# 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:** 49
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/961 "2016-11-03T04:17:07Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Baez and Maddon would be the scapegoats; Baez for that foolish bunt. Agreed that he shouldn’t have bunted, but the way that Baez has been so prone to swinging at crap I’m not sure he could have done anything other than strike out anyway. And some good baserunning there on the deep fly. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/962 "2016-11-03T04:18:16Z")
Bryant juuuust missed that one. Heads up baserunning… ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/963 "2016-11-03T04:18:28Z")
I’m glad I don’t have a dog in this game. It seems stressful ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/964 "2016-11-03T04:18:45Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Agreed that he shouldn’t have bunted, but the way that Baez has been so prone to swinging at crap I’m not sure he could have done anything other than strike out anyway. > > And some good baserunning there on the deep fly. 3-2 count. Hard to throw junk in that situation. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/965 "2016-11-03T04:20:12Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > 3-2 count. Hard to throw junk in that situation. Sure, not complete junk. But my point was more that Baez has not been swinging well all series. And the big RBI double! So, how does Maddon screw up the pitching in the bottom of the 10th? ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/966 "2016-11-03T04:20:45Z")
Hell yeah!!! ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/967 "2016-11-03T04:21:22Z")
Damn! ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/968 "2016-11-03T04:21:42Z")
So…who pitches the bottom of the 10th? It seriously can’t be Chapman again, right? ---
**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:** [November 3, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/969 "2016-11-03T04:22:05Z")
Zobrist is one of four guys in this Series I saw play in the minors–in his case short-season A ball. Nice to see him come through. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/970 "2016-11-03T04:22:10Z")
I can’t even with this game anymore. I’m living and dying with every pitch ---
**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:** [November 3, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/971 "2016-11-03T04:23:45Z")
Question: (since I don’t watch many games) - does scoring typically get easier the longer the game goes on in extra innings, since the quality of pitchers is lower and/or the pitching arms are tired-er? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/972 "2016-11-03T04:23:55Z")
8-6!!! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/973 "2016-11-03T04:24:01Z")
I’ve said it before and shall once again: intentional walks are stupid. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/974 "2016-11-03T04:25:09Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > So…who pitches the bottom of the 10th? It seriously can’t be Chapman again, right? …At this rate, Chapman might pitch more innings than Hendricks. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/975 "2016-11-03T04:25:47Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Question: (since I don’t watch many games) - does scoring typically get easier the longer the game goes on in extra innings, since the quality of pitchers is lower and/or the pitching arms are tired-er? In truth this would require some research, but my personal impression is quite the opposite. ---
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/976 "2016-11-03T04:26:17Z")
This is one of the best games I’ve ever seen. What a roller coaster. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/977 "2016-11-03T04:26:55Z")
Trevor Bauer? Why? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/978 "2016-11-03T04:27:38Z")
I’m not RickJay, and will never claim to be, but I’ve watched my fair share of baseball over my 30 years of living. This is single greatest game I have ever watched. Not necessarily because of quality or management or anything like that, but by each teams sheer force of will to not give up, to keep fighting no matter the situation, and just their nevergiveuptitute. I’m so sad that one of these teams has to lose. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/979 "2016-11-03T04:27:50Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Question: (since I don’t watch many games) - does scoring typically get easier the longer the game goes on in extra innings, since the quality of pitchers is lower and/or the pitching arms are tired-er? It can, but it often doesn’t go long enough to really be a factor. And, of course, it only takes one run by either team. It gets more interesting in the NL, because there are more defensive changes thanks to the double switch. I remember the 18-inning game a couple years ago. It was hilarious–FOX (I think it was on FS1) kept running a crawl that their MMA coverage was currently airing on FS2 (which I got then, I don’t now on a different cable provider) during the game. It ran so long that they stopped running the crawl because the game went longer than the MMA coverage. God, why was Hayward swinging at that junk? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171/980 "2016-11-03T04:28:43Z")
yeah, THIS is a Game 7 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171.md?page=48) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-and-here-comes-the-post-season/767171.md?page=50)