# MLB: 2025 Postseason **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [September 29, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478 "2025-09-29T12:49:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/241 "2025-10-09T18:14:08Z")
> [@Disinfectus](#): > > When Dave Roberts starts “thinking”, things usually go astray. As the great American philosopher Ted Williams once said, “If you don’t think too good, don’t think too much.” ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/242 "2025-10-09T18:46:28Z")
I think it’s that Roberts has a strong notion of what “ought to be” vs. “what actually is.” He may see a pitcher that has had an excellent ERA of 2.8 for the season and think, all right, this guy is our starter, reliever, closer, etc. Most managers, though, when they see that guy struggling in a game, would replace him. Roberts has a hard time doing that. Roberts thinks, “He had a 2.8 ERA, he _ought_ to be pitching great! He will pitch great if I keep him on the mound!” - even if that guy has already just surrendered 5 runs in a single inning. ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/243 "2025-10-09T19:43:35Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I think it’s that Roberts has a strong notion of what “ought to be” vs. “what actually is.” Well, that’s certainly what his boss thinks. They are all about analytics, which I’m sure has some value, but not if you are ignoring what everyone else is seeing as clear as day because the numbers tell you differently. And when you rely that heavily on analytics, it frees you from actually thinking, or better yet, engaging. I’d much rather have a Tommy Lasorda or Sparky Anderson out there getting their team fired up and always trying to think one step ahead of the competition based on the circumstances. But I’m old fashioned like that. ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/244 "2025-10-09T20:16:14Z")
Performance wise, Dave Roberts is probably a better manager than Tommy Lasorda. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/245 "2025-10-09T20:17:47Z")
But Tommy gave better interviews. ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/246 "2025-10-09T20:21:11Z")
Fans do love the “rah rah” type coaches (across all sports). ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/247 "2025-10-09T20:22:59Z")
Wait! Have you never heard “the Bevacqua” interview? ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/248 "2025-10-09T20:24:54Z")
I’ve heard it ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/249 "2025-10-09T20:25:45Z")
Oh ok. When you talked about “rah rah” I thought you had missed my allusion. ---
**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 9, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/250 "2025-10-09T20:38:06Z")
> [@Zoobi](#): > > Dave Roberts is probably a better manager than Tommy Lasorda Roberts’ regular-season record with the Dodgers (10 seasons) is 944-576, a .621 winning percentage. He has won 4 pennants and 2 world championships. Lasorda’s record with the Dodgers (21 seasons) was 1599-1439, a .526 percentage. He also won 4 pennants and 2 world championships. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/251 "2025-10-09T21:39:29Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Have you never heard “the Bevacqua” interview? “Couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat!” ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/252 "2025-10-09T22:14:33Z")
> [@Zoobi](#): > > Performance wise, Dave Roberts is probably a better manager than Tommy Lasorda. Roberts is literally managing an all-star team. That wasn’t the case under Lasorda. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2025, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/253 "2025-10-10T01:41:26Z")
YES!!! Yee-haw! Dodgers win! ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/254 "2025-10-10T01:42:29Z")
Dodgers advance despite Shohei Oh-fer-tani. I kid I kid ---
**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, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/255 "2025-10-10T01:43:22Z")
What a way to end your season. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/256 "2025-10-10T01:43:26Z")
I can’t remember a more boneheaded play than that throw to the plate. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/257 "2025-10-10T01:44:15Z")
Shohei was a big “So what?” tonight, for sure. Andy Pages gets his star turn, but it was a Phillies error that made it possible. ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/258 "2025-10-10T01:47:02Z")
I don’t care how it happened. I’ll take it. (Boy was it ugly though) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/259 "2025-10-10T01:48:14Z")
Why didn’t he throw to first? ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/260 "2025-10-10T01:48:33Z")
I think he forgot how many outs, but it could be he panicked when he muffed the grounder and didn’t realize just how much time he had [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478.md?page=14)