# 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:** 16
**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, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/302 "2024-10-20T18:19:42Z")
We’ve had two in 140+ years. Go Phils! 🥲 ---
**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 20, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/303 "2024-10-20T19:41:11Z")
People should focus on the positive. Think of all the joy the Yankees have brought other fan bases. Nothing is quite as satisfying as eliminating the hated Bombers and their obnoxious fans. Since the 2009 WS title, they’ve given that happiness to Houston (four times), Detroit (twice), Boston (twice), Tampa Bay and Texas. If the Yankees never win, all that joy would be lost. ---
**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 20, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/304 "2024-10-20T20:03:35Z")
> [@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. Sure there have been 27 championships but only 5 while I’ve been alive and old enough to care. I don’t really remember the 1923 season. ---
**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, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/305 "2024-10-20T20:16:32Z")
You’ve suffered, for sure. ---
**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, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/306 "2024-10-20T20:43:57Z")
For me I have **7**. **1977** & **1978** ; **1996** , **1998** , **1999** & **2000** then **2009**. ---
**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 20, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/307 "2024-10-20T21:21:00Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > You’ve suffered, for sure. If it makes you feel any better I’m also a New York Giants fan and I watched the entire game today. > [@What\_Exit](#): > > For me I have **7**. **1977** & **1978** ; **1996** , **1998** , **1999** & **2000** then **2009**. I certainly remember 77 and 78. I clearly remember things like the home run by Chambliss and Bucky Dent. I wasn’t old enough or into it enough to really be a fan. I did enjoy going to games. I suppose I didn’t develop an early fandom because my father had his heart broken when the Dodgers moved and he never pushed it. ---
**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, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/308 "2024-10-20T21:36:14Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > If it makes you feel any better I’m also a New York Giants fan and I watched the entire game today. I watched it, too. Are the Giants really that bad? I mean, I saw their record but I wasn’t expecting that. ---
**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 20, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/309 "2024-10-20T21:39:08Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > If it makes you feel any better I’m also a New York Giants fan and I watched the entire game today. > > I watched it, too. Are the Giants really that bad? I mean, I saw their record but I wasn’t expecting that. They are worse than bad. They are really boring. It’s a slog watching them play. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/310 "2024-10-20T21:40:41Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > ALCS CHAMPS! The Yankees are going to the World Series for the first time in [1]5 years! [my correction as noted by OP] Gee that’s so bad. You do realize there are 15 teams in the American League so once out of 15 years is exactly what it “should” be. Now 6 teams make the playoffs so any one team should be in the playoffs 2 years out of five. More precisely, since going to 3 divisions thirty years ago, the playoffs have been 4 teams per league (1995-2011 = 17 times) 5 teams per league (2012-2019, 2021 = 9 times) 6 teams (2022-2024 = 3 times) and 8 teams per league (2020) So there have been 30 pennant winners and 139 playoff appearances for 438 team-years (14 teams before Houston moved). The Yankees have 30 team years or 6.85% of them. They should have won 2.05 pennants and been in the playoffs 9.5 times. They have won 5 World Series and 8 pennants and been in the playoffs 25 times. I don’t feel sorry for Yankee fans in the slightest. ---
**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 21, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/311 "2024-10-21T01:38:39Z")
Dodgers have taken a 6-1 lead over Mets. Mets got 2 back, 6-3. ---
**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 21, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/312 "2024-10-21T03:27:29Z")
Dodgers win. Ohtani v Judge. MVP vs MVP. Might be the highest-TV-rated Series in decades. ---
**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 21, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/313 "2024-10-21T03:27:50Z")
And it’s Yankees vs Dodgers in the World Series. ---
**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 21, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/314 "2024-10-21T03:41:12Z")
I live in LA County. Yankees in 5. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/315 "2024-10-21T04:21:54Z")
As a Dodgers fan who grew up in New York during the 70s and 80s, I’ve been waiting a long time for these two teams to meet again. Don’t really care how it turns out, just so happy to see them face each other again. Plus, it will serve as a nice distraction from the upcoming election. ---
**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 21, 2024, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/316 "2024-10-21T06:14:41Z")
Electing new commissioner already?!? 😁 What if… The 2004 Red Sox rally hero (Dave Roberts) who started the 0-3 comeback against the Yankees, goes down 0-3 in this WS series, gets Dodgers to rally back and win the series after being down three? That happens, you’ll get a ticket in NYC for drawing Dave Roberts on a napkin. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/317 "2024-10-21T06:23:21Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Electing new commissioner already?!? 😁 Given the choice, I might prefer that to a Dodgers win, and that’s saying something. ---
**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 21, 2024, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/318 "2024-10-21T06:27:54Z")
I’m actually rooting for Yanks in this one. GSC is on fire, Ohtani is not… yet. Either way, I’ll welcome a current hometown win for D’s, but would love to see the billion $ bubble burst. 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/319 "2024-10-21T06:43:04Z")
well now everyones stopped snatching defeat from the jaws of victory … go dodgers ! ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/320 "2024-10-21T06:43:10Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Either way, I’ll welcome a current hometown win for D’s, but would love to see the billion $ bubble burst. 🕶 Interestingly enough, four teams (including the Yankees and Mets) had a higher payroll than the Dodgers this year. ---
**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 21, 2024, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/321 "2024-10-21T06:48:08Z")
Probably because nearly all of Ohtani’s pay is being deferred until far down the road. IIRC, he is actually only being paid $2 million per year by the Dodgers for the near future. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374.md?page=17)