# MLB Playoffs **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [October 2, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374 "2024-10-02T10:22:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/202 "2024-10-15T19:44:06Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > My general thought is that, if my team (Brewers) isn’t in, I like to see teams which haven’t won the championship in a long time, if ever. I guess that makes me a Guardians fan right now, followed by the Mets. This, except I root for the Royals, followed by the Cardinals. So I also will root first for the Guardians and secondly for the Mets. Of course, I actively root against the Yankees and Dodgers, so I’m hoping the Series does not feature those two teams. But even if that happens, I’ll watch the Series, because baseball. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/203 "2024-10-15T19:56:57Z")
+1 to Guardians then Mets. But I’m not sure I could stomach watching a Yankees/Dodgers series. The ratings will be fine without me, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/204 "2024-10-15T20:10:41Z")
I used to hate the Yankees, but now I just don’t care about them. OK, so they bought another pennant. Boring. I still hate the Dodgers, somewhat because I’m a SF Giants fan, and also because Dodgers. So I’ll watch either of the Guardians matchups, for the same reason as **Kenobi** and **Railer**. I’ll skip Yankees/Mets because I don’t care about either team. It’s a close call if I’d skip the Yankees/Dodgers because I don’t care about the Yankees, or hate-watch it because of the Dodgers. But I settled on skipping it. I can’t get excited about seeing the Dodgers lose when it’s the Yankees beating them. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/205 "2024-10-15T23:53:59Z")
Baseball is baseball. If the Cubs were in, I’d watch every second. If my backup, the Bravos, were in, I’d make sure to catch every game. Anybody else, I will watch when I’m front of a tv and the game is on, but probably wouldn’t go out of my way to “schedule” my watching. I’m split though, one the one hand, it’s Shohei and I don’t get to see him that often; on the other hand, two east coast(ish) teams makes the scheduling more friendly. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/206 "2024-10-16T00:00:08Z")
All the 4 permutations should make for a quality series IMO. But as others mentioned the allure of a team breaking a long drought would be especially attractive. Well, first Yankee run tonight scores on what should have been an easy fly out. ---
**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 16, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/207 "2024-10-16T00:24:39Z")
Walking the bases loaded for the AL MVP, interesting choice. Also, their Ace pulled part way through second. ---
**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 16, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/208 "2024-10-16T01:20:34Z")
And now Cole out in the 5th. Bad day for aces. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/209 "2024-10-16T01:28:55Z")
Man, we _squeaked_ out of that half. 😳 ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/210 "2024-10-16T02:01:07Z")
“This was another episode of _Bad Base Running_, with Leonard Plynth-Garnell” Should have scored at least 2. One is ok but still. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/211 "2024-10-16T02:08:11Z")
Altuve’s the best hitting second baseman in the playoffs in…a history? A good, long while, certainly. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/212 "2024-10-16T02:09:15Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I’m a Yankees fan Gross. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/213 "2024-10-16T02:12:41Z")
He’s the most PROLIFIC, but it’s impossible to compare guys in the wild card era to people from baseball’s past. Altuve’s career postseason numbers are basically his regular season numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/214 "2024-10-16T02:26:01Z")
Welcome to the playoffs Aaron Judge. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/215 "2024-10-16T02:28:04Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Gross Nice to meet ya. 😁 > [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Welcome to the playoffs Aaron Judge. Right?! ---
**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 16, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/216 "2024-10-16T02:33:08Z")
Finally. Big insurance runs. Very slow game. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/217 "2024-10-16T02:40:42Z")
Those innings of repeated full bases with minimal results seem to have exhausted the Cleveland offense. > [@What\_Exit](#): > > Very slow game. Yeah, really. Univision’s TV team just called it a weird game. ---
**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 16, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/218 "2024-10-16T03:06:21Z")
Yankees win take 2-0 lead to Cleveland. 4:30 game Thursday. Thankful. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/219 "2024-10-16T03:07:26Z")
I’m in the UK at the moment, so that is _very_ good news. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/220 "2024-10-16T14:17:59Z")
Guardians beat themselves this game. Yankees are not that scary. ---
**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 16, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/221 "2024-10-16T14:23:37Z")
Both teams were beating themselves. - The Yanks ran themselves out of a big inning. - Both Aces looked like crap. - Still lots of players in scoring position left on base. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374.md?page=12)