# 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:** 32
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/621 "2014-10-11T01:00:15Z")
Lead for the Royals! The Os will regret not scoring last inning, probably. I’m finding it nice just to be watching a game where I can root for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/622 "2014-10-11T01:19:07Z")
4-0 Royals. On a broken bat. ---
**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 11, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/623 "2014-10-11T01:21:16Z")
Well, that was not a good inning for the Orioles. Need some offense now. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/624 "2014-10-11T01:22:25Z")
Leadoff double should help. ETA: And Orioles on the board. ---
**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 11, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/625 "2014-10-11T01:37:42Z")
And Moustakas Flies out to Markakis. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/626 "2014-10-11T02:04:52Z")
Baltimore has uuuugly batting helmets. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/627 "2014-10-11T02:11:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Baltimore has uuuugly batting helmets. I’ll admit the styling is awful, but the logo is so cute! ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/628 "2014-10-11T02:22:18Z")
Aaaaand … baseball! ---
**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 11, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/629 "2014-10-11T02:22:58Z")
OK, that’s better. Back to within a run. Good inning there for the Birds. ---
**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 11, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/630 "2014-10-11T02:43:34Z")
This is looking promising. Runners at 2nd and 3rd with no-one out. Edit: Wow, a bloop RBI single that didn’t even make it past second base. Game tied! ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/631 "2014-10-11T02:50:57Z")
What probably should have been a DP results in 1st and 3rd with one out, followed immediately by a DP. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/632 "2014-10-11T03:14:39Z")
I think baseball needs to address the issue with the blurred line between “keeping the tag on” and “actively pushing/lifting the sliding runner off the base”. I hate that it seems that replay has forced umpires to call that out now, where they used to use a little judgement. The call on the Royals runner coming off the base in the top of the 7th should have been a no-call IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/633 "2014-10-11T03:18:26Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > I think baseball needs to address the issue with the blurred line between “keeping the tag on” and “actively pushing/lifting the sliding runner off the base”. I hate that it seems that replay has forced umpires to call that out now, where they used to use a little judgement. The call on the Royals runner coming off the base in the top of the 7th should have been a no-call IMHO. I noticed in the ALDS and the play in game (I think) that the Royals runners have a tendency to overslide the bases. I don’t think this one was on the defender. It was no Kent Hrbek/Ron Gant moment (still makes me angry). ---
**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 11, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/634 "2014-10-11T03:56:23Z")
WTF, Britton? ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/635 "2014-10-11T04:00:32Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > It was no Kent Hrbek/Ron Gant moment (still makes me angry). Aww. Why did you have to bring that up? Still pisses me off, all these years later. ---
**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 11, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/636 "2014-10-11T04:10:03Z")
Wow, three straight walks and bases loaded with no outs, and the Orioles managed to get out of the inning without giving up a run. ---
**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 11, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/637 "2014-10-11T04:11:06Z")
That was a whole lot of awesome baseball. I kinda wanna see the Orioles play the Giants on Halloween. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/638 "2014-10-11T04:15:31Z")
Kansas City in extra innings? That’s unpossible! ---
**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 11, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/639 "2014-10-11T04:22:37Z")
And it looks like KC might take it in extras again. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/640 "2014-10-11T04:30:24Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > WTF, Britton? I was “watching” but not watching for most of that inning. He was getting squeezed like crazy on the fourth batter. Three of those pitches were strikes! Close, but strikes. Was it like that earlier in the inning? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860.md?page=33)