# MLB. And here comes the Post Season! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 29, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171 "2016-09-29T00:43:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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, 2016, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/221 "2016-10-09T05:24:16Z")
They showed the home run, live, while also showing the taped interview, side by side. Not a problem, it happens. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/222 "2016-10-09T10:44:58Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > They showed the home run, live, while also showing the taped interview, side by side. Not a problem, it happens. OK, that is a bit less bad, but still garbage production. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/223 "2016-10-09T10:59:25Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > A little embarrassing for the TV producers, who went to a taped interview with Bruce Bochy when Wood came up to bat. “Well, it’s a relief pitcher hitting,” they evidently said to themselves, “nothing of significance will happen,” and then WHAM. > > You’d think someone would have pulled the plug on the tape the moment the ball was last sighted heading for the stands. But apparently not. Watching it on the MLB Network, Bob Costas actually said something similar to your post. ---
**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, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/224 "2016-10-09T12:18:37Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > The odds are certainly long. > > But… > \*\*Keepin’ the faith. _DON’T STOP **BELI** EVEN_!!! I’m not really anti-Giants and the Giants are going to be tough to put away because of their commitment to the winning formula. They’re patient at the plate and they have performers in big games, like MadBum. But this year’s Cubs team is different from some of the other teams that the Giants have squeaked by in the past. The Cubs are the best managed, most disciplined post-season team the Giants have ever faced in the Bochy era. Even if they get past Arietta, they still have a major problem for games 4 and 5. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/225 "2016-10-09T14:44:08Z")
Bullitt: > [@](#): > > Nine times the team down 0-2 came back to win the series. And one of those was against a Cubs team. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/226 "2016-10-09T17:14:35Z")
Well, that was a good start for the Dodgers. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/227 "2016-10-09T21:11:02Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Oh, well. It isn’t going to go past 3 anyway. 😉 So much for that prediction. 🙂 Series tied going back to LA. The Cleveland/Boston game has been rained out again, and will now (weather permitting) be played on Monday at 6.00 pm Eastern. Have fun watching the Giants/Cubs game tomorrow if you’re on the east coast. It doesn’t start until 9.30, which i think is fucking stupid. You’ll probably be up until about 1.00 or 1.30 if you want to see the whole thing. Today’s 5-2 ballgame between the Nats and Dodgers took just about 4 hours. Now come on Blue Jays: wrap it up tonight against the Rangers. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/228 "2016-10-09T21:14:13Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Well, that was a good start for the Dodgers. And a less-than-stellar ending. Well, you can’t have everything 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/229 "2016-10-09T21:26:50Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > It happens. Not a big deal. Not a huge deal, I agree. But annoying. (Or “irritating,” as my nephew would say.) And completely avoidable: it “happened” only because they made choices that allowed it to. I don’t have any interest in during-the-game interviews, which I think are usually pretty vapid, so there’s that. If we feel a need to play Ask-the-Manager, have the broadcasters summarize the high points between batters. And I really don’t see why we need to show the manager at all, let alone on half (or more) of the screen while the interview is going on. This isn’t a situation where there’s reason for a split screen (pitcher/batter, pitcher/baserunner). Show the game. It also has to do with how you are watching the game, I suppose. Maybe it wouldn’t have bothered me if I’d been focused entirely on the action; but a lot of times, like last night, I’m watching while minding the baby/straightening the living room/answering emails. That kind of thing. On a relatively small screen, it’s hard to see exactly what’s going on if the action is compressed. And I rely on crowd noise and broadcaster voices to alert me to what’s going on if my eyes aren’t trained directly on the tv. The interview meant I didn’t get those cues. So I glance up and see Wood hustling around second base…was it a homer? Is he trying for a triple? Returning to the dugout after a great catch in the outfield? --It would’ve been nice to know as it was happening. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/230 "2016-10-09T21:29:54Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > I don’t have any interest in during-the-game interviews, which I think are usually pretty vapid, so there’s that. Has there ever, in the history of in-game manager interviews, been one that adds anything substantial to our understanding of the game of baseball in general, or even of the specific game that is being played at that particular moment? I certainly can’t recall one. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/231 "2016-10-09T23:02:21Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Has there ever, in the history of in-game manager interviews, been one that adds anything substantial to our understanding of the game of baseball in general, or even of the specific game that is being played at that particular moment? > > I certainly can’t recall one. I HATE in game interviews. Hate them, hate them, hate them. I’m here to watch a game. If I want blah, blah, blah, talking heads, I’ll tune into MLB Network. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/232 "2016-10-09T23:02:38Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Has there ever, in the history of in-game manager interviews, been one that adds anything substantial to our understanding of the game of baseball in general, or even of the specific game that is being played at that particular moment? > > I certainly can’t recall one. Well, exactly! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/233 "2016-10-09T23:26:42Z")
Boston \*needs \*Game 3. And they’re counting on _Clay Buchholz_ to win it. How did it come to this? ---
**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:** [October 9, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/234 "2016-10-09T23:47:09Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Has there ever, in the history of in-game manager interviews, been one that adds anything substantial to our understanding of the game of baseball in general, or even of the specific game that is being played at that particular moment? > > I certainly can’t recall one. Yep, drives me nuts in the NHL, too. Let the coaches concentrate 100% on the task at hand, and not be distracted by these stupid, pointless, banal in-game interviews which add absolutely nothing to a fan’s enjoyment of the game. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/235 "2016-10-09T23:54:41Z")
Edwin sends a bat into the stands on his first pitch, and then sends the ball into the second deck on the second. 2-1 Blue Jays in the first. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/236 "2016-10-10T00:18:56Z")
Nationals Park was rocking today, and my hands are sore from clapping. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/237 "2016-10-10T04:24:56Z")
Odur with the walk off E4, and Bush (who plunked Bautista) takes the L. Couldn’t script that any better for the Jays. Looks like they decided that playing well is the best revenge. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/238 "2016-10-10T05:02:06Z")
While watching the game on TV, i saw a sign at the ballpark that said something like: I’d prefer to be punched in the jaw in May than knocked out in October. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/239 "2016-10-10T05:02:56Z")
Donaldson and Encarnacion are on fire. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/240 "2016-10-10T05:26:02Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > Odur with the walk off E4, and Bush (who plunked Bautista) takes the L. Couldn’t script that any better for the Jays. Looks like they decided that playing well is the best revenge. Bush pitched heroically. It was cowardly of Banister to order him of all people to hit Bautista back in May, and he was terrific tonight but Banister apparently had no plans to ever relieve him and his defense let him down. He didn’t deserve the L. I’m dizzy. Two weeks ago Toronto looked terrible. Suddenly they’re in the ALCS. They walked off two playoff opponents in six days when seven days before that they looked like a team that would never win again. How the hell did this happen? Bring on the Indians or Red Sox! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171.md?page=13)