# 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:** 24
**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, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/463 "2024-10-29T00:08:29Z")
_Another_ on-field rap performance instead of the first pitch?! And this one is worse than yesterday’s! 😠 ---
**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, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/464 "2024-10-29T00:10:35Z")
Oh the First Pitch was before the first 8 o’clock TV break – Derek Jeter And as far as the rap, well, what can I say, Fat Joe is no Ice Cube. AND the production with the backing vocals over the PA sounds terrible. But as things have been going I don’t blame them for not being in a hurry to start, y’know… ---
**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, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/465 "2024-10-29T00:11:08Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Oh the First Pitch was before the 8 o’clock TV break – Derek Jeter 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/466 "2024-10-29T00:11:56Z")
Fat Joe isn’t even very fat. What a ripoff. ---
**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 29, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/467 "2024-10-29T00:13:52Z")
MLB and Fox suck. 8:08 start being delayed for no reasonable reason. Assholes. ---
**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, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/468 "2024-10-29T00:26:00Z")
> [@Jaycat.again](#): > > Fat Joe isn’t even very fat. Used to be back in the day. Looking it up it seems he got into the kids eating healthy thing with Michelle Obama and trimmed down back in 2010-ish. ---
**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 29, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/469 "2024-10-29T00:30:00Z")
2-0. That was quick. ---
**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 29, 2024, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/470 "2024-10-29T00:43:08Z")
Judge continues to struggle. As an aside, I received a xitter today that proclaimed that tonight was a sports equinox: all four major pro sports have games tonight. That happens very infrequently. ---
**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 29, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/471 "2024-10-29T01:04:23Z")
Mookster! Helluva battle. [Red Sox fan here note] ---
**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 29, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/472 "2024-10-29T01:20:05Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Judge continues to struggle. Something has ruined Judge’s confidence. Not just his reaching for those down-and-away pitches, but also his constant need to take timeouts and take deep breaths. He needs that AL MVP mojo in his head again. ---
**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 29, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/473 "2024-10-29T01:25:20Z")
Buehler cruising. ---
**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 29, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/474 "2024-10-29T01:27:19Z")
Freddy Freeman appears poised to get World Series MVP at this rate. If he homers in Game 4 as well, he will set a record by being the first/only player to ever hit a home run in 6 consecutive World Series games (someone correct me if wrong.) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/475 "2024-10-29T01:32:14Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Not for one home run, he’s been quite ineffective for most of the season. If the Yankees don’t want a starter with a 3.77 ERA I’m sure 29 other teams can put him to use. ---
**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 29, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/476 "2024-10-29T01:36:38Z")
A bit annoyed with that replay. The replay official depends on getting the feeds from the network, but only as they were about to annouce that the out call stood, only then did they show the CF camera shot where the runner’s hand appeared to get in under the pad. ---
**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, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/477 "2024-10-29T02:04:54Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Buehler cruising And the other 8 fellows doing what they have to how they have to. Impressive defense. ---
**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 29, 2024, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/478 "2024-10-29T02:09:00Z")
I agree. A split second before they announce the call stands, the network shows the definitive shot. He was safe. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/479 "2024-10-29T03:01:36Z")
I didn’t go back to watch that final angle to see if he was safe, but they do always seem to get it wrong, don’t they? I don’t understand how they can’t cycle through each angle, but instead they fixate on 1 or 2 angles that very clearly don’t show anything definitive. The strike zone appears to be all over the place. Yankees just got a walk on a clear strike 3, then struck out on a clear ball 4. It’s been bad all night. ---
**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, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/480 "2024-10-29T03:25:26Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > The strike zone appears to be all over the place. Yankees just got a walk on a clear strike 3, then struck out on a clear ball 4. It’s been bad all night. Has been happening through the series. Frustrating. Well, let’s see if they can make it another hair-raising 9th… ---
**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, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/481 "2024-10-29T03:41:46Z")
MEH. At least we avoided a shutout… ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/482 "2024-10-29T04:52:02Z")
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