# MLB: October 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 1, 2012, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371 "2012-10-01T10:02:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371/41 "2012-10-02T21:13:43Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Sox have Lester. And a double-A lineup. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371/42 "2012-10-02T21:21:04Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > The race for Most Disappointing is, I guess, between the Red Sox, Blue Jays… and I suppose the Phillies, who aren’t actually BAD many just assumed would be in the playoffs again. Also, too, the Marlins. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371/43 "2012-10-02T21:55:23Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > **Freddy** -Hubbs perished in a plane crash. (per his wiki entry) Hmm, could have sworn it was a car crash. Gee, he was not only Rookie of the Year, he was a pilot, too. The Cubs also had Lou Brock on that 1962 team. Quite a collection of young talent. But they had shitty pitching, which is why they were so happy a couple of years later to trade Brock for Broglio. ---
**Author:** ![LOVEmyPets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@LOVEmyPets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LOVEmyPets)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371/44 "2012-10-03T00:48:27Z")
Cabrera is going to do it! hes really going to do it!!! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371/45 "2012-10-03T01:49:38Z")
The O’s have won yet again by their favorite margin. And now if the Red Sox can hold a 2-run lead in the bottom of the ninth… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371/46 "2012-10-03T02:03:05Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > And now if the Red Sox can hold a 2-run lead in the bottom of the ninth… So much for that! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371/47 "2012-10-03T02:20:14Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Also, too, the Marlins. Yup, forgot about them. What a meltdown. Huge buyers in the offseason, dumping salary by summer. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2012, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371/48 "2012-10-03T04:50:40Z")
The A’s beat the Rangers again, and the AL West is tied going to game 162! ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371/49 "2012-10-03T04:58:53Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > The A’s beat the Rangers again, and the AL West is tied going to game 162! Unbelievable!! What a game, what a season, this is amazing. What a job by Blackley. To come back from those last 2 starts that were trainwrecks and put up 6 innings of 1 run ball, just unreal. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2012, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371/50 "2012-10-03T05:46:43Z")
And the Giants eliminate the Dodgers (finally!)… …it’s now officially a Good Year 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371/51 "2012-10-03T05:53:24Z")
Nice shutting the Dodgers down in their own house. No post season for you, LA. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371/52 "2012-10-03T14:42:05Z")
I’m feeling another Bay Bridge series… ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371/53 "2012-10-03T14:55:43Z")
> [@hrhomer](#): > > I’m feeling another Bay Bridge series… That would certainly shake things up. Hard to believe, but the Yankees waited until game 161 to record their first comeback after trailing after 8 innings. Apparently all we know about the AL are the five teams in the postseason and that Detroit has the #3 seed. If I’m not mistaken, NY, Baltimore, Oakland, and Texas could each be a 1,2,4, or 5 seed. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371/54 "2012-10-03T14:56:05Z")
Thanks Giants - I can go to the Cardinals game tonight in peace (and watch young Shelby Miller make a start), and then prepare for the insta-Game-7 Friday night in Atlanta. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371/55 "2012-10-03T15:21:59Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Apparently all we know about the AL are the five teams in the postseason and that Detroit has the #3 seed. If I’m not mistaken, NY, Baltimore, Oakland, and Texas could each be a 1,2,4, or 5 seed. That’s just nuts. It’s fantastic, but it’s nuts. I was just looking at the standings on the MLB website. [This page](http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/probability.jsp?ymd=20121003) shows the probabilities for each team winning their division and/or making the wildcard. Currently it shows the A’s as having a 100% chance to win the AL West. I wonder if they know something the rest of us don’t? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371/56 "2012-10-03T15:26:05Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > That’s just nuts. It’s fantastic, but it’s nuts. > I was just looking at the standings on the MLB website. [This page](http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/probability.jsp?ymd=20121003) shows the probabilities for each team winning their division and/or making the wildcard. Currently it shows the A’s as having a 100% chance to win the AL West. I wonder if they know something the rest of us don’t? :dubious: Assuming you’re referring to “POST%,” that’s the odds of making the postseason, not win the division. 🙂 Both teams have already clinched playoff spots. Edit: Whoops, I’m an idiot. Never mind. That _is_ weird. ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371/57 "2012-10-03T15:31:24Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > That would certainly shake things up. Badump Ching! > [@BobLibDem](#): > > Apparently all we know about the AL are the five teams in the postseason and that Detroit has the #3 seed. I’m not going to rail on this too much, but Detroit is making out like a bandit here. They have the WORST record of all 5 postseason teams, yet they get to relax and rest all their players while everyone else has to torch their bullpen and struggle through game 162 (and possibly 163). This new wildcard team has made things more exciting, but it certainly hasn’t made things more fair. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371/58 "2012-10-03T15:39:32Z")
This will be nuts tonight, but for the Yanks if they win, they are the 1 seed at least. So if they can just beat Dice K tonight, things get simple enough. The only downside is the Yanks then need to fly to the winner of the wildcard to play games 1& 2. This will be espicially bad if it is Oakland. Selig really screwed this year up but they claim next year will be better. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371/59 "2012-10-03T15:52:11Z")
I can’t decide who I want the Reds to play in the first round. The Giants and the Braves both scare me. The Giants because they are on the West coast and their pitching, the Braves because they are hot and trying to win one for the Chipper. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371/60 "2012-10-03T15:56:49Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Apparently all we know about the AL are the five teams in the postseason and that Detroit has the #3 seed. If I’m not mistaken, NY, Baltimore, Oakland, and Texas could each be a 1,2,4, or 5 seed. And in the NL, we know everything except whether the Nats or Reds will be the #1 seed. If the Reds win and the Nats lose tonight, the Reds are #1, but if there’s either a Nats win or a Reds loss, the Nats are #1. What’s at stake? Really just an extra day of rest, unless either team has a preference of whether they’d like to play the Braves/Cards winner or the Giants in the first round. None of them is exactly a pushover, to say the least. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2012/636371.md?page=4)