# MLB: 2013 Postseason
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [September 30, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978 "2013-09-30T04:26:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 20
### Author:  [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978/381 "2013-10-14T21:10:50Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#):
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> All the Boston announcers observe the superstition, er, “tradition” scrupulously, no matter who’s doing it or where.
Is that true? I believe I’ve heard Joe Castiglione discuss an in progress no-no on the radio. I don’t watch the games on TV with the sound on very often so I can’t say about those announcers.
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### Author:  [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978/382 "2013-10-14T21:49:53Z")
Really? Okay, I never have. You won’t hear it on NESN, though. And every time I hear an ESPN guy say the word, that’s as close as I come to yelling back at the TV.
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### Author:  [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978/383 "2013-10-14T22:21:01Z")
Lordy. Hanley Ramirez couldn’t even swing a bat yesterday because he was in so much pain. Turns out an MRI reveals he has a hairline rib fracture.
Oh, and he’s in tonight’s lineup. :eek:
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### Author:  [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978/384 "2013-10-14T22:34:15Z")
> [@Munch](#):
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> Which is the worst sync possible, since if it was the other way around, you could (if you had a DVR) just pause the TV for 7 seconds and try to do it manually!
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> Anyone with [MLB.tv](http://MLB.tv)? I seem to remember from a few years ago that they don’t have the rights to broadcast the playoffs - is that right?
There are ways to set delaying buffers on streaming audio.
MLB At Bat 13 has been running both radio and unproduced TV-video streams (_you_ choose which camera to watch, or put four angles up at once, if your screen is big enough), but the latter isn’t available for the ALCS and WS. But that’s how I watched most of the WC and DS games, with my phone sending my chosen video stream to the TV (by HDMI cable) while my computer was sending my chosen radio stream to the stereo speakers.
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### Author:  [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978/385 "2013-10-14T22:42:24Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#):
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> Postseason overmanaging, making moves just because of a fascination with matchups. Drives me nuts. Leyland especially should know better. A guy’s getting 'em out, leave him in. You don’t \*have \*to get the entire roster into every game.
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> That said, **that was one of the beautiful moments October was meant for**. You could see it in Papi’s eyes, that he was going to take that swing the moment he saw a hittable pitch.
Yep. Glad Torii Hunter wasn’t hurt much.
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978/386 "2013-10-15T01:40:44Z")
Okay, fess up: Who put the voodoo curse on Jon Jay?
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### Author:  [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978/387 "2013-10-15T02:06:04Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#):
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> Thanks, I missed that. Still, I’m not sold on Benoit as a closer. Of course, nobody else on the team is the next coming of Rivera.
Yeah, coming off the field in the 6th, he said he had “one more in him”.
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### Author:  [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978/388 "2013-10-15T02:38:07Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> Okay, fess up: Who put the voodoo curse on Jon Jay?
I don’t know, but I’m not complaining.
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### Author:  [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978/389 "2013-10-15T03:04:54Z")
YES! Now maybe they can tie up the series when I’m in the stands!
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### Author:  [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978/390 "2013-10-15T03:13:07Z")
Well, that was fun. So, bets on Nolasco vs Greinke for the start tomorrow?
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### Author:  [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978/391 "2013-10-15T03:31:46Z")
> [@NAF1138](#):
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> Well, that was fun. So, bets on Nolasco vs Greinke for the start tomorrow?
I feel like you might as well start Nolasco unless you’re hoping Greinke can pitch in Game 7, too. If Nolasco loses, you’ve got Kershaw and Greinke to maybe push the Dodgers into a Game 7, with a presumably confident Ryu ready to go. And if Nolasco wins, then Greinke/Kershaw can possibly shut the door.
Anybody got stats on Greinke pitching on three-days rest?
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### Author:  [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978/392 "2013-10-15T13:16:24Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#):
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> Yep. Glad Torii Hunter wasn’t hurt much.
A new classic sports photo [here.](http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2013/10/stan_grossfeld_explains_how_he_got_iconic_photo.html)😃
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### Author:  [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978/393 "2013-10-15T19:27:43Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#):
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> A new classic sports photo [here.](http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2013/10/stan_grossfeld_explains_how_he_got_iconic_photo.html)😃
Personally, I prefer my version:
> **[Bouv on the Move](https://bouvonthemove.tumblr.com/post/64032344288/oh-bother)**
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> Oh, bother.
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### Author:  [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978/394 "2013-10-15T19:44:17Z")
> [@bouv](#):
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> Personally, I prefer my version:
> [Oh, bother. - Bouv on the Move](http://bouvonthemove.tumblr.com/post/64032344288/oh-bother)
I laughed. I startled a passerby.
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### Author:  [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978/395 "2013-10-15T19:46:31Z")
> [@Asimovian](#):
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> I feel like you might as well start Nolasco unless you’re hoping Greinke can pitch in Game 7, too. If Nolasco loses, you’ve got Kershaw and Greinke to maybe push the Dodgers into a Game 7, with a presumably confident Ryu ready to go. And if Nolasco wins, then Greinke/Kershaw can possibly shut the door.
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> Anybody got stats on Greinke pitching on three-days rest?
As of about noon today I heard Mattingly was sticking with Nolasco. Mistake, in my opinion, regardless of what Greinke’s stats are on 3 days rest. You skipped him in the NLDS with a lead in the series but you’ll throw him in the NLCS when you’re behind?
If Greinke says he wants to go, I’d let him go.
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### Author:  [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978/396 "2013-10-15T20:35:11Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#):
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> As of about noon today I heard Mattingly was sticking with Nolasco. Mistake, in my opinion, regardless of what Greinke’s stats are on 3 days rest. You skipped him in the NLDS with a lead in the series but you’ll throw him in the NLCS when you’re behind? If Greinke says he wants to go, I’d let him go.
Time will tell, I guess. I have a feeling both teams are going to come up with more runs today.
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### Author:  [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978/397 "2013-10-15T23:58:31Z")
Well, that was a nailbiter. This series is going to kill me.
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### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978/398 "2013-10-16T00:03:26Z")
> [@Carl\_Corey](#):
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> Well, that was a nailbiter. This series is going to kill me.
“Runs were as scarce as Chinese policemen.” - Ring Lardner
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### Author:  [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978/399 "2013-10-16T00:31:15Z")
> [@Carl\_Corey](#):
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> Well, that was a nailbiter. This series is going to kill me.
Yeah. Striking out Cabrera in the 8th then the double play in the 9th got my BP down to, oh, 150 / 100.
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### Author:  [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2013-postseason/669978/400 "2013-10-16T00:42:13Z")
If I could have it my way, the NLCS would be on Fox and the ALCS on TBS. The AL isn’t real baseball. That said, these have been fun to watch.
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