# 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:** 46
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/901 "2014-10-29T14:51:27Z")
Well, that was embarassing. I left work early to get home by 5:00. By 6:00 I was watching reruns of The Simpsons. Been a while since we’ve had a Game 7 … this’ll be fun. In a heart-attack-inducing sickening kind of way. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/902 "2014-10-29T15:20:05Z")
Wait, fans of a team in the World Series actually turn the game off when they’re losing? How bizarre. Every inning is amazing - it’s the friggin’ World Series! I hope it was at least the Hank Scorpio episode. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/903 "2014-10-29T15:32:10Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > What inning will we see Bumgarner tomorrow night? > > I say the fifth. What inning will the announcers talk about it? The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th and all through the pregame. ---
**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 29, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/904 "2014-10-29T21:46:35Z")
I hope they don’t bring Bum in because that would mean the Giants are in trouble. ---
**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 29, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/905 "2014-10-29T22:53:27Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I hope they don’t bring Bum in because that would mean the Giants are in trouble. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/906 "2014-10-29T23:35:12Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > What inning will the announcers talk about it? The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th and all through the pregame. They were talking about it during the last game he pitched. To a large extent they were talking about would he pitch in games 1 5 and 7 if needed the moment the Giants made it into the world series. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/907 "2014-10-29T23:58:59Z")
ANTHEM. That’s all I have to say about that. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/908 "2014-10-30T01:01:29Z")
cmkeller, I have an ALDS Royals rally towel to send you. Fire me your address when you get a chance. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/909 "2014-10-30T01:45:00Z")
I realize that I spent a lot of years listening to Vin Scully, so am spoiled, but jeebus! This adulatory worshipful crap these broadcasters are pouring over the Giants is making me nauseous. Ugh. Couldn’t they at least pretend to be unbiased? And can’t someone get Harold to STFU? ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/910 "2014-10-30T02:02:11Z")
Is it just me, or does it sound to anyone else like Buck is saying “Bumgardiner”? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/911 "2014-10-30T02:44:43Z")
Yep, they put in the Bum and Royals automatically swing at every-freaking-thing. Bum, Bum-Bum, Bum, BUUUUMMMM!! Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/912 "2014-10-30T03:21:27Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I realize that I spent a lot of years listening to Vin Scully, so am spoiled, but jeebus! This adulatory worshipful crap these broadcasters are pouring over the Giants is making me nauseous. Ugh. Couldn’t they at least pretend to be unbiased? And can’t someone get Harold to STFU? No kidding! And I’m not convinced Buck likes Harold any more than we do. At least the WS keeps Buck from ruining the NFL broadcasts, too. At least for a little while. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/913 "2014-10-30T03:21:48Z")
If they had sent Gordon on that hilarious error, would that have been the most exciting baseball play, like, ever? I have to also think that in seven plus innings of left handed pitching where you just need one run to tie, there was probably an appropriate place to pinch hit Josh Willingham, lefty-beating-power-hitter. Congrats to the Giants and to a ridiculous performance by Bumgarner! ---
**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 30, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/914 "2014-10-30T03:26:56Z")
Madison Bumgarner is the man. That’s all. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/915 "2014-10-30T03:31:12Z")
> [@Kiros](#): > > If they had sent Gordon on that hilarious error, would that have been the most exciting baseball play, like, ever? Yes! I think he would have been out at home plate, but not by much. 2 questions: 1. Why did Yost call for a sac bunt (merely to advance a runner to second) when the batter was ahead in the count (2-0)? 2. On a different play, any chance Perez could have made it to first base if he hadn’t been beaned in the thigh earlier in the game? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/916 "2014-10-30T03:44:05Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Madison Bumgarner is the man. > > That’s all. Totally. I enjoyed the game, but was pulling for KC. Bumgarner is James Garner’s real last name. I wonder why he changed it? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/917 "2014-10-30T03:44:47Z")
Shoulda waved Gordon home. Oh well. Thank you Royals for an exciting postseason. Let’s not wait another 29 years for the next one, okay? ---
**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 30, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/918 "2014-10-30T03:46:36Z")
I thought that Chevy guy would never shut up. ---
**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 30, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/919 "2014-10-30T03:47:10Z")
I just saw this stat: Bumgarner has started 4 World Series games, and has 5 wins. ---
**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 30, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860/920 "2014-10-30T03:47:14Z")
Congrats to the Giants, although i would have preferred a Royals win. At least tonight’s game was close. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season/699860.md?page=47)