# 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:** 50
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/981 "2025-11-02T01:40:24Z")
For which Clemens excuse was “I thought it was the ball”. Because as we all know after a pitcher fields a ball they throw it at the runner… ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/982 "2025-11-02T01:41:17Z")
Steroids make you do crazy aggressive things ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/983 "2025-11-02T01:50:42Z")
Fastball? We don’t need no stinkin’ fastballs. Nice outing. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/984 "2025-11-02T01:51:31Z")
Battle of the bullpens with the Jays up 3-1? Should be a solid advantage for the home team. But it’s Game 7 so anything can happen. Do the Jays have any of their starters available in relief? ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/985 "2025-11-02T01:58:47Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Do the Jays have any of their starters available in relief? I see none of them up yet some insurance would be good. If this goes to extras I suppose just about all of them are? ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/986 "2025-11-02T01:59:33Z")
All except Scherzer. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/987 "2025-11-02T02:00:09Z")
LOL! Well put. ---
**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, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/988 "2025-11-02T02:03:01Z")
Gausman pitched 6 innings last night, so he’s probably not available, except in emergency. Otherwise, the entire staff should be ready to go. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/989 "2025-11-02T02:06:48Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > The Toronto radio and Australian video (no strike-zone box - amazing!) just go to commercials (or hockey scores) during the middle-seventh. Yet I recall the little song they used to sing which had the line, “Root for the home team. If they can’t win it’s a shame.1” That’s my sentiment. > > [Snip.] > > 1 - I reckon they still do in Toronto? That song and only that song The last time I was at a Jays home game in Toronto, which was about ten years ago, the songs were “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” (the one you referred to), and “Okay, Blue Jays,” which was written especially for the Jays, back in 1983: > **[OK Blue Jays](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Blue_Jays)** > > "OK Blue Jays" is a pop baseball fight song played during the seventh-inning stretch of home games of the Toronto Blue Jays, a Major League Baseball team based in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The song includes references to the team's roster and events from the 1980s, and is played after the horn blows at the Rogers Centre. It was released in 1983 and charted 47th on RPM's singles list. Music was written by Jack Lenz and Tony Kosinec and is performed by Keith Hampshire and "The Bat By 19... ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/990 "2025-11-02T02:10:17Z")
This is getting very tight. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/991 "2025-11-02T02:17:19Z")
Huh. I didn’t know teams did otherwise than “Take me out to the ballgame” and of course I was referring to GBA which I don’t think was used in the first game back after 9/11 between the Mets and Braves, ended with a long homer by Piazza. Yet once the Yankees started using it, if you were a patriot (or "non-un-american / terrorist) you had to at least rise before any peanuts or crackerjack. For the games I was at at Wrigley, it was an event often joined by celebrities like Bill Murray and of course Harry Caray ("If the Cubs don’t win it’s a shame!) We’re almost there and if the Cubs don’t win, I hope the home team does. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/992 "2025-11-02T02:29:49Z")
Pretty surprised to see Yesavage here. Just doesn’t seem like the best spot for a young kid in an unfamiliar role. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/993 "2025-11-02T02:32:40Z")
You don’t know, till you know. I reckon the conference helped there. Get Freeman into a DP. eta: I am not usually the oracle for plays and that was really close. ---
**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, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/994 "2025-11-02T02:34:29Z")
Helluva DP turned there by the Jays. Their defense has been stellar tonight. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/995 "2025-11-02T02:35:19Z")
Blue Jay’s defense has been superb this game. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/996 "2025-11-02T02:45:29Z")
I don’t really follow baseball, but man, taking it to Game 7 and with a score this close is definitely nail-biting tension. In hockey, a 4-2 lead is fairly strong assurance of a win, but in baseball anything can happen. One grand slam and it’s suddenly 6-4 Dodgers! Rooting for the Jays, of course! ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/997 "2025-11-02T02:46:20Z")
Now I’m surprised Yesavage is back. And now he looks completely different, All sliders. Keep them and the splitters going. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/998 "2025-11-02T02:47:21Z")
Wowza huge blast. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/999 "2025-11-02T02:49:24Z")
All good until you hang one. Closer in now to try to get the final 4 outs. And Ohtani will definitely bat again. ---
**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, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/1000 "2025-11-02T02:49:27Z")
Bringing in the closer in the 8th. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478.md?page=51)