# MLB Playoffs **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 5, 2012, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791 "2012-10-05T11:22:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/401 "2012-10-19T16:01:02Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > The [Giants blog on SB Nation](http://www.mccoveychronicles.com) had this in their recap of the game and series so far: This had me roaring; thanks for posting it. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/402 "2012-10-19T16:09:37Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Giants fans are clinging to irrational hope, like this fact: The Giants are 12-0 in Zito’s last 12 starts. Despite the fact that Zito is crap. We have to cling to something. Irrational hope is better than no hope. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/403 "2012-10-19T18:08:15Z")
Teams have come behind from 3-1 before. I don’t really understand mass complaining from fans whose teams are in an LCS. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/404 "2012-10-19T18:13:35Z")
It is amazing to me just how down on the team Giants fans (on that blog at least) seem to be. 3-1 is completely surmountable, especially when you have your two best pitchers lined up at home for Games 6 & 7. I still remember the 1996 NLCS… ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/405 "2012-10-19T18:30:17Z")
And I remember the 1985 World Series… and I sort of, almost remember the 1968 World Series… And didn’t the Giants just (as in, like, last week) win 3 in a row against a very good Cincinnati team? Completely surmountable. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/406 "2012-10-19T18:51:50Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > And didn’t the Giants just (as in, like, last week) win 3 in a row against a very good Cincinnati team? Never speak these words again! :mad: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/407 "2012-10-19T19:15:41Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Giants fans are clinging to irrational hope, like this fact: The Giants are 12-0 in Zito’s last 12 starts. Despite the fact that Zito is crap. Maybe so, but they’ve won his last 12 starts. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/408 "2012-10-20T01:32:17Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Maybe so, but they’ve won his last 12 starts. > > 🙂 OK, if the Giants hang on to this lead [turns around 3 times and spits] they should just drag Zito onto the mound to start every game in the postseason, even if he just throws one pitch. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/409 "2012-10-20T01:52:41Z")
What do you mean, “if”? ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/410 "2012-10-20T01:53:24Z")
The Giants brought their ‘A’ game tonight. Go Cards! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/411 "2012-10-20T02:20:10Z")
No, they brought their “Z” game 🆒 Sorry, I just couldn’t help myself ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/412 "2012-10-20T03:12:06Z")
Irrational hope…FOR THE WIN!!! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/413 "2012-10-20T05:05:04Z")
The Giants are coming home! Hope still lives. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/414 "2012-10-20T12:05:11Z")
I heard the replay of Sandoval’s blast…do they really call him “Kung Fu Panda”? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/415 "2012-10-20T13:34:15Z")
Yes, that \*\*nickname started early in his career because his body is so round (much more so than Charles Barkley, _“The Round Mound of Rebound”_). Sandoval: _“Kung Fu Panda”_, or _“The Round Mound, the Grounder Hound”_ (Not official; I just made that up) ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/416 "2012-10-20T14:43:44Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I heard the replay of Sandoval’s blast…do they really call him “Kung Fu Panda”? > > 🙂 On Sunday’s telecast, check out the fans in the stands, and you will undoubtedly see lots of panda hats. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/417 "2012-10-20T14:55:52Z")
The Giants really seem to have a collection of characters. Wilson and his beard, Prince Fielder’s stunt double Kung Fu Panda, Lincecum and his Marylin Manson hair and skin tone…a couple mohawks in there, etc. I hope the Giants win it all. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/418 "2012-10-20T15:28:16Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I heard the replay of Sandoval’s blast…do they really call him “Kung Fu Panda”? > > 🙂 Yes - Barry Zito gave him that nickname. People usually shorten it to just “Panda.” ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/419 "2012-10-20T18:41:05Z")
Should the Giants win the next two games and make it to the World Series, you know who’s all lined up to be able to start Game 1, don’t you? Barry Zito. Not all that long ago, such an idea would have left Giants fans quaking in their boots…but for some reason right about now it seems like a really good idea… ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/420 "2012-10-20T21:19:43Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Should the Giants win the next two games and make it to the World Series, you know who’s all lined up to be able to start Game 1, don’t you? > > Barry Zito. > > Not all that long ago, such an idea would have left Giants fans quaking in their boots…but for some reason right about now it seems like a really good idea… It’s not a good thing. We no longer have an ACE, at this late date in the season. Arms are tired. The Giants have, NOW, five starters (if you include Lincecum, who I don’t, he will not start again this postseason unless someone’s arm spontaneously amputates) who are very capable of throwing a gem, but not a stopper. No Verlander or Hughes or Dickey. That said, I am STILL very confident, as a Giants fan. Particles, man… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791.md?page=22)