# 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:** 34
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/661 "2014-10-12T01:14:50Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I said earlier in the thread that i couldn’t work out who to root for (or against) in the National League. > > Well, yesterday, the Cardinals [helped me make up my mind](http://m.mlb.com/news/article/98155370/cardinals-add-aj-pierzynski-flexibility-to-nlcs-bench). > > Go Giants. “We’re sorry, the page you’re looking for can’t be found.” ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/662 "2014-10-12T01:15:45Z")
Look at the URL to get an idea. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/663 "2014-10-12T01:16:21Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I said earlier in the thread that i couldn’t work out who to root for (or against) in the National League. > > Well, yesterday, the Cardinals [helped me make up my mind](http://m.mlb.com/news/article/98155370/cardinals-add-aj-pierzynski-flexibility-to-nlcs-bench). > > Go Giants. Never mind: at first my browser wasn’t finding the page. ---
**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 12, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/664 "2014-10-12T01:47:34Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I said earlier in the thread that i couldn’t work out who to root for (or against) in the National League. > > Well, yesterday, the Cardinals [helped me make up my mind](http://m.mlb.com/news/article/98155370/cardinals-add-aj-pierzynski-flexibility-to-nlcs-bench). > > Go Giants. I’m a Giants fan, so I would have rooted for them anyway, but their fans selling shirts in support of the Cardinals on one side and Darren Wilson on the other side would have made up my mind for me. ---
**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 12, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/665 "2014-10-12T02:10:55Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Where has this Moustakas been all year? > [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Kansas City. If he was in KC, he was well disguised. Moustakas during the regular season: .212/.271/.361 Moustakas during the postseason so far: .318/.348/.864 Small sample size, i know, but damn. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/666 "2014-10-12T02:53:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I’m a Giants fan, so I would have rooted for them anyway, but their fans selling shirts in support of the Cardinals on one side and Darren Wilson on the other side would have made up my mind for me. Every fandom has bigoted assholes in its ranks. It doesn’t necessarily reflect on the fan base as a whole. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/667 "2014-10-12T03:00:20Z")
Boy, that non-balk call is going to add some controversy. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/668 "2014-10-12T03:00:40Z")
Should have been a balk there. ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/669 "2014-10-12T03:37:08Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Boy, that non-balk call is going to add some controversy. I hope not. There was more to the Cardinal’s loss than a missed balk. Wainwright wasn’t sharp for the second start in a row. You have to wonder what they’re going to do if his spot in the rotation comes up again. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/670 "2014-10-12T03:44:56Z")
So far Kansas City hasn’t been good at all stealing bases in the ALCS, and it isn’t stopping them from winning. They’re 1 for 4 so far if you count the pickoff. Yet they go home way, way up. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/671 "2014-10-12T04:54:46Z")
Go Giants!!! MadBum pitched great, and now Peavy has to deliver. ---
**Author:** ![nachtmusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/672 "2014-10-12T08:38:06Z")
What is it about facing the Giants that causes every opponent to play as if their shoelaces are untied? The only adept move the Cardinals made in Game 1 was to find some retired sailor to sing the bejesus out of the anthem. That guy was good. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/673 "2014-10-12T12:32:07Z")
The Royals are just amazing. They’ve been my No. 2 team since I was a kid and their postseason performance has been incredible. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/674 "2014-10-12T21:09:18Z")
I just turned on NLCS game 1 which I had recorded on my Comcast DVR. Per [MLB.com](http://MLB.com), and my onscreen TV guide I recorded a channel called “Fox Sports 1”. Now I go to watch it and I see the game is in one 1/2-size “window” on my screen while incessant and irrelevant yak-yak is in another window. That is totally unsat. Where can I find the remaining NLCS games broadcast in traditional full screen mode (in HD) with traditional commentary? And if there is no such channel, who’s HQ do I need to bomb to ensure this abomination is never foisted off on the fan base again? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/675 "2014-10-12T21:26:40Z")
For last night’s NLCS Game 1, you should have been watching FOX, not Fox Sports 1. IIUC, some of the postseason games are being broadcast on Fox, some on Fox Sports 1, some on TBS, some on MLB Network. Last night’s NLCS game was on Fox (with some sort of supplementary commentary on Fox Sports 1); tonight’s will be on Fox Sports 1. Don’t ask me why. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/676 "2014-10-12T21:45:23Z")
Thanks. I was afraid of that. Fox is non-HD. Oh well; non-HD was good enough for the first 40+ years I watched baseball. ---
**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 13, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/677 "2014-10-13T00:10:46Z")
I was out of town for the weekend, so I missed most of Game 1 (but managed to catch the first 3 innings 🙂 )…back in my accustomed position at the end of the couch tonight. \*\* Go Giants!\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/678 "2014-10-13T00:27:15Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > For last night’s NLCS Game 1, you should have been watching FOX, not Fox Sports 1. IIUC, some of the postseason games are being broadcast on Fox, some on Fox Sports 1, some on TBS, some on MLB Network. Last night’s NLCS game was on Fox (with some sort of supplementary commentary on Fox Sports 1); tonight’s will be on Fox Sports 1. Don’t ask me why. I made the mistake of watching Fox Sports 1 before someone told me to switch to Fox. I literally could not understand what was going on in the game. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/679 "2014-10-13T00:30:01Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > For last night’s NLCS Game 1, you should have been watching FOX, not Fox Sports 1. IIUC, some of the postseason games are being broadcast on Fox, some on Fox Sports 1, some on TBS, some on MLB Network. Last night’s NLCS game was on Fox (with some sort of supplementary commentary on Fox Sports 1); tonight’s will be on Fox Sports 1. Don’t ask me why. On Fox Sports 1 last night they were actually having an entirely different announcing team who were covered focused heavily on stats. I listened to it for a couple innings. Not quite my thing, but still better than Joe Buck. ---
**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 13, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/680 "2014-10-13T01:51:44Z")
Two nights in a row the Cardinals have had an outfielder make a ‘catch’, then lose the ball upon hitting the ground. Last night it led off a 2-run inning; tonight it only cost them a single run. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860.md?page=35)