# MLB: Postseason 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 30, 2015, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030 "2015-09-30T13:04:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030/421 "2015-10-14T22:36:38Z")
That takes a lot of the fun out of the 2 best bunts ever by DeShields. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030/422 "2015-10-14T22:40:37Z")
Boy, this postseason, huh? Freakin weird play for sure. I hate it but it’s the right call. Really don’t like Choo sticking his bat out there, intentional or not. 2 errors in a row to start the bottom of the 7th and the Rangers may blow this anyway. ---
**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 14, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030/423 "2015-10-14T22:44:33Z")
What a bizarre inning. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030/424 "2015-10-14T22:48:09Z")
That was a legal slide at home. Bases loaded, 1 out for Josh Donaldson. Right where the Jays want to be. ---
**Author:** ![txtumbleweed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030/425 "2015-10-14T22:48:43Z")
Another take-out slide where both the runner and the batter-runner would be out if MLB was really interested in helping keep players safe and enforcing its own rules. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030/426 "2015-10-14T22:48:52Z")
That was a perfectly legal takeout. After three errors in a row. After one of the strangest plays I’ve ever seen, let alone in post-season. **Raygun99** , the ump should have never tried to called time. I think he was confused. That was a live ball. Watch baseball for 50 years, and you can still see something you’ve never seen before. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030/427 "2015-10-14T22:49:13Z")
Baseball is so boring. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030/428 "2015-10-14T22:53:28Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Baseball is so boring. No shit. This inning is going to go down at the absolutely most boring ever inning. Tying run scores on a force at second, that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![txtumbleweed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030/429 "2015-10-14T22:54:32Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > That was a perfectly legal takeout. According to baseball’s rules, there’s no such thing as a legal takeout. Considering that it was a force play at home and sliding is the slowest way to reach the plate, the only reason to slide in that situation is to take-out the catcher. Of course, the Rangers didn’t help themselves at all with 3 freaking stupid little league errors. Or giving up that 3 run homer. ---
**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 14, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030/430 "2015-10-14T22:55:11Z")
I don’t think they’ll need to review that one. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030/431 "2015-10-14T22:55:18Z")
The baseball gods are capricious bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030/432 "2015-10-14T22:55:31Z")
There she goes! ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030/433 "2015-10-14T22:57:03Z")
> [@txtumbleweed](#): > > According to baseball’s rules, there’s no such thing as a legal takeout. Yeah. That’s why it’s been called as an illegal play for the last 140 years. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030/434 "2015-10-14T23:00:22Z")
I’m pretty astonished at the way the Toronto fans are acting. This is not at all something I would expect from Torontonians, and regardless of the outcome of the game, they should all be ashamed tomorrow. ---
**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 14, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030/435 "2015-10-14T23:00:31Z")
I can’t believe I’m agreeing so much with Harold Reynolds. It’s eerie. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030/436 "2015-10-14T23:02:41Z")
Beltre looked like it was all he could do not to kick that ball into the stands. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030/437 "2015-10-14T23:03:22Z")
Rangers body language has changed dramatically. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030/438 "2015-10-14T23:03:52Z")
I’d be real surprised if Andrus has ever made two errors in a game before, much less an inning. What’s next? There’s still 2 1/2 to go. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030/439 "2015-10-14T23:05:08Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > That was a perfectly legal takeout. > > After three errors in a row. > > After one of the strangest plays I’ve ever seen, let alone in post-season. **Raygun99** , the ump should have never tried to called time. I think he was confused. That was a live ball. > > Watch baseball for 50 years, and you can still see something you’ve never seen before. I actually agree, although it’s much easier to now. The ruling is correct, but you need to have faith in an ump’s call. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030/440 "2015-10-14T23:12:14Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > I’d be real surprised if Andrus has ever made two errors in a game before He’s done it several times, actually. Against the White Sox this year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-postseason-2015/733030.md?page=23)