# MLB: September 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 1, 2012, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349 "2012-09-01T09:57:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [September 21, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349/181 "2012-09-21T16:12:05Z")
I think people would call it the “Parkway” series, since the Baltimore-Washington Parkway connects the two metros. Or maybe the I-95 series. But BWI is an airport, a stationary feature. It doesn’t really connect the two cities. And it’s really Baltimore’s Airport, even though it has “Washington” in the name (and it’s being called Thurgood Marshall airport these days anyway). Washington’s airports are National and Dulles. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349/182 "2012-09-21T16:54:24Z")
The term I hear a lot it the Beltway Series, not as accurate as the Parkway Series though. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349/183 "2012-09-21T17:00:45Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I think people would call it the “Parkway” series, since the Baltimore-Washington Parkway connects the two metros. Or maybe the I-95 series. But BWI is an airport, a stationary feature. It doesn’t really connect the two cities. And it’s really Baltimore’s Airport, even though it has “Washington” in the name (and it’s being called Thurgood Marshall airport these days anyway). Washington’s airports are National and Dulles. Wow, way to suck the life of my quickly-chosen term. I do, however, appreciate your lesson on the particularities of the BWI Airport, especially since, as someone who lived in Baltimore for 8 years, i knew nothing about it. Nice job. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349/184 "2012-09-21T17:45:25Z")
Presumably you’re not the only person reading this thread. All in the name of fighting ignorance, after all. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349/185 "2012-09-21T18:45:18Z")
I’m still hoping for another Bay Bridge Series here. Hey, we’ve already settled upon the name and everything! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349/186 "2012-09-21T18:58:30Z")
“Beltway” is a far better word. Lots of places have parkways. When you say “Beltway,” I immediately think of the DC area. Although “beltway” is used elsewhere, the famous one is the one that rings DC. “Beltway Series” instantly implies, to me, a series between Washington and Baltimore. “Parkway Series” would mean nothing to me. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349/187 "2012-09-21T19:15:06Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Ummm…there’s some fellas out here on the Left Coast that might have something to say about that… Hell, we don’t even know which team they’ll face in the Division Series. (Is that still what they call it, btw?) Depends on whether the Nats finish ahead of the Reds, or vice versa. And in the still-unlikely event that we have a Nats-O’s World Series, maybe we can call it the Parkway Series locally, since everyone here knows the B-W Parkway, and let the national talking heads call it the Beltway Series. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349/188 "2012-09-21T19:16:57Z")
But to me “Beltway series” would imply that both teams are inside the Washington, D.C., Beltway. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349/189 "2012-09-21T19:38:33Z")
We had a Subway Series (Mets - Yanks), and a Bay Bridge Series (Giants - A’s), and the Cardinals - Royals was something like the I-40 Series. Any others? What would a White Sox - Cubs series be (other than A Sign of the End Times)? ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349/190 "2012-09-21T19:41:00Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > We had a Subway Series (Mets - Yanks), and a Bay Bridge Series (Giants - A’s), and the **Cardinals - Royals was something like the I-40** Series. Any others? I think that would be the I-70, if I remember my Missouri geography. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349/191 "2012-09-21T19:46:56Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > But to me “Beltway series” would imply that both teams are inside the Washington, D.C., Beltway. I know what you mean, but that’s already the name they use for interleague play for the two teams this year, so it’s likely to stick. > **[Beltway Series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltway_Series)** > > The Beltway Series, promoted by the teams as "The Battle of the Beltways," is the Major League Baseball (MLB) interleague rivalry series played between the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals. The Orioles are a member of the American League (AL) East division, and the Nationals are a member of the National League (NL) East division. The series name is taken from the beltway highways, the Baltimore Beltway (I-695) and the Capital Beltway (I-495), that serve Baltimore, Maryland, and Washin... ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349/192 "2012-09-21T19:47:08Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > What would a White Sox - Cubs series be (other than A Sign of the End Times)? The Red Line series. (Or the El series.) ---
**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:** [September 21, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349/193 "2012-09-21T21:52:00Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I know what you mean, but that’s already the name they use for interleague play for the two teams this year, so it’s likely to stick. > [Beltway Series - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltway_Series) I’m sure you’re right. To be honest, i couldn’t give a flying fuck what they call it. If Baltimore made the WS, i would be a very happy camper. Still a long way to go, though. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349/194 "2012-09-21T22:03:31Z")
I’d be OK with a San Francisco-Baltimore World Series. It’d be like Halloween all month long 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349/195 "2012-09-21T22:43:29Z")
Reports are that Melky Cabrera can no longer win this year’s batting title due to a one-time rule change. [Article](http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ap-source-cabrera-dqed-nl-191243978--mlb.html) ---
**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:** [September 21, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349/196 "2012-09-21T22:50:34Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Reports are that Melky Cabrera can no longer win this year’s batting title due to a one-time rule change. > > [Article](http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ap-source-cabrera-dqed-nl-191243978--mlb.html) He would be eligible to return for the LCS, you know… ---
**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:** [September 21, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349/197 "2012-09-21T22:51:35Z")
It was a pretty good move by Cabrera to initiate this change himself. He needs all the goodwill he can get, and getting out in front of this issue and dropping himself out of the running for the batting title won’t do him any harm. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349/198 "2012-09-21T23:00:18Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > He would be eligible to return for the LCS, you know… An issue that, as each day passes, seems less and less relevant to this Dodger fan, so you have fun with that. 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 22, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349/199 "2012-09-22T02:25:00Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > Do we need to be taking Milwaukee seriously as a last-minute entrant to the wild-card race? Yes . . . Yes, I guess we do! Quite a day today. St. Louis coughed it up with two outs in the ninth against the Cubs, and Milwaukee came back and won in the ninth against Washington. I can’t believe it. The Brewers were _deader than dead_ a few weeks ago. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2012/633349/200 "2012-09-22T03:37:09Z")
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