# 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:** 12
**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, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/222 "2024-10-16T14:27:53Z")
If any Yankee or Guardian or general baseball fans are looking for something to watch tonight, check out War on the Diamond. It’s a documentary about the long-standing NYY/CLE rivalry, starting with the death of Ray Champan. [Free on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-n7Cfr5xRw&ab_channel=FlixForFree) and Tubi. ---
**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, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/223 "2024-10-16T14:31:39Z")
That is a weirdly one sided rival. Yanks have rivals starting with Boston of course. Baltimore probably #2 and to a lesser degree anyone else currently in the division and then the Mets. Finally, going old school, the Dodgers and then the Giants. Cleveland is not considered a rival by almost any Yankee fan, probably ever. ---
**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, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/224 "2024-10-16T14:32:53Z")
Agreed. I guess it’s more of a documentary about why we’re all always mad 🤣 ---
**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, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/225 "2024-10-16T15:15:40Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > 4:30 game Thursday. 5:08 game Thursday: [![](https://i.ibb.co/1ZDw4zR/Screenshot-2024-10-16-111342.png) ](https://i.ibb.co/1ZDw4zR/Screenshot-2024-10-16-111342.png) TV coverage starts at 4:30. 🙂 ---
**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, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/226 "2024-10-16T15:32:35Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Still lots of players in scoring position left on base. Cleveland was 0-for-7 with RISP, leaving eleven men on. That will lose you most games. The Yankees are a weird team in that the lineup is, let’s be honest, Aaron, Juan And Seven Of Their Randomly Selected Friends. It’s one of the most top heavy teams you’ll ever see in the playoffs. ---
**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 16, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/227 "2024-10-16T15:54:22Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > If any Yankee or Guardian or general baseball fans are looking for something to watch tonight Of course, general baseball fans will probably be watching Game 3 of the NLCS, which starts tonight at 7:08 pm CT, aired on FS1. ---
**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 16, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/228 "2024-10-16T15:58:06Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Aaron, Juan And Seven Of Their Randomly Selected Friends Giancarlo Stanton was probably the individual most responsible for the Yankees series victory over the Royals. Judge did very little offensively in that series. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/229 "2024-10-16T16:03:17Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Cleveland is not considered a rival by almost any Yankee fan, probably ever. They did beat them out twice in 1948 & 1954, finished 2nd to them in 6 other seasons during the 50’s. ---
**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, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/230 "2024-10-16T16:12:03Z")
Not a rival though. Even the Yanks have lost out more than they’ve won. But if you’re going to bring up things like that, [the 1997 loss](https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1997_ALDS1.shtml) was probably bigger. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/231 "2024-10-16T16:59:42Z")
I’ll watch the World Series regardless. It’s baseball and winter is too long. If it’s not the Yankees then I would probably enjoy it more. Watching my team is too stressful. I wind up walking out of the room too much. Until the day she died my mother would watch any baseball game on TV. She was a Yankee fan. Used to go to games and watch DiMaggio. The Yankees were number one in her heart. But if they weren’t on any random game would be good for her. ---
**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 16, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/232 "2024-10-16T17:27:52Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > But if they weren’t on any random game would be good for her. I’ll watch any random game **except** a Yankees or a Giants game. If that’s all that’s on I’d rather watch paint dry. Or golf. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/233 "2024-10-16T17:55:03Z")
Nice to see Judge’s bat wake up. It’s been very nice to see Stanton do so well in the post season. By all accounts, he’s a great guy and hard worker but much of the last couple years he has been mediocre at best. Love Chisholm’s energy and excitement, but damn he’s so prone to getting picked off. Still, I prefer aggressive base running to station to station baseball. I just hope Cleveland doesn’t bring out those blasted flies again. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/234 "2024-10-17T02:45:12Z")
The Dodgers seem to have only two types of games: either they shut out their opponent for many innings at a time, or give up huge batches of runs all at once. ---
**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 17, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/235 "2024-10-17T02:49:52Z")
Oh my Ohtani. That was a blast. And this game is over. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/236 "2024-10-17T02:59:20Z")
Kike Hernandez has hit 120 home runs in his career in the regular season, but already 15 in the postseason. Kike is now 18th in career postseason dingers, tied with Jayson Werth. As you might have guessed, everyone above him, or around him, on that list has a lot more than 120 career regular season bombs. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/237 "2024-10-17T03:22:34Z")
4th Dodgers shutout victory in the last five games. ---
**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 17, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/238 "2024-10-17T23:53:37Z")
Best closer in baseball? My ass. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/239 "2024-10-18T00:00:37Z")
That all started with Gattis turtling up and refusing to even try to throw a strike to Soto. ---
**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 18, 2024, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/240 "2024-10-18T00:43:12Z")
Youch ---
**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 18, 2024, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/241 "2024-10-18T00:43:30Z")
Cleveland’s Noel hits a 2-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game! 😮 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374.md?page=13)