# MLB: Post-season **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 29, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860 "2014-09-29T14:06:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**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 5, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/341 "2014-10-05T01:43:52Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > Nats. > > It’s a saturday night, playoffs, extra innings, and people can’t ride it out behind home plate? Superfans! Well, I just saw a guy in the stands wearing a hooded jacket, so it looks like it might be kinda chilly… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/342 "2014-10-05T01:48:24Z")
All I can say is, these guys are driving me nuts. Good thing I don’t smoke; the Nats would have me going through a full pack, the way Stanhouse used to have Earl Weaver doing, back in another lifetime. ETA: Alert baserunning by Desmond. Now make something of it, guys! ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/343 "2014-10-05T01:49:27Z")
Well, that was a pretty good out there and some good baserunning. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/344 "2014-10-05T01:49:57Z")
I thought that was gone for _sure_ when Harper hit it. Stupid cold weather and wind-blowing-in. ---
**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 5, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/345 "2014-10-05T01:52:46Z")
Both teams have got to be running low on pitchers. May be a big deal if we go to say the 15th. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/346 "2014-10-05T01:56:02Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > Both teams have got to be running low on pitchers. Washington has the benefit of having Tanner Roark (2.85 in about 200 innings) pushed to the bullpen for the playoffs - you have to think we see him pretty soon, maybe Soriano for an inning first. Lincecum warming for a similar role for SFO right now. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/347 "2014-10-05T01:56:23Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > Both teams have got to be running low on pitchers. Commentators were saying that Lincecum was up in the bullpen. You know you’re low on pitchers when you’ve got your starters warming up for relief duty. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/348 "2014-10-05T02:00:04Z")
I just switched over to the Dodgers game during the commercial. I know I’ve complained in the past that one of the problems with TV is that you can’t see the defensive alignment, but that little diamond they have up in the corner is really distracting. ---
**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 5, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/349 "2014-10-05T02:04:35Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Commentators were saying that Lincecum was up in the bullpen. You know you’re low on pitchers when you’ve got your starters warming up for relief duty. Lincecum hasn’t been a starter for a couple months now;he’s been in the 'pen. He’s on the roster as a ‘long reliever’ only. Of course, he hasn’t really done terribly well as a reliever either, so the fact that we may need him to pitch at all is quite terrifying. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/350 "2014-10-05T02:05:40Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Lincecum hasn’t been a starter for a couple months now;he’s been in the 'pen. He’s on the roster as a ‘long reliever’ only. > > Of course, he hasn’t really done terribly well as a reliever either, so the fact that we may need him to pitch at all is quite terrifying. Ah. I hadn’t paid attention to the Giants pitching roster. Thanks for the correction. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/351 "2014-10-05T02:10:53Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Hey, Fox has to show a crappy Arizona St/USC game and Fox Sports 1 has to show two guys punching each other in the crotch. So MLB Network it is. Well, I guess I am watching A st/ USC instead of the greatest team so its no loss to Fox but seriously I missed the game last night due to the great american beerfest and now I can’t watch the game due to being on a minor network. I won’t watch a single game of the NLDS until game three and thats just wrong. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/352 "2014-10-05T02:11:54Z")
Got my picture-in-picture going now, with the game in LA in the 2nd inning. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/353 "2014-10-05T02:20:57Z")
I feel like there should be some sort of Doge meme for this game (and the postseason so far in general). Much innings. Very baseball. Or something like that. ---
**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 5, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/354 "2014-10-05T02:30:43Z")
Fine throw by Ramos, there. ---
**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 5, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/355 "2014-10-05T02:30:59Z")
I think I must have died about 4 innings ago, and this is purgatory. It’s the only possible explanation. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/356 "2014-10-05T02:32:36Z")
Dodgers have runners at first and third with no-one out in the third inning. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/357 "2014-10-05T02:34:22Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Dodgers have runners at first and third with no-one out in the third inning. Double play, 4-3, and the run scores. And apparently the Cardinals didn’t get the tag on Grienke. Although I don’t see how they overturned it. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/358 "2014-10-05T02:41:59Z")
While a little out of date, this [article](http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/10/12-longest-games-in-mlb-postseason-history) makes me think this game is now tied for the third-longest postseason game by number of innings. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/359 "2014-10-05T02:47:43Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > While a little out of date, this [article](http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/10/12-longest-games-in-mlb-postseason-history) makes me think this game is now tied for the third-longest postseason game by number of innings. _This night is going to last forever, last all, last all summer long_ Except it’s fall, of course. Bottom of the 15th… ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/360 "2014-10-05T02:51:14Z")
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