# 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:** 7
**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 10, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/122 "2024-10-10T01:20:44Z")
Yay, Phillies eliminated. Now if the Dodgers can get out of this hole, things will be swell. ---
**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 10, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/123 "2024-10-10T01:25:41Z")
Mookie with a 1st inning HR will help with that. ---
**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 10, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/124 "2024-10-10T01:35:25Z")
Stanton hits a lead off homer in the 8th. Great night including an inexplicable stolen base earlier. ---
**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 10, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/125 "2024-10-10T01:40:31Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Stanton hits a lead off homer in the 8th. Actually, with one out. ---
**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 10, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/126 "2024-10-10T01:58:59Z")
Oops, thx. If Yanks hang on, Volpe’s catch might be the game winning play. ---
**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 10, 2024, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/127 "2024-10-10T02:02:22Z")
It definitely saved at least a run. I don’t understand not giving Witt the green light to steal. That would have absolutely scored a run to tie it up. You have to give the best player on the team an opportunity to create some runs. ---
**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 10, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/128 "2024-10-10T02:25:26Z")
Yanks win and Cole on the mound tomorrow. Hopefully we can close it out. ---
**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 10, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/129 "2024-10-10T02:28:53Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I don’t understand not giving Witt the green light to steal. Witt stole 31 bases, but was caught 12 times. Not a great percentage. If he’s caught stealing, you’ve taken the bat out of one of your best RBI and home run guys. But who knows, he may have had the green light, but couldn’t get a good read on the pitcher. Royals had only six hits and were just 1-5 with runners in scoring position. Not going to win many games with those numbers, particularly when your pitchers walk 9 batters. Yankees were 0-6 with RISP, but hit two dingers. And only walked two batters. ---
**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 10, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/130 "2024-10-10T02:29:00Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Yanks win and Cole on the mound tomorrow. Hopefully we can close it out. Up 2-1 in the series without Soto contributing much and Judge doing nothing. If they were doing what they did during the year it wouldn’t be close. Great work by the bullpen. Going into the bottom of the 9th I thought my blood pressure would be an issue but Weaver made it look easy. ---
**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 10, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/131 "2024-10-10T04:30:53Z")
Dodgers bullpen game shuts out Padres, 8-0. They live to see another day. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/132 "2024-10-10T08:38:19Z")
Welcome to the 2k 's Dodgers win 8-0 one day lose 0-10 the next did Othani help any? ---
**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 10, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/133 "2024-10-10T11:51:26Z")
Too bad the replay crew flubbed the ball hitting the line. Give Costas credit for knowing the rule- if any part of the ball is over any part of the line, it’s fair. Great catch by Volpe- that was a play of the year caliber play. His defense has been a little spotty at times this year but that was fabulous. A Stanton stolen base- who saw that coming? Nice to see him have a great night. Hope that it rubs off on Judge. ---
**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 10, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/134 "2024-10-10T12:11:05Z")
Damn, 8:08pm start for Yanks @ KC tonight. Apparently a lot of fans angry at the terrible TBS coverage. > **[Yankees broadcast on TBS has people angry](https://www.nj.com/sports/2024/10/yankees-broadcast-on-tbs-has-people-angry.html)** > > The Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals, 3-2, on Wednesday. ---
**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 10, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/135 "2024-10-10T12:14:15Z")
MLB continuing with its long standing policy that the more important the game, the harder it must be to watch for eastern time zone workers. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/136 "2024-10-10T13:56:26Z")
No its policy is the Yankees always get the evening slot if at all possible. ---
**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 10, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/137 "2024-10-10T14:29:57Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > If they were doing what they did during the year it wouldn’t be close. That goes both ways - if Witt, Pasquantino and Salvy did what they did during the year, and the control-expert SPs didn’t walk so many Yankees, it wouldn’t be close. ---
**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 10, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/138 "2024-10-10T14:31:55Z")
Sure, that’s a given. And the Dodgers get the prime Pacific time slots above all others. ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/139 "2024-10-10T15:02:36Z")
George Brett is one of my all time favorite players that I got to watch. Now, that is. Hated him as a kid because he was a monster against the Yankees. Brett’s 317 homers don’t look amazing on their own, but that goes with 665 doubles and 137 triples. Also, he was an all-time great postseason performer: .337/.397/.627. So by all means, have a chat with George Brett. Bring him into the _booth_ for half an inning. We don’t need to see him standing with an interviewer while the game is being played. ---
**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 11, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/140 "2024-10-11T01:15:23Z")
Cleveland forces a Game 5 (but Detroit kept coming until the very end). ---
**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 11, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/141 "2024-10-11T01:23:09Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Cleveland forces a Game 5 First game in the series in which the losing team was not shut out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374.md?page=8)