# MLB: 2022 Postseason **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [October 5, 2022, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753 "2022-10-05T10:25:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753/461 "2022-11-02T03:15:48Z")
Yup. Aaaaand it’s over. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753/462 "2022-11-02T05:35:12Z")
WHOOOOOO! Phillies blank the Astros! The universe has flipped again! If Phils get 3-1 tomorrow, I’ll be standing outside waiting for the meteor/asteroid/quake. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753/463 "2022-11-02T13:01:55Z")
crazy game last night! how much sleep did the astros get last night? ---
**Author:** ![3AxisCtrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/ecd19e/32.png) [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753/464 "2022-11-02T13:48:06Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > The Phillies should start banging on a trash can Absolutely. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753/465 "2022-11-02T15:30:15Z")
Last night Astros starting pitcher Lance McCullers threw 78 pitches, 52 of which were strikes. Of those 52 strikes, 5 were home runs. Not a real good stat when almost 10% of thrown strikes left the ballpark. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753/466 "2022-11-02T16:12:56Z")
The Phillies are a crap team, 6th in the playoff seeding. Houston would have done much better against a good team, but they have no idea how to play a crap team. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753/467 "2022-11-02T16:14:38Z")
“Professionals are predictable. Amateurs are dangerous.” Or maybe the Asterisks just **suck**. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753/468 "2022-11-02T16:16:18Z")
I just wanted you to know that when I read your post to my wife last night while we were watching the game, she literally laughed out loud. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753/469 "2022-11-02T16:21:26Z")
Some are reporting that McCullers’s leg kick was tipping his pitches. > **[Did Lance McCullers Jr. tip his pitches in disastrous World Series start? So...](https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/phillies-astros-lance-mccullers-tipping-pitches-videos)** > > Was McCullers tipping his pitches? ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753/470 "2022-11-02T16:56:19Z")
You have that backwards. McCullers is a movement/stuff pitcher. Statcast had him at 20 fastballs, and Phillies were sitting on his curveballs. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753/471 "2022-11-02T17:26:54Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Statcast had him at 20 fastballs, and Phillies were sitting on his curveballs. I’m going by the box score for the game, which shows the numbers that I posted. If a pitch is either a called strike, a swinging strike, or a batted ball, it’s counted as a strike. Not sure how you can dispute the box score. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753/472 "2022-11-02T18:18:04Z")
Ha - I read “strikes” as “fastballs” in your post, because I had just read the Statcast report. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753/473 "2022-11-02T18:22:40Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > they have no idea how to play a crap team. The same must be true of the Cardinals, Braves, and Padres? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753/474 "2022-11-02T18:57:00Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > The Phillies are a crap team, 6th in the playoff seeding I realize you were kidding, but it should be pointed our the Phillies were at one point this year 22-29. Under the manager installed after that terrible start they played at a 95-win rate. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753/475 "2022-11-02T19:02:47Z")
By the way, how far did that Schwarber homer go? Holy moly. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753/476 "2022-11-02T20:00:43Z")
The stat cast said 443. God, I (Cubs fan) miss Schwarber. Rizzo, too. ETA: The one he hit in game one of the NLCS was just nuts. 488. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753/477 "2022-11-02T20:05:24Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I realize you were kidding, but it should be pointed our the Phillies were at one point this year 22-29. What’s the farthest below a team has been that later makes the playoffs? Or win the World Series? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753/478 "2022-11-02T20:10:39Z")
The 2019 Nationals were 19-31 and went on the win the WS. I don’t know if that’s the worst start for a World Series winner, but it’s gotta be up there. 2005 Astros started 15-30 and were swept by the White Sox in the WS. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753/479 "2022-11-02T21:18:15Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > What’s the farthest below a team has been that later makes the playoffs? Or win the World Series? The 1914 Braves were 26 and 40 in early July and in last place. They won the NL by 10.5 games and swept the A’s in the series. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753/480 "2022-11-02T21:45:43Z")
Impressive. They played at an absurd .780 clip the rest of the way to finish at 94-59. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753.md?page=25)