# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/141 "2009-10-12T01:49:39Z")
I know the Yankees have a lot of money. Did they buy off the Twins? They run bases like idiots. They are pissing away Pavanos good start. ---
**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 12, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/142 "2009-10-12T02:04:07Z")
Dear god, how is a 2-1 game only in the 8th inning after 3.5 hours? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/143 "2009-10-12T02:22:21Z")
4 to 1. Whatchoo talking about.? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/144 "2009-10-12T02:25:23Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > 4 to 1. Whatchoo talking about.? Yes, but now it’s in the ninth after 4 hours. Thank heavens the Rockies are on TNT. ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/145 "2009-10-12T02:28:05Z")
The game started at 7pm EST fellas. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/146 "2009-10-12T02:42:40Z")
Officially 3 hrs 25 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/147 "2009-10-12T02:43:57Z")
Steve Bartman sure has aged fast. Why the fuck do home fans in the front row insist on getting in the way of a catch? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/148 "2009-10-12T02:59:05Z")
Oh, and neither game on regular cable here, as Sportsnet continues their policy of refusing to broadcast the game on regular cable to try to force baseball fans to buy their extended package. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/149 "2009-10-12T03:05:49Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Oh, and neither game on regular cable here, as Sportsnet continues their policy of refusing to broadcast the game on regular cable to try to force baseball fans to buy their extended package. They’re trying to get you to buy it for next year? Shit, that stinks. Is there a federal communications commission or something you can complain to? Are they going to pull this for the Championships, or the World Series? Sheesh, I’d be going nuts. Can you sign up for MLB radio? That’s only US$15, and is not blacked out like MLBtv is. ---
**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 12, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/150 "2009-10-12T03:14:44Z")
> [@Crawlspace](#): > > The game started at 7pm EST fellas. Ah, it’s that “6:35 ET” game time they announced on ESPN radio that fooled me. My radio was on well before that, but I was sure that’s when the game started. > [@gonzomax](#): > > Officially 3 hrs 25 minutes. Is that with or without commercials? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/151 "2009-10-12T06:52:24Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I wouldn’t mind a Met win (or a win by another NY-area-based team, which I think that market could easily support.) And a third team would probably go a long way in fixing the problem of the huge resource advantage the Yankees have. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/152 "2009-10-12T10:28:13Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Fuck, Mr. ARod tied it up. You know, this is exactly how the Yankees always play. If it’s scoreless by the 5th, then come around the seventh, there’ll be two homers, as the starting pitcher gets worn out. Then, as the pitcher roulette starts spinning, the Yanks try to hit another long ball or two as the new pitcher adjusts to the mound. It’s a pattern, and how the Yanks win. They’re just more dangerous in the latter half of the game, because of how many long ball hitters they have. If the Twins get a man on or two, it’s not so threatening, because of the lack of home runs. And RickJay, to get the Mets in the series, someone would have to be shot around the tail end of the season. Not sure who, but there’s got to be a reason they’ve fallen apart, what, three years in a row, now? I understand how come you might hate my hometown boys, but this is how the Yankees work, ever since 1919. I’m just glad the Sox are out. Not cause I hate them, but because whenever the Sox go up against the Yankees, it _means_ something. I’d rather watch baseball than that rivalry. Again. Kinda sorry the Twins are out, though. Anything that ticks off Selig is good in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/153 "2009-10-12T11:05:58Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Dear god, how is a 2-1 game only in the 8th inning after 3.5 hours? And that was _before_ the Twins made four pitching changes in the ninth! The Twins had a great run at the end of the season, but they just didn’t have the firepower. The last two games were exciting and very satisfying, the Yankee starters pitched well, and it’s been a long time since Rodriguez got any significant hits in the playoffs. There wasn’t much from anyone else, though. I can’t believe three of the four series were sweeps, but that actually happened in 2007, too. There hasn’t been a five-game division series since the Yankees beat the Angels in 2005. We’ll see later today if the Rockies can push the Phillies to the limit. ---
**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 12, 2009, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/154 "2009-10-12T11:41:48Z")
That’s 3. ---
**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 12, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/155 "2009-10-12T17:18:08Z")
Didn’t somebody say something last month about Papelbon having never allowed a run in a postseason game? Guess he’s just one of those guys who can’t pitch those REALLY big games. Ah well. Maybe he’d do okay if Boston would send him to Kansas City or Pittsburgh or somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/156 "2009-10-12T17:20:05Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Anyone seeing the chance of a Freeway Series? Very possible, but some tough tests in the LCSs. The Angels probably have a tougher road against the Yankees, but the Dodgers have no cakewalk with the Phillies/Rockies (imagine Southern California’s Dodgers playing in snowy Colorado weather… yikes!). ---
**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 12, 2009, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/157 "2009-10-12T17:33:04Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Dear god, how is a 2-1 game only in the 8th inning after 3.5 hours? No kidding! Especially since there were so many 1-2-3 innings to start the game. It’s not like there were a ton of runners LOB last night either. Honestly, I couldn’t figure out what took so long. ---
**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 12, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/158 "2009-10-12T17:48:55Z")
Because Yankees games go on FOREVER. Sometimes longer. It’s in the contract. Seriously, Yankee hitters take an awful lot of pitches and seem to have more than their fair share of foul balls as well. Very few Yankee batters are on or out after just one or two pitches. That adds up after a while. ---
**Author:** ![sweepkick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sweepkick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweepkick)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/159 "2009-10-12T17:54:42Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > That’s 3. _yawn_ ---
**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 12, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592/160 "2009-10-12T18:25:19Z")
Looking over the ALCS schedule. It appears the Yanks can pitch a 3 man rotation again. CC would pitch game 4 on short rest. AJ and Andy pitch 5 & 6 on normal rest and CC gets game 7 normal rest. This would leave the bullpen over-powering and the bench strong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592.md?page=9)