# MLB: October 2017 — Welcome to the Postseason **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 1, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735 "2017-10-01T15:14:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/401 "2017-10-25T01:03:25Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Welcome to LA, bitches! 😃 > > Now I have to go get some rosary action going so I didn’t jinx anything! Rookie move. ---
**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 25, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/402 "2017-10-25T01:38:11Z")
In case the announcers haven’t mentioned it a million times already, postseason record for Ks in a game is 15. ---
**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 25, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/403 "2017-10-25T01:53:15Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > In case the announcers haven’t mentioned it a million times already, postseason record for Ks in a game is 15. Okay, I’m a moron who can’t read google results correctly; actual record is 17 by Bob Gibson. (Oddly enough, world series record is higher than either league playoffs). ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/404 "2017-10-25T02:21:58Z")
I’m sure this will be fun once it is over, but right now every high fly is giving me a mini stroke. Baseball is stressful. GO DODGERS! ---
**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 25, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/405 "2017-10-25T02:24:19Z")
Really nice fast-paced game I just wish Buck would shut up ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/406 "2017-10-25T02:30:18Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > I’m sure this will be fun once it is over, but right now every high fly is giving me a mini stroke. > > Baseball is stressful. > > GO DODGERS! Amen, brother. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/407 "2017-10-25T02:42:02Z")
That’s one. I really hate the Fox broadcast and how many commercials they manage to cram in so this really needs to be a 4 game series ---
**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 25, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/408 "2017-10-25T02:42:31Z")
Congratulations Dodgers ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/409 "2017-10-25T04:08:18Z")
This year the post season and WS uniform emblems are cheesy. They look like iron-ons. I seem to recall they were always embroidered. I know, cutting costs. But, it ain’t pretty. ---
**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 25, 2017, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/410 "2017-10-25T04:59:16Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Congratulations Dodgers Yep, they look really strong. > [@harmonicamoon](#): > > This year the post season and WS uniform emblems are cheesy. They look like iron-ons. > > I seem to recall they were always embroidered. > > I know, cutting costs. But, it ain’t pretty. I noticed that too. Not very attractive. They do look chintzy. Yes they’re usually embroidered – at least the 2010, 2012, and 2014 ones are. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/411 "2017-10-25T08:25:34Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Congratulations Dodgers Turners HR was weather aided and might not gone out on a normal evening. Verlander pitches tomorrow and will probably Kershaw the Dodgers. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/412 "2017-10-25T11:58:54Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Turners HR was weather aided and might not gone out on a normal evening. So it doesn’t count? ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/413 "2017-10-25T12:04:20Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > This year the post season and WS uniform emblems are cheesy. They look like iron-ons. > > I seem to recall they were always embroidered. > > I know, cutting costs. But, it ain’t pretty. Who is cutting costs? They have specialty uniforms all season long: breast cancer pink, prostate cancer whatever the hell color that is, throwback uniforms (so we can see those Astro rainbow shirts one more time) etc. Apparently the league can afford endless specialty uniforms but only got these cheap deals for the “WS” ? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/414 "2017-10-25T14:14:14Z")
Maybe the supplier messed up a batch of embroidering and this is all they could do in time? I wonder if MLB makes a set of WS jerseys for every playoff team, and trashes the unused ones, like Super Bowl Champion T-shirts (of which more than a few loser’s versions have somehow escaped the shredder). ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/415 "2017-10-25T14:29:37Z")
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to watch last night. Don’t have much of a rooting interest, but it’s the World Series! From what I gather this morning, though, it sounds like Fangraphs pretty much nailed it with this article about how the Dodgers’ pitchers would get more favorable strike calls. > **[Expect the World Series Strike Zone to Favor the Dodgers](https://blogs.fangraphs.com/expect-the-world-series-strike-zone-to-favor-the-dodgers/)** > > Say what you will about the human element, but it's real, and it matters. “The Dodgers will probably play the World Series with a friendlier strike zone than the Astros will.” Heard a stat on the radio about percentage of low strikes (I have no idea what their actual formula was) and Kershaw got about twice as many calls as Keuchel. ---
**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 25, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/416 "2017-10-25T14:49:33Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Maybe the supplier messed up a batch of embroidering and this is all they could do in time? > > I wonder if MLB makes a set of WS jerseys for every playoff team, and trashes the unused ones, like Super Bowl Champion T-shirts (of which more than a few loser’s versions have somehow **escaped the shredder** ). They don’t shred them,[they send them overseas](http://mentalfloss.com/article/29884/what-happens-losing-teams-championship-shirts)as part of charity aid packages. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/417 "2017-10-25T15:25:46Z")
Well then, I want me a Boston Red Sox 2017 World Series jersey, stat! ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/418 "2017-10-25T15:29:35Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Well then, I want me a Boston Red Sox 2017 World Series jersey, stat! I would think you’d prefer a Boston Red Sox 1986 World Series Champion jersey… ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/419 "2017-10-25T15:36:51Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > So it doesn’t count? It counts but it was a close game. No message of dominance was sent. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/420 "2017-10-25T15:40:28Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Turners HR was weather aided and might not gone out on a normal evening. How was it “weather aided”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735.md?page=22)