# 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:** 25
**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, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/483 "2024-10-29T05:53:43Z")
I wonder if the 7-run differential (Dodgers have scored 14 runs and Yankees have scored 7 thus far) sets some sort of record for the narrowest difference between a team that’s leading three games to none and the team trailing. 3-0 is an all but insurmountable series lead, yet the Dodgers have not blown out the Yankees in any of these games. ---
**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 29, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/484 "2024-10-29T09:04:33Z")
Ha! The Sox Curse is alive with Mookie and Dave Roberts. 😁 I really can’t believe how badly the Yankees are doing. OTOH, I can’t say a bad thing about the Dodgers. They just seem to show up and play baseball. ---
**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 29, 2024, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/485 "2024-10-29T12:07:58Z")
I am actually thankful for the fact that at this point in my life I fall asleep before these games end. Brutal. ---
**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, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/486 "2024-10-29T12:09:48Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I wonder if the 7-run differential (Dodgers have scored 14 runs and Yankees have scored 7 thus far) sets some sort of record for the narrowest difference between a team that’s leading three games to none and the team trailing. > > 3-0 is an all but insurmountable series lead, yet the Dodgers have not blown out the Yankees in any of these games. Welp, there’s run differential, and there’s run ratio. Plugging those figures into the Pythagorean Theorem ([cite](https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Pythagorean_Theorem_of_Baseball): used to estimate winning percentages based off of runs scored and allowed) gives the Dodgers an .800 estimated winning percentage. Since their actual record is 1.000, they obviously have been a _little_ lucky, but not excessively. ---
**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 29, 2024, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/487 "2024-10-29T12:10:51Z")
The 1950 World Series between the Yankees and Phillies started out with the first three games all going to the Yankees, with scores 1-0, 2-1, and 3-2, for a run differential of +3, the minimum possible for a 3-0 start. (Last game Yankees won 5-2, so total series run differential of +6). ---
**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, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/488 "2024-10-29T12:13:03Z")
The Yankees depended on their top two hitters to a much greater extent than any recent World Series team; to see them struggle when one of them is in the throes of a massive slump thus isn’t all that surprising. ---
**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, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/489 "2024-10-29T12:31:43Z")
Same here. I guess I should stop complaining about the 8pm starts. ---
**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, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/490 "2024-10-29T14:02:13Z")
Hindsight of course is 100%, but sending Stanton to try to score on the two-out single was obviously a bad move. I know you need runs down 3-0 to a tough pitcher, but Stanton can’t run and the left fielder fielded the ball just as he was rounding third. ---
**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, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/491 "2024-10-29T14:04:37Z")
> [@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. I don’t know if it’s been mentioned, but according to the online ump auditors, of the very best MLB umpires at calling balls and strikes, precisely zero were invited to do so in the World Series. ---
**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 29, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/492 "2024-10-29T14:13:53Z")
Bonehead move early on sending Stanton home. Yanks just can’t get in gear offensively. I think Judge is trying too hard. Barring a miracle, time to think 2025. IMO the great need is starting pitching. Try and sign Torres and Soto. I think Torres has had a very good year and that one game benching put his attitude straight. I think it’s time to let Dominguez start the year in left and see if he’s ready for the majors. That puts Verdugo out of a job unless Soto leaves, in which case return Judge to right, Dominguez to center and Verdugo in left. Chisholm is a keeper. I’m not as sold as I used to be on Volpe. First base is iffy- is Rice really ready? Is Rizzo going to last another year? Maybe have Cabrera and Rice platoon at first if Rizzo can’t last another year. Wells looked so great for a while and has since been a virtual automatic out, maybe the big postseason stage is too much. Win or lose, this experience is invaluable for next year’s team. ---
**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, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/493 "2024-10-29T15:01:14Z")
The off-season will be soon, but this seems like the start of a new thread, maybe start it up? ---
**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, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/494 "2024-10-29T15:01:35Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Hindsight of course is 100%, but sending Stanton to try to score on the two-out single was obviously a bad move. > [@BobLibDem](#): > > Bonehead move early on sending Stanton home. Yeah, as it was happening I was saying “not gonna make it”. ---
**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, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/495 "2024-10-29T16:03:25Z")
Stanton runs like a morning jog, but even still it took a perfect throw to get him out and he was within 0.1 seconds of making it. With the Yankees trailing by three runs and desperate for offense, I don’t think it was unreasonable. ---
**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, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/496 "2024-10-29T16:39:49Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > I really can’t believe how badly the Yankees are doing. There have been moments when I’ve flashed back to being a Nationals season-ticket-holder during their last year at RFK (2007) and first year at Nats Park (2008)… ☹ ---
**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, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/497 "2024-10-29T20:48:54Z")
Surprisingly low scoring Series thus far. In a matchup with the likes of Ohtani, Freeman, Betts, Stanton, Soto, Judge, etc. one would have expected lots of offensive fireworks. …The Yankees averaged nearly 6 runs per game in the ALCS and the Dodgers averaged nearly 8 runs per game in the NLCS. ---
**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 30, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/498 "2024-10-30T00:15:00Z")
Holy schlamoly. It’s Freeman’s world and everyone else is just playing in it… ---
**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 30, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/499 "2024-10-30T00:15:16Z")
Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/500 "2024-10-30T00:20:24Z")
It appear the 2024 World Series Champions will be Freddie Freeman. ---
**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 30, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/501 "2024-10-30T00:25:27Z")
OMG what assholes those fans were!! ---
**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 30, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/502 "2024-10-30T00:27:26Z")
Jesus, actually _grabbing_ the fielder and arm-wrestling him for the ball… What an _auspicious_ first inning for NY. > [@RickJay](#): > > It appear the 2024 World Series Champions will be Freddie Freeman. Saw a stat earlier, that as of last night his individual HR/RBI stats for the series outmatched the whole of the Yankees’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374.md?page=26)