# MLB post season: 2009 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 4, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592 "2009-10-04T21:59:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/61 "2009-10-07T14:55:06Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Well, it’s a good thing that Brandon Inge getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded held no consequence to the game. How long is his shirt going to be on the DL? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/62 "2009-10-07T14:56:41Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > How long is his shirt going to be on the DL? His shirt and his knees could be in surgery this offseason. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/63 "2009-10-07T15:44:13Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > May not mean too much **gm**. The Twins could be said to be fresh & have momentum on their side, while the Yankees haven’t played a meaningful game in 2+ weeks. The off days should save the Minnesota 'pen. Come on! The Twins certainly CAN beat the Yankees. After all, this is baseball, where there’s no such thing as an upset. There’s no reason the Twins COULDN’T take a short series from the Yanks. I’d give the Twins a 40% chance of doing just that. But… 1. Momentum simply doesn’t exist. 2. There is no way you can pretend the Twins are “fresher” than the Yanks. ---
**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 7, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/64 "2009-10-07T16:21:54Z")
Games like last night’s are what make baseball better than other sports, IMO. The drama, the tension, the back and forth scoring, the plays at the plate and in the field. I’m a huge NFL fan, but nothing compares to a close, meaningful baseball game. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/65 "2009-10-07T16:32:12Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Well, it’s a good thing that Brandon Inge getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded held no consequence to the game. Or Polanco getting called out on a pitch a foot out of the zone. ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/66 "2009-10-07T16:32:51Z")
Forecast from the NOAA for tonight’s game in the Bronx > [@](#): > > Windy, with a west wind around 31 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. That’s right, the wind is going to be gusting out to right field. It could be ugly folks. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/67 "2009-10-07T16:34:53Z")
I’m surprised I haven’t seen more discussion of Leyland’s decision to send Rodney out there for a fourth inning. I don’t know much about the Tiger bullpen or Rodney’s durability, but that’s asking a lot. He threw 48 pitches to 15 batters. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/68 "2009-10-07T16:35:49Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > How long is his shirt going to be on the DL? Does not matter. It is hit by pitch ,when your clothes are hit. How often does a guy get on DL after being hit anyway? It was just one of the bad calls by a South Park umpire. (Stan Marsh) ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/69 "2009-10-07T16:37:08Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m surprised I haven’t seen more discussion of Leyland’s decision to send Rodney out there for a fourth inning. I don’t know much about the Tiger bullpen or Rodney’s durability, but that’s asking a lot. He threw 48 pitches to 15 batters. Ran out of tomorrows. They could have brought in a starter. ---
**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 7, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/70 "2009-10-07T17:00:28Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > What off day? They play tomorrow. \ The offdays after Game 1. Used to be that a 5 game series would take 6 days to play-not anymore. ---
**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 7, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/71 "2009-10-07T17:04:15Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Come on! > > The Twins certainly CAN beat the Yankees. After all, this is baseball, where there’s no such thing as an upset. There’s no reason the Twins COULDN’T take a short series from the Yanks. I’d give the Twins a 40% chance of doing just that. > > But… > > 1. Momentum simply doesn’t exist. > > 2. There is no way you can pretend the Twins are “fresher” than the Yanks. Just combating one set of pointless & meaningless cliches with another set. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/72 "2009-10-07T17:10:56Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > a South Park umpire. (Stan Marsh) Randy Marsh. Stan’s Dad. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/73 "2009-10-07T17:11:45Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m surprised I haven’t seen more discussion of Leyland’s decision to send Rodney out there for a fourth inning. I don’t know much about the Tiger bullpen or Rodney’s durability, but that’s asking a lot. He threw 48 pitches to 15 batters. Rodney doens’t pitch more than an inning very often. Actually, his season high was 2 innings and it was done 3 times this year. The 3rd inning was a bonus inning, but who else could Leyland throw out there? Galarraga pitched the previous game. Zumaya was still hurt. Seay was dinged up. Robertson? Bonderman? Maybe those two, and I’d have preferred to see one of them over Miner can be hit or miss. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/74 "2009-10-07T17:14:29Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Rodney doens’t pitch more than an inning very often. Actually, his season high was 2 innings and it was done 3 times this year. The 3rd inning was a bonus inning, but who else could Leyland throw out there? Galarraga pitched the previous game. Zumaya was still hurt. Seay was dinged up. Robertson? Bonderman? Maybe those two, and I’d have preferred to see one of them over Miner can be hit or miss. Verlander? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/75 "2009-10-07T17:18:30Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Rodney doens’t pitch more than an inning very often. Actually, his season high was 2 innings and it was done 3 times this year. The 3rd inning was a bonus inning, but who else could Leyland throw out there? Galarraga pitched the previous game. Zumaya was still hurt. Seay was dinged up. Robertson? Bonderman? Maybe those two, and I’d have preferred to see one of them over Miner can be hit or miss. That’s a very bad situation alright. He’d already lost the option to pitch Porcello for game one and didn’t want to lose another starter, I guess. ---
**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 7, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/76 "2009-10-07T17:19:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Rodney doens’t pitch more than an inning very often. Actually, his season high was 2 innings and it was done 3 times this year. The 3rd inning was a bonus inning, but who else could Leyland throw out there? Galarraga pitched the previous game. Zumaya was still hurt. Seay was dinged up. Robertson? Bonderman? Maybe those two, and I’d have preferred to see one of them over Miner can be hit or miss. Doyle Alexander? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/77 "2009-10-07T18:40:36Z")
And they’re underway in Philly. Sneaking in my picks at the last second: NL: Phillies over Rockies in five, Cardinals over Dodgers in four. Cardinals beat Philly in six in the NLCS. AL: Yankees sweep the Twins, Angels take out Red Sox in five. Yankees over the Angels in seven. Yankees win the Series over the Cardinals, four games to one. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/78 "2009-10-07T23:28:29Z")
TBS’s coverage seems very Yankee biased. Too bad Brett Favre doesn’t play for the Twins. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/79 "2009-10-07T23:54:14Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Verlander? Slated to start game 2 and 5 (if it came to that) of the next series. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/80 "2009-10-07T23:55:16Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Randy Marsh. Stan’s Dad. He’s partially got the reference, but he messed up the umpire’s name. I’ll call it a ball. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592.md?page=5)