# 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:** 23
**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 26, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/441 "2017-10-26T04:07:11Z")
I should be asleep, I’m east coast ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/442 "2017-10-26T04:07:33Z")
Crazy game. Hernandez stuck at second because the guaranteed error hits the umpire. When’s the last time you saw an umpire other than the plate get hit by a ball, much less a throw? ---
**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 26, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/443 "2017-10-26T04:08:35Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Dude! C’mon, man! The wife has banished me from the living room. She doesn’t want my negative vibes ruining things while she works her zoom-zoom. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/444 "2017-10-26T04:12:38Z")
Should have walked the guy. My Astros never fail to make a dumb move. 3-1 count, first base empty, two outs and a one run lead? Should have walked him and brought in a different pitcher. ---
**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 26, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/445 "2017-10-26T04:12:39Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Well, Yogi was right that it ain’t over till it’s over, but I really didn’t see the Dodgers getting two in the bottom of the inning. Please continue posting your pessimism it seems to be working. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/446 "2017-10-26T04:15:46Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > Please continue posting your pessimism it seems to be working. Well, if the Dodgers don’t finish this off soon to win, they’re not going to have anyone left to pitch if it goes past about the twelfth. Look, I’m rooting for the Dodgers all the way. I was just also being realistic. Looks like the state of the bullpen is unlikely to matter. ---
**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 26, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/447 "2017-10-26T04:27:13Z")
Holy jesus please let this be enough. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/448 "2017-10-26T04:27:17Z")
I’m having bad flashbacks of Charlie Kerfield, Dave Smith, and Brad Lidge. This one is a nail biter. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/449 "2017-10-26T04:29:45Z")
With Justin Turner (hopefully not) starring as Albert Pujols. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/450 "2017-10-26T04:29:56Z")
Win or lose, how much of the talk tomorrow will be discussing the decision to pull Hill so freaking early? I don’t believe you can ever put everything on a manager, but this seems like a badly managed game. ---
**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 26, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/451 "2017-10-26T04:38:46Z")
holy crap what a game. ---
**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 26, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/452 "2017-10-26T04:41:49Z")
No kidding. My heart was pounding through that final out. And I don’t really care about these teams! So why was Hill pulled after four? I was only intermittently watching the first few innings, but he was pitching decent and striking out a lot of guys. Was there anything with the game circumstances that would justify pulling him? ---
**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 26, 2017, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/453 "2017-10-26T04:45:23Z")
He struggled pretty hard in the previous inning and had thrown a lot of pitches. Pretty early pull nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/454 "2017-10-26T04:54:36Z")
The ball was certainly “carrying well” tonight. ---
**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 26, 2017, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/455 "2017-10-26T04:57:43Z")
Why did Dave Roberts take Hill out at the end of the fourth?? Seems like this loss is on Roberts for overmanaging. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/456 "2017-10-26T05:14:17Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > So why was Hill pulled after four? The commentators were saying that Hill is almost never allowed to go through the lineup more than twice. He’s only faced the same batter three times in the same game once. Whether that makes sense or not I can’t say, but that’s the reason they gave. And the Dodgers trust their bullpen enough to use that strategy. And it did nearly work. ---
**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 26, 2017, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/457 "2017-10-26T05:27:45Z")
If you want to talk about burning pitchers early, I’m really surprised they took Maeda out so quickly. He seemed like he could have gone a full 3 innings and made up for the early hook. ---
**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 26, 2017, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/458 "2017-10-26T06:56:05Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > The ball was certainly “carrying well” tonight. Last night too, when it was hit. Coors Field, in LA. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/459 "2017-10-26T12:24:37Z")
Go Astros!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/460 "2017-10-26T12:40:08Z")
And so the vaunted Dodger Jesus Bullpen melts down for one night, at least. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735.md?page=24)