z")
Damn, that stadium got quiet when Hamilton went down. 50,000 people holding their breath at once. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197/422 "2010-10-23T02:29:37Z")
God save me from Ashley Melnick. I hate that song. And I might hate her, too. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197/423 "2010-10-23T02:31:30Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > God save me from Ashley Melnick. I hate that song. And I might hate her, too. As I just posted elsewhere: being pretty is not a talent. (On the other hand, at least she’s not Ronan Tynan.) ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197/424 "2010-10-23T02:36:54Z")
I think Girardi may have missed the memo that intentional walks are almost always poor strategy. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197/425 "2010-10-23T02:37:46Z")
> [@Hawkeyeop](#): > > I think Girardi may have missed the memo that intentional walks are almost always poor strategy. And that Kerry Wood sucks. (Okay, that’s just my Cleveland fan bitterness shining through.) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197/426 "2010-10-23T02:47:04Z")
Rangers are so close they must be able to taste it now. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197/427 "2010-10-23T02:47:48Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Nolan Ryan looks like he’s ready to go out and give 'em an inning if necessary. 'Course, he’d walk two, hit one, throw a wild pitch, and have Molina be charged with a passed ball on a third strike, but still . . . he looks ready. 🙂 I think he’s getting ready to have champagne poured on his head while he beats a Robin Ventura piñata with a stick. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197/428 "2010-10-23T02:53:46Z")
> [@Ichbin\_Dubist](#): > > I think he’s getting ready to have champagne poured on his head while he beats a Robin Ventura piñata with a stick. Nah, he’d never do that. He’d get the Robin Ventura piñata in a headlock and beat it to smithereens with his fist. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197/429 "2010-10-23T03:06:28Z")
Get ready to cue the ginger ale. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197/430 "2010-10-23T03:10:36Z")
Grats Rangers. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197/431 "2010-10-23T03:10:43Z")
Congratulations, Rangers! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197/432 "2010-10-23T03:11:07Z")
Excellent outcome. Take it all, Texas! ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197/433 "2010-10-23T03:11:11Z")
Yay Rangers! HAW HAW HAW YANKEES. Way to strike out, A-Rod. Okay, Giants, would like to see this scene tomorrow. Since you clowns couldn’t clinch at home, it probably won’t be as jubilant. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197/434 "2010-10-23T03:12:26Z")
I can’t think of a more appropriate way to have ended it than striking out A-Rod. 🙂 Here’s hoping for another Game 6 clinch tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197/435 "2010-10-23T03:14:17Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > I can’t think of a more appropriate way to have ended it than striking out A-Rod. 🙂 > > Here’s hoping for another Game 6 clinch tomorrow. As a person who is dating a Dodgers fan, I am contractually obligated to root against the Giants lest I be shunned. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197/436 "2010-10-23T03:15:17Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > As a person who is dating a Dodgers fan, I am contractually obligated to root against the Giants lest I be shunned. You’re doing it wrong. _Dodgers fans_ should be shunned. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197/437 "2010-10-23T03:17:19Z")
OH MY GOD!!! We are going to the World Series!!! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197/438 "2010-10-23T03:18:07Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > You’re doing it wrong. > > _Dodgers fans_ should be shunned. Aw. Let’s just agree that Yankee fans should be shunned. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197/439 "2010-10-23T03:18:42Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Aw. Let’s just agree that Yankee fans should be shunned. 😃 Well, I can’t disagree with that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197/440 "2010-10-23T03:20:18Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Aw. Let’s just agree that Yankee fans should be shunned. 😃 Well, your judgement is quite obviously not to be trusted, but I can get behind that sentiment. And with that I’ll shut up and let the Rangers fans enjoy their moment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-the-2010-playoffs/556197.md?page=23)