# 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:** 23
**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 27, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/443 "2024-10-27T04:25:01Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > Oh. He throws right but swings left? Well thats better. He’ll still need surgery though. Otherwise something as simple as trying to catch a line drive over his head could make it pop out. Something I also learned/realized tonight. Damn West Coast teams… ---
**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 27, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/444 "2024-10-27T04:29:32Z")
They are calling it a “[partial dislocation](https://ktla.com/sports/dodgers/ap-shohei-ohtani-injures-left-arm-sliding-into-second-during-world-series-game-2-severity-uncertain/).” > “We’ll know more in the next couple of days,” Roberts said. “The strength was great. The range of motion good, so we’re encouraged. But obviously I can’t speculate because don’t get the scans yet. So once we have the scans, we’ll know more.” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/445 "2024-10-27T06:08:11Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Holy dumbfuck. Never swing at the first pitch with bases loaded. Stupid. Did you watch Game 1? ---
**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 27, 2024, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/446 "2024-10-27T08:45:01Z")
Yeah, but that was a Yankee pitcher who isn’t as good as thought. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/447 "2024-10-27T13:39:10Z")
From Bill Plaschke’s column in the L.A. Times today: > [@](#): > > The Yankees are not in the same class as the Dodgers. Seems a bit over-the-top after two nail-biting wins. Also: > [@](#): > > With Ohtani, they could finish this thing in New York. Without Ohtani, this could come back to Chavez Ravine next weekend on a tightrope. Reasonable assessment. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/448 "2024-10-27T14:06:37Z")
I’m rooting for the Dodgers, but these were close games (as mentioned), and baseball to me seems to be more unpredictable and volatile in terms of individual games that anything can happen. Hell, the Red Sox came back down 0-3 against the Yanks in the 2004 ALCS. The Cubs came back down 3-1 in the WS not all that long ago. I wouldn’t say either team is in a class of their own. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/449 "2024-10-27T14:28:06Z")
“It was a real cliff dweller”. I thought Yogi Berra or Casey Stengel said that but seems it was Mets manager Wes Westrum. ---
**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 27, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/450 "2024-10-27T17:01:40Z")
Yeah, Plaschke is greatly exaggerating there. The Dodgers were one out away from losing Game 1. Had Freeman hit that ball just a little bit weaker, it could have been a fly out instead of a home run, and Yankees lead series 1-0. Then, likewise, in the ninth inning of the second game, the Yankees had the bases loaded. If Trevino had hit that last ball a little bit harder, it would have been a grand slam instead of a fly out. The Yankees very likely would then have won and taken a 2-0 series lead. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/451 "2024-10-27T19:00:56Z")
Both teams have some 3-4 future HOFers…and LA doesn’t have Kershaw. (Which is probably a good thing.) NY could easily win the next two. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/452 "2024-10-27T19:31:38Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Reasonable assessment. The impact of a single player on a baseball game is being wildly overstated here. It doesn’t change the odds that much. ---
**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 27, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/453 "2024-10-27T19:54:45Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > The impact of a single player on a baseball game is being wildly overstated here. It doesn’t change the odds that much Yeah, Ohtani is 1-8 with a walk in the first two games. He’s scored one run with no ribbies. Lots of guys could put up those numbers at the DH spot. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/454 "2024-10-27T20:25:55Z")
So if the Yankees lost Judge for the rest of the Series It’d be no biggie because he hasn’t done much at the plate yet? Ohtani and Judge are both players who could turn the course of a game with one swing. Losing your top hitter in a short series isn’t insignificant. Note that Ohtani\* has been medically cleared to play in game 3. Effectiveness will be a question. \*Some Yankees fans showed real class in reacting to his injury. > **[Yankees fans celebrate Shohei Ohtani injury at Bronx sports bar](https://nypost.com/2024/10/27/sports/yankees-fans-celebrate-shohei-ohtani-injury-at-bronx-sports-bar/)** > > Some Yankees fans at a Bronx sports bar reacted with glee after seeing Shohei Ohtani get injured during Game 2 of the World Series Saturday night at Dodger Stadium. ---
**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 27, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/455 "2024-10-27T21:43:06Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Yeah, Ohtani is 1-8 with a walk in the first two games. He’s scored one run with no ribbies. Lots of guys could put up those numbers at the DH spot. Shohei Ohtani has a .260 batting average with 13 hits, 3 home runs, 10 RBIs and 13 runs scored in 13 games in the postseason. Two games is a pretty small sample size. ---
**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 27, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/456 "2024-10-27T22:06:08Z")
> [@Disinfectus](#): > > Two games is a pretty small sample size. My point was that LA _won_ those two games with sub-par performances by Ohtani. ---
**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 28, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/457 "2024-10-28T01:32:32Z")
By all rights, it should be 1-1 series. Bringing in a guy who hasn’t pitched in weeks and weeks in a crucial situation was not a brilliant move. I’m for Cortes getting DFA’d. Boone has been too quick to bring in pinch runners, when he pulled Torres for a PR I didn’t agree. Torres isn’t Chisholm, but he isn’t Rizzo or Stanton, either. As always, managers over-manage in the post season. ---
**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 28, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/458 "2024-10-28T01:56:37Z")
DFA Cortes? That’s a wee bit extreme. Inexpensive innings-eaters don’t grow on trees. That was Boone’s screw up. Everyone who follows the Yankees knows it should have been Hill in that situation. I still can’t understand why he chose Nestor. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/459 "2024-10-28T02:00:24Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I’m for Cortes getting DFA’d Cortes is a 29-year-old pitcher who pitched well this season and is under control next year for a very reasonable price and you want to release him because he gave up one home run? ---
**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 28, 2024, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/460 "2024-10-28T11:27:57Z")
Not for one home run, he’s been quite ineffective for most of the season. ---
**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 29, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/461 "2024-10-29T00:00:48Z")
All right they’re now getting ready to go at the Bronx. Leslie Odom Jr. aka Aaron Burr, Sir, does the anthem so of course no problems with this part tonight. ---
**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 29, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/462 "2024-10-29T00:02:44Z")
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