# MLB: September 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 2, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650 "2018-09-02T17:54:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/181 "2018-10-06T01:17:24Z")
Since I just checked 24 hours after first pitch last night’s game is up for the dodgers. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/182 "2018-10-06T01:37:41Z")
**[Moderating]** > [@](#): > > Quoth **Gray Ghost** : > > Do foreign tv networks carry the game? Use a vpn to access them? > > I’m sure it’s pirated somewhere online. I agree with you though on how annoying the blackout rules are. You can complain about the blackout rules all you want, but you can’t encourage people to break the law. We take encouragement of illegal activity very seriously, especially when it comes to copyright law. This is an official Warning. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/183 "2018-10-06T02:48:46Z")
Lol, not even a "Hey, don’t do that, " before hitting me with an Official Warning? When I didn’t link to anything illegal, merely mentioned the possibility? Fine, I won’t do anything like that again. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/184 "2018-10-06T03:23:13Z")
Returning this to baseball talk, it is too bad for the Yankees that Happ decided to show his Astros form today. Not that anyone would have an easy time against Sale. Lord, I hope this goes 5, with multiple extra inning games, and wears both teams out. The Astros game was a lot closer than the score indicated. Nail biting through 4. And Verlander took a lot of pitches to get to 5.1. Good thing the Stros pen looks a lot better than the Tribe’s. Game 2 should be entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/185 "2018-10-06T14:29:35Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > The Astros game was a lot closer than the score indicated. Nail biting through 4. And Verlander took a lot of pitches to get to 5.1. Good thing the Stros pen looks a lot better than the Tribe’s. Wonder what happens if Cleveland takes a 1 or 2-run lead into the 9th. Do they use Cody Allen to close it out? :smack::eek: Even before this year’s, um, uneven performance, Allen has been like the little girl with the curl in the middle of her forehead. When he’s good, it’s lights out with a mean curve and good fastball. When he’s bad, he even outdoes Jeurys Familia in stacking up baserunners. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/186 "2018-10-06T15:17:05Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Wonder what happens if Cleveland takes a 1 or 2-run lead into the 9th. Do they use Cody Allen to close it out? :smack::eek: > > Even before this year’s, um, uneven performance, Allen has been like the little girl with the curl in the middle of her forehead. When he’s good, it’s lights out with a mean curve and good fastball. When he’s bad, he even outdoes Jeurys Familia in stacking up baserunners. Given that Allen pitched in the 6th and into the 7th, I’d have to go with ‘no’. If the Indians had tied it up or gone ahead, I assume Hand wold have come in for the ninth. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/187 "2018-10-06T16:34:43Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > I know I’ve bitched about this for years but I really hate the [MLB.tv](http://MLB.tv) has blackout for ‘national’ games that I don’t have any access to. No I don’t have ESPN unless it’s on traditional broadcast let me watch it online. Then this year they make it worse. To watch the Dodgers I’ve got to have the MLB network that’s a premium package. > > At this point I’m used to watching my playoff games the next morning just because I can’t stay up late enough and I don’t get the right channel but this morning I found out that if the game was on the MLB network they won’t let you watch the replay the next morning. So I may not to get any of the games even delayed for the Dodgers NLDS. At least I got to listen to the radio broadcast of the game last night. The MLB network is doing a free preview this week so anyone with a cable subscription can see the games. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/188 "2018-10-07T02:11:00Z")
Not being A Guy who watches the AL east very often, how long have have the Red Sox worn these jerseys? They look like crap, like onesie pajamas a toddler would wear. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/189 "2018-10-07T02:58:19Z")
Dang. Sanchez sure picked the right time to get hot. Solo and 3-run HRs. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/190 "2018-10-07T03:47:58Z")
And Yankees go back to the Bronx with a split. Sanchez the first Yankee catcher since Yogi with 2 homers in a postseason game. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/191 "2018-10-07T04:24:05Z")
That was extra sweet after the [DEL]bullshit[/DEL] questionable overturned call. Cheers for Tanaka, Judge and the bullpen too. It’s what you want. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/192 "2018-10-07T11:41:37Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Dang. Sanchez sure picked the right time to get hot. Solo and 3-run HRs. After the first home run, Sanchez in his career against David Price was 7 for 14, with SIX home runs. From now on maybe Price should just always walk him. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/193 "2018-10-07T13:21:12Z")
Yanks have a pretty long tradition of beating Price. I love that about him. I expected to split the first 2, now it would be great if the Yanks could find a way to win the next 2. Hopefully the Kraken remains released. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/194 "2018-10-07T13:21:40Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > That was extra sweet after the [DEL]bullshit[/DEL] questionable overturned call. Cheers for Tanaka, Judge and the bullpen too. It’s what you want. Well, I’m flat wrong. I just saw a freeze frame of ball in the closed glove and Voit’s foot still a few inches from the bag. Great play by Kinsler. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/195 "2018-10-07T13:45:36Z")
So apparently [Ron Darling is in potential hot water](http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/ron-darling-uses-slur-in-reference-to-masahiro-tanaka-on-tbs-broadcast-of-yankees-red-sox-game-2/ar-BBO2oyn?li=BBnbfcL). > [@Ron Darling](#): > > “Chink in the armor for Tanaka here. It’s the first inning he has lost a little of his control.” Now, I remember the Jeremy Lin thing years back and the headline was over-the-top to me (given the long history of puns in headlines), but in the middle of a broadcast when the obvious reference is to the traditional meaning of the phrase (i.e., a gap in one’s armor), is a big reaction justified? What if the same line had been said about Kershaw? I understand that it can be difficult, but I do think intent needs to factor in. In my mind, it’s a commonly used phrase in sports when a team or player who is usually dominant in some facet of the game is not on a particular night and Darling both said it and meant it in that usage, not as even a veiled racial reference. Interested in other opinions. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/196 "2018-10-07T14:06:38Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > So apparently [Ron Darling is in potential hot water](http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/ron-darling-uses-slur-in-reference-to-masahiro-tanaka-on-tbs-broadcast-of-yankees-red-sox-game-2/ar-BBO2oyn?li=BBnbfcL). > Now, I remember the Jeremy Lin thing years back and the headline was over-the-top to me (given the long history of puns in headlines), but in the middle of a broadcast when the obvious reference is to the traditional meaning of the phrase (i.e., a gap in one’s armor), is a big reaction justified? What if the same line had been said about Kershaw? > > I understand that it can be difficult, but I do think intent needs to factor in. In my mind, it’s a commonly used phrase in sports when a team or player who is usually dominant in some facet of the game is not on a particular night and Darling both said it and meant it in that usage, not as even a veiled racial reference. > > Interested in other opinions. I really dislike the stream of stupid and obvious things that pour out of Darling’s mouth and would welcome him being removed from the broadcast but a common phrase used in a common way should not be construed as racist. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/197 "2018-10-07T14:14:35Z")
Heh. I should have been more clear that I didn’t mean for this to be about Darling. I agree with everything you said. He’s not a great broadcaster for sure. You could replace him with any one of a dozen people and probably improve the experience. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/198 "2018-10-07T14:16:26Z")
When he said it during the game it never even occurred to me that is was problematic. Wasn’t “chink” used as a slur for Chinese people? (Tanaka is Japanese, of course) Isn’t Darling party of Asian descent? People need to stop sitting on their brains. ETA: Yes, he’s part Chinese! Also, he has a terrible voice for broadcasting. Just grating and awful, beyond whatever he might happen to say. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/199 "2018-10-07T14:16:39Z")
Still, props to him for using “standard deviation” properly in a complete sentence, without apparent strain. “Chink in the armor” is a standard English term, no racial content, just back off. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/200 "2018-10-07T14:46:13Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Not being A Guy who watches the AL east very often, how long have have the Red Sox worn these jerseys? They look like crap, like onesie pajamas a toddler would wear. They usually wear them at home on Fridays. And Price seems to like them. As a long time Sox fan, I hate them. They bring back bad memories of watching Derek Lowe pitch badly. And the regular jerseys are such a great classic look. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650.md?page=11)