# 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:** 35
**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 2, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/681 "2017-11-02T04:00:07Z")
And balance has once again been restored to the Universe. Congrats Astros! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/682 "2017-11-02T04:00:50Z")
The Astros won, and they deserved to. I assume George Springer will be MVP. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/683 "2017-11-02T04:01:45Z")
'Stros before hoes! ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/684 "2017-11-02T04:03:10Z")
See you all next April… ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/685 "2017-11-02T04:03:41Z")
Congratulations to the Astros. They were definitly the better team tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/686 "2017-11-02T04:04:42Z")
Wow! Incredible series. Congrats Astros! The better team won. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/687 "2017-11-02T04:07:02Z")
Should Dodgers play Astros at home next year…and I’m McCullers…I wouldn’t dig into the box too much the first AB. 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/688 "2017-11-02T04:13:35Z")
The Astros win! The Astros win! Oh my God, the Astros win! We #EarnedHistory. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/689 "2017-11-02T04:13:53Z")
Told ya… July 30th. > [@MLB: July 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/271): > > Ever since I was a kid, I followed Cubs, Phillies, Red Sox and Dodgers. This year, I’m in L.A., and MAN! This Dodger team is incredible. I can see them waltzing their way to the World Series. They really seem to have all the tools. I think that even if they lose four top starting players, they’re still the NL favorite. They’ve won 73 effing games. Clearly have the rookie of the year, maybe manager of the year… > > **So my prediction is the Houston Astros beat the LA Dodgers in the WS. 😃** > > That’s just the “shit always happens” thing stuck in fans like me of the Cubs, Red Sox and Phillies. > > But honestly, Doper Baseball fans, which team do you think can take on the Dodgers and beat them? Who has the pitching and hitting roster that could take this year’s Dodgers? Is there even an NL team that could knock them out of the post-season? ---
**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 2, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/690 "2017-11-02T04:25:23Z")
Only 104 days until pitchers and catchers report… ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/691 "2017-11-02T04:41:59Z")
Morton and Peacock were great finds by Houston. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/692 "2017-11-02T04:43:25Z")
Happy to see Verlander get a ring. And the rest of the guys too, but as an unfulfilled Tigers’ fan, I’d been hoping for this outcome since Aug 31. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/693 "2017-11-02T05:31:21Z")
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood! Congrats to Springer on his MVP! ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/694 "2017-11-02T06:10:32Z")
\*\* ɯǝlqoɹd ɐ ǝʌɐɥ ǝʍ 'uoʇsnoɥ ¡ɯǝlqoɹd ɐ sɐɥ Ɐ⅂ 'uoʇsnoɥ ASTROS BABY!!! . \*\* And my nephew won, too!!! A great night! ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/695 "2017-11-02T06:38:12Z")
I’m coining the phrase now: If you fuck up, Yu Darvished. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/696 "2017-11-02T07:23:43Z")
What kind of money could you have won in Vegas betting the Astros win and Verlander loses his two starts? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/697 "2017-11-02T09:26:59Z")
Man, Darvish shaved millions off his free agent contract. A.J. Hinch deserves a lot of credit. He got everything he could out of his pitching staff. There is a psychological lift when you get past Keuchel and Verlander, but Morton and McCullers are pretty damn good too. Happy to see Beltran and McCann get rings. So where’s the hot stove thread? 😃 ETA: I’ve never heard a quieter crowd in a postseason series. Is it acoustics or the way they mic they stadium, or are L.A. fans just too laid back, man? ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/698 "2017-11-02T11:49:53Z")
Congrats to the Astros. The Dodgers fans can fall back on their old refrain. “Wait until next year” ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/699 "2017-11-02T12:05:15Z")
We can also take some small comfort in the fact that the Giants cratered with such an impact this season that it will still be spoken of as a simile for incompetence and failure generations from now. 😉 Good job, Houston. The better team won. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735/700 "2017-11-02T12:25:40Z")
Definitely one of the more entertaining series I’ve watched, and it could have gone either way. The Dodgers 2017 lineup consisted of power hitters all up and down the lineup, but they weren’t consistently good enough at the kind of hitting that typically helps teams win in October. Give the Astros pitchers and defense some credit though. Although it wasn’t always a thing of beauty, they pitched well and fielded well in critical situations when they really needed it. The Astros might be around for a while too. A young team, consisting of largely home-grown talent that probably has another year or two before they start feeling the pressures of free agency. The Astros organization has basically written the textbook on how to build a champion, and it’s a blueprint that’ll likely be imitated for at least the next 5 years if not the next 10 or more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-october-2017-welcome-to-the-postseason/797735.md?page=36)