# 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:** 27
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/521 "2017-10-29T18:44:07Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Yes, the Dodgers beat the Cubs, but this is the north side of Chicago, we’re a National League area. Some of these drunken meatheads should really be ashamed of themselves. I don’t know how they behaved, but I’d never fault someone who simply rooted against their league’s team in the WS. Many if not most AL team fans would root against the Yankees in the WS, and the Dodgers are often considered the Yankees of the NL. ---
**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 30, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/522 "2017-10-30T00:47:23Z")
Keuchel needed a lot of pitches - 32 - in the top of the 1st. ---
**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 30, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/523 "2017-10-30T00:51:48Z")
And Kershaw was very efficient and needed just 12 pitches. ---
**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 30, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/524 "2017-10-30T01:44:34Z")
And… Keuchel’s night is over after 86 pitches. It’s 4-0 Dodgers with 2 outs in the top of the 4th. That may be all Kershaw needs. ---
**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 30, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/525 "2017-10-30T01:46:51Z")
Jerry Hairston Jr is reportedly among the candidates for the Yankees job, and the Phillies are going to name Gabe Kapler as manager once the Series is over (he currently works in the Dodgers front office). > **[Yankees managerial rumors: Jerry Hairston Jr. the latest name to surface](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/yankees-managerial-rumors-jerry-hairston-jr-the-latest-name-to-surface/)** > > Hairston spent part of a season with the Yankees in 2009 ---
**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 30, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/526 "2017-10-30T02:08:07Z")
Wow! Guriel crushed that one. If the Astros win this, there will be even more discussion about the timing of his suspension. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/527 "2017-10-30T02:23:48Z")
Of course, if he had been suspended, who’s to say the Dodgers would have a couple of THEIR runs? And I’m honestly really not sure if being racist trash is, or should be, a suspendable offense for a team playing in the championships. I go back and forth constantly on it. ---
**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 30, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/528 "2017-10-30T02:27:39Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Wow! Guriel crushed that one. And now negated by a Dodger 3-run home run. This is one of the wildest Series I can recall. ---
**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 30, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/529 "2017-10-30T02:34:21Z")
A wild one, yes! ---
**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 30, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/530 "2017-10-30T02:38:51Z")
Ya know, earlier in this thread, I was slightly pulling for the Astros. Now I’m kinda like, fuck the Astros, go Dodgers! ---
**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 30, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/531 "2017-10-30T02:39:32Z")
How is this game 7-4 with a strike zone that goes from their shoelaces to their ears and one batters box to the next and both aces pitching? I guess it’s a positive that the strike zone ou’d consistently bad. ---
**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 30, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/532 "2017-10-30T02:54:09Z")
And now tied again! ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/533 "2017-10-30T02:55:47Z")
This is starting to look like the Cubs-Nats Game 5. ---
**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 30, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/534 "2017-10-30T02:55:57Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > And now negated by a Dodger 3-run home run. > > This is one of the wildest Series I can recall. Which is now negated by a 3-run dinger by Altuve. Who the hell wrote this script? A duel between two Cy Young winners now has 14 runs scored by the fifth inning. ---
**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 30, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/535 "2017-10-30T03:03:36Z")
This ump needs to die. ---
**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 30, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/536 "2017-10-30T03:16:06Z")
Die, die, die, die, die. ---
**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 30, 2017, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/537 "2017-10-30T03:53:13Z")
Dodgers go ahead, then Astros tie it again on a HR.\* What the hell! I’m so glad I don’t have a serious rooting interest in this Series. I’d be going nuts. I’ll be happy as long as it doesn’t go into extra innings. \*ETA: and go ahead on a double by Altuve. ---
**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 30, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/538 "2017-10-30T03:56:15Z")
Astros pull ahead!!! ---
**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 30, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/539 "2017-10-30T03:58:19Z")
Oh. My. Lord. What a 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 30, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/540 "2017-10-30T03:59:36Z")
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