# 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:** 29
**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 29, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/561 "2012-10-29T01:59:35Z")
Ooooh, they’re playing “Dueling MVPs” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/562 "2012-10-29T02:12:55Z")
I know we complain about the announcers a lot, but… here goes Rick Sutcliffe complaining that the Tigers’ bench isn’t excited enough. Sutcliffe (who, by the way, never pitched an inning in the World Series) doesn’t really know shit about what’s good or bad for the Tigers in terms of how they react to things on the field. Maybe staying calm is a sign of confidence. Maybe they just don’t want to act like they blew up the Death Star for tying a game in a series they know they’re losing badly and figure they want to stay focused until they’re back in it. Maybe Sutcliffe can provide us some insight into something he actually fucking understands, like PITCHING, which I think he’s mentioned twice the whole goddamned game. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/563 "2012-10-29T02:30:31Z")
Uhhh… were those the four WORST singers in the USAF? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/564 "2012-10-29T02:30:54Z")
That God Bless America was horrible. WTF? ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/565 "2012-10-29T02:32:15Z")
Not only was the singing terrible, but they also somehow managed to leave out the melody. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/566 "2012-10-29T02:32:39Z")
Congratulations to the four of you. You are now a meme all over the 'net. #badgodblessamerica ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/567 "2012-10-29T02:36:09Z")
I hope God wasn’t listening, or else He’s gonna send an asteroid at America. ---
**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 29, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/568 "2012-10-29T02:43:23Z")
Actually, I think the problem was that the men were singing the melody and the women were singing harmony, but the way they were miked all we could hear was the women. It might have sounded really nice if it had come across as intended. ---
**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, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/569 "2012-10-29T02:58:45Z")
I really hope I was wrong and the Tigers can pull this out… ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/570 "2012-10-29T03:09:56Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Actually, I think the problem was that the men were singing the melody and the women were singing harmony, but the way they were miked all we could hear was the women. Maybe. I’d have to listen again to be sure. Unfortunately, that would involve listening again. > [@](#): > > It might have sounded really nice if it had come across as intended. The only way to make that sound nice would be to not mike them at all so you couldn’t hear them. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/571 "2012-10-29T03:29:55Z")
Oh good grief, there it is again (ESPN Radio): “First extra-innings World Series game since game 6 of last year’s…” ---
**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 29, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/572 "2012-10-29T03:41:02Z")
All right, Beard part II time… ---
**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 29, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/573 "2012-10-29T03:47:30Z")
One more… ---
**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 29, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/574 "2012-10-29T03:51:27Z")
Got him looking! ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/575 "2012-10-29T03:52:14Z")
Well, dead without a whimper ☹ grats Giants at least it’s too damn cold for a riot. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/576 "2012-10-29T03:55:03Z")
So well deserved. Such wonderful comebacks. Such dominance in the Series. A wonderful performance. ---
**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 29, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/577 "2012-10-29T03:57:45Z")
The series as a whole might have been rather one-sided, but this was a hell of a game tonight. ---
**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 29, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/578 "2012-10-29T04:01:25Z")
Yay! ---
**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 29, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/579 "2012-10-29T04:05:15Z")
Triple Crown winner stood there like a house by the side of the road and watched it go by. Sure wish the Tigers had shown up for this series. Congrats to the Giants. The quest begins anew in 16 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791/580 "2012-10-29T04:12:32Z")
Miggy A-Rodded the series! It was indeed a gripping game tonight. All of San Francisco now believes in the power of the DH 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791.md?page=30)