# 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:** 15
**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 20, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/282 "2024-10-20T00:13:13Z")
Here we go… 🤞 ---
**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 20, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/283 "2024-10-20T02:06:47Z")
The starters acquitted themselves reasonably today, But there’s enough game left for things to fall apart for someone. ---
**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 20, 2024, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/284 "2024-10-20T02:09:02Z")
I expect things to fall apart…then come back together…then fall apart…then… 😉 ---
**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 20, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/285 "2024-10-20T02:23:47Z")
Why the Guards haven’t IBB’d Stanton all series I will never know. I told them. Nobody listens to me. ---
**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 20, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/286 "2024-10-20T02:27:06Z")
That will be one of the great mysteries. Meanwhile, we’ve now moved onto the Musical Relievers part of the game. ---
**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 20, 2024, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/287 "2024-10-20T03:37:16Z")
Juan Soto!!! 🤩 ---
**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 20, 2024, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/288 "2024-10-20T03:37:17Z")
Holy crap. Yankees have too many big hitters, and Cleveland gave them an extra out in the tenth. 3 unearned runs. ---
**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 20, 2024, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/289 "2024-10-20T03:37:49Z")
Cleveland deserves to lose, what horrible decisions ---
**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 20, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/290 "2024-10-20T03:44:08Z")
OTOH this series has been big on this sort of thing. And there it goes… now to find out if it’ll be the subway or the redeye. ---
**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 20, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/291 "2024-10-20T03:46:17Z")
Start spreading the news. ---
**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 20, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/292 "2024-10-20T03:46:27Z")
ALCS CHAMPS! The Yankees are going to the World Series for the first time in 5 years!! 🎉 ---
**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 20, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/293 "2024-10-20T03:49:15Z")
15 you mean. And Soto just got himself one stupefying check coming his way with his upcoming free agency. ---
**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 20, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/294 "2024-10-20T03:54:42Z")
Just realized that somehow I didn’t type the “1”…d’oh! Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/295 "2024-10-20T04:20:57Z")
Cleveland was my last hope for a salary underdog team. Now we got #1, #2, and #3 left. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/296 "2024-10-20T04:30:09Z")
Japan is going nuts for everything Shohei Ohtani. That’s all I’ve been hearing about for the last month. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2024, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/297 "2024-10-20T11:33:08Z")
Yankees vs. Dodgers? Yanks in 5. Yankees vs. Mets? Yanks in 3 1/2. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/298 "2024-10-20T13:38:02Z")
I’m so happy for those poor Yankees fans, who have had to wait so long to get back to the WS and vie for their 28th championship. I don’t know how they’ve endured it. ---
**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 20, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/299 "2024-10-20T13:40:21Z")
The struggle is real. ---
**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 20, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/300 "2024-10-20T13:41:15Z")
Painful even. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/301 "2024-10-20T15:58:15Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > I’m so happy for those poor Yankees fans, who have had to wait so long to get back to the WS and vie for their 28th championship. I don’t know how they’ve endured it. There are many Yankees fans, some as old as 17 or 18, who have never seen their team in the Series. They finally – **finally** – see their dream come true. 😉 (Brewers fan here, at 42 years of waiting, and counting. Nope, not salty about it at all.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374.md?page=16)