# 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:** 28
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/541 "2012-10-26T18:59:27Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > The primary break the Giants are getting is that they’re pitching and hitting better. Pagan did get a freak double and that bunt by Scutaro stayed fair, but it’s easy to overstate the breaks. Pedant alert: The bunt was by Blanco. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/542 "2012-10-28T00:01:48Z")
Is the Giants’ Brian Wilson’s beard intended to draw any comparison to his Beach Boys namesake? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/543 "2012-10-28T00:45:09Z")
This is not looking good for Detroit. ---
**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 28, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/544 "2012-10-28T00:45:13Z")
> [@GreenElf](#): > > Is the Giants’ Brian Wilson’s beard intended to draw any comparison to his Beach Boys namesake? No, he’s just completely nuts. ---
**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 28, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/545 "2012-10-28T01:00:42Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > No, he’s just completely nuts. Is _that_ intended to draw any comparison to his Beach Boys namesake? 🙂 ---
**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 28, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/546 "2012-10-28T01:10:49Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Is _that_ intended to draw any comparison to his Beach Boys namesake? 🙂 Think about this… Have you ever seen both of them in the same place at the same time? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/547 "2012-10-28T01:50:41Z")
> [@GreenElf](#): > > Is the Giants’ Brian Wilson’s beard intended to draw any comparison to his Beach Boys namesake? When did Sergio Romo start to wear his beard that way? ---
**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 28, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/548 "2012-10-28T02:02:12Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > When did Sergio Romo start to wear his beard that way? As I recall, he started growing one back in 2010 at about the same time as Wilson. It used to be bigger and bushier than it is now, though it was never anywhere near whatever it is that Wilson has hanging off his chin. ---
**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 28, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/549 "2012-10-28T02:03:58Z")
I don’t want to be overconfident, but I can’t help feeling like the Tigers best chance to win this series just slipped away there in the 5th. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/550 "2012-10-28T02:07:22Z")
Bases loaded, Miguel Cabrera pops up. I’m done. Tigers don’t deserve to win, and they won’t. Time to watch some college f-ball. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/551 "2012-10-28T02:56:05Z")
I’m watching off my DVR and just a little behind, but that One Direction/Drew Brees commercial was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/552 "2012-10-28T03:29:00Z")
Damn, Gregor Blanco is incredible. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/553 "2012-10-28T03:29:13Z")
Oh man, are Cubs fans ever jealous of Blanco’s catch at the stands. ---
**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 28, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/554 "2012-10-28T03:41:58Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > I’m watching off my DVR and just a little behind, but that One Direction/Drew Brees commercial was hilarious. I won’t spoil the ending for you, then 😃 ---
**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 28, 2012, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/555 "2012-10-28T07:42:20Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > I won’t spoil the ending for you, then 😃 Enough time has passed. **garygnu** , you’ve seen it already, right? Wow, it’s hard to believe, after many years a Giants fan, we’re on the verge of a second championship in just three years - this feels great! That said, the Tigers are a great team with a potent power-hitting offense and good starting pitching. The Giants had better not even think of letting up. _ **GO GIANTS!!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/556 "2012-10-28T17:33:45Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > Enough time has passed. **garygnu** , you’ve seen it already, right? > > Wow, it’s hard to believe, after many years a Giants fan, we’re on the verge of a second championship in just three years - this feels great! > > That said, the Tigers are a great team with a potent power-hitting offense and good starting pitching. The Giants had better not even think of letting up. > > _ **GO GIANTS!!** _ If there’s any team this postseason that understands not to count your chickens before they’ve hatched, it’s the Giants. And the same is of their fans. As a result, I’m somewhere between cautiously optimistic and pants-wettingly terrified. ---
**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 28, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/557 "2012-10-28T18:32:33Z")
> [@Tanbarkie](#): > > If there’s any team this postseason that understands not to count your chickens before they’ve hatched, it’s the Giants. And the same is of their fans. As a result, I’m somewhere between cautiously optimistic and pants-wettingly terrified. Well, the Tigers have certainly laid enough eggs in this series… (I usually try not to make snarky comments in these threads lest the Baseball Gods decide to smite my team in retribution, but the setup was just too good on this one) ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/558 "2012-10-28T19:49:13Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Well, the Tigers have certainly laid enough eggs in this series… > > (I usually try not to make snarky comments in these threads lest the Baseball Gods decide to smite my team in retribution, but the setup was just too good on this one) I don’t think I was clear in my last post - I’m a Giants fan. Terrified is our ground state, and it’s compounded this year by the way through which we won the NLDS and NLCS. 🙂 ---
**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 28, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/559 "2012-10-28T22:14:18Z")
Oh no, you were clear enough. I know exactly how you feel 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/560 "2012-10-29T00:40:20Z")
And the Giants draw first blood. Motor City is goin’ down. Shame they couldn’t make a series out of it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791.md?page=29)