# MLB 2021 Playoffs **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [October 5, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930 "2021-10-05T13:47:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/121 "2021-10-09T01:52:29Z")
Los Gigantes! Buster Posey! ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/122 "2021-10-09T02:35:02Z")
I already hear the “Beat L.A. chants” – awesome. I wanna so Norcal-SoCal, nortenos/surenos hate. p.s. Brandon Crawford is the shit. Great DP ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/123 "2021-10-09T03:48:33Z")
Well, not the way anyone predicted the game would play out, but a win is a win. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/124 "2021-10-09T03:58:04Z")
How bout the Red Sox? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/125 "2021-10-09T15:28:39Z")
Logan Webb – the best pitcher in the postseason that nobody’s ever heard of…until now. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/126 "2021-10-09T15:35:23Z")
He was great last night. Gausman tonight! ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/127 "2021-10-09T15:46:52Z")
He was dominant. It’s also a bad sign for L.A. that they’ve struggled to put runs on the board in their first two playoff games. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/128 "2021-10-10T01:08:00Z")
Braves tie it up. Good pitching by ATL. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/129 "2021-10-10T01:49:06Z")
Wait, is Angel fucking Hernandez calling balls/strikes tonight?! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/130 "2021-10-10T01:53:35Z")
He certainly is! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/131 "2021-10-10T02:17:53Z")
Not correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/132 "2021-10-10T03:39:39Z")
Joe West was behind the plate in the NL WC card game. He actually did a fair job, considering how terrible he usually is. I thought I read (but can’t find it now) that that was his last game. I know he announced his retirement after the regular season ended. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/133 "2021-10-10T09:00:00Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Wait, is Angel fucking Hernandez calling balls/strikes tonight?! He was pathetic. MLB screwed up with that assignment. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/134 "2021-10-10T14:13:10Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > It’s also a bad sign for L.A. that they’ve struggled to put runs on the board in their first two playoff games. Gosh, and they only put up 9 in their third playoff game. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/135 "2021-10-11T00:03:48Z")
How the fuck can replay suck so bad? Clearly safe at 2b and yet he’s out – and why doesn’t Margot protest more?! Shit! ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/136 "2021-10-11T00:15:59Z")
Going back to an old debate, Margot chased a foul ball and didn’t catch it. Worse, he might have slightly injured himself on the play. Home field advantage in MLB is knowing your dimensions, knowing where to hit the ball, knowing where, and how, to field. Unlike other sports, it’s a real advantage. An advantage doesn’t guarantee a victory – it’s just an advantage. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/137 "2021-10-11T01:21:04Z")
Crazy ground ruled double call might cost the Rays dearly. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/138 "2021-10-11T01:41:58Z")
According to what I’m hearing on the radio, the White Sox are actively, for lack of a better term, trying to prove that they don’t belong in the playoffs. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/139 "2021-10-11T02:01:16Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Crazy ground ruled double call might cost the Rays dearly. Most commentators seem to agree that it was called correctly, but even as a Red Sox fan I admit that it doesn’t feel like the right call. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/140 "2021-10-11T02:12:48Z")
If I heard right, the announcers said the rules indicate that a ball that bounces off an outfielder and into the stands is a ground rule double. So I guess that one that bounced off Canseco’s head should have been a double? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930.md?page=8)