# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/141 "2018-10-02T15:44:40Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > I wonder why, once it was determined that there would be two NL tiebreaker games today, the NL Wild Card wasn’t flipped to Wednesday? Because that involves being flexible, yanno? :rolleyes: ---
**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 2, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/142 "2018-10-02T16:32:50Z")
[I hate the Dodgers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20936144&postcount=271) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/143 "2018-10-02T16:38:54Z")
Thanks for reminding me that they will always find a way. Gotta keep the faith. Even through Aprils like this year. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/144 "2018-10-03T01:52:29Z")
Damn this game is a hell of a pitchers duel for a one game series. When The Rockies got the run in the first, I jokingly celebrated, saying it might be the only one in the game. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/145 "2018-10-03T01:59:36Z")
The Cubs’ disaster of a bullpen is taking over now and the Rockies will morph into the Denver Broncos and put up double digit scores. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/146 "2018-10-03T02:33:09Z")
Man, when’s the last time you saw catcher’s interference? ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/147 "2018-10-03T02:37:26Z")
Big Whhhhhheeeeeeeeewwwwww there. ---
**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 3, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/148 "2018-10-03T03:02:10Z")
I smell extra innings. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/149 "2018-10-03T03:41:55Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Man, when’s the last time you saw catcher’s interference? In the Nats-Cubs Game 5 just last year. Only it wasn’t called (against the Cubs). ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/150 "2018-10-03T04:06:27Z")
Occasionally I forget how great the Mountain zone is for sports. Then I realize I’ve watched four hours of playoff baseball and it’s only 10 and remember all over again. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/151 "2018-10-03T04:15:43Z")
Where’s that obstruction call on the hug? I’m pretty sure there’s no hugging in baseball. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/152 "2018-10-03T04:22:50Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Where’s that obstruction call on the hug? I’m pretty sure there’s no hugging in baseball. No crying either. And it definitely should have been obstruction. ---
**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 3, 2018, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/153 "2018-10-03T06:34:15Z")
I blame Joe Madden. Runs out of players. Keeps Terrence Gore in two bat looking for his 2nd base hit in the major leagues. But you could tell it was one of those games where the Cubs won’t score over one run. That makes 40 losses this year with one or zero runs. They couldn’t hit. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/154 "2018-10-03T11:53:09Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Congrats to the Milwaukee Brewers for making the playoffs. As a Cards fan, we’ve owned y’all over the years, but the Brew Crew swept us late and helped drive the stake in our hearts. I think the Brewers are legit, and if they can survive their playoff game against LA/Colorado, then they’ll be a legit threat to take the NL title. See, this is why we don’t count chickens. Ugh. Playoffs on the line and the shitty no-offense Cubs show up. Lester held down the fort as well as he could, but with the Cubs, it’s either 10 runs or no runs from their bats it seems. Amazing what a World Series win in over a hundred years buys you, though. I’m not all that upset…at least I’ll be able to relax and concentrate over the next few weeks now that my Cubbies aren’t in the playoffs. It is frustrating, though. Go Brewers! ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/155 "2018-10-03T14:40:33Z")
The Cubs collapse seems to be one of the more epic in recent years. Weren’t they comfortably ahead in the NL Central with a couple weeks to go? Then lose game 163 and lose the WC and they go from potential #1 seed to the toilet. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/156 "2018-10-03T15:03:23Z")
They were four or five games ahead on September 1. They went 16-13 from Sept 1 on, not counting the Wild Card game, and finished the season winning six of nine. In no way can that reasonably be described as a collapse. Milwaukee just played incredibly well; they were 20-7 after Sept 1. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/157 "2018-10-03T15:08:46Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > They were four or five games ahead on September 1. They went 16-13 from Sept 1 on, not counting the Wild Card game, and finished the season winning six of nine. In no way can that reasonably be described as a collapse. Milwaukee just played incredibly well; they were 20-7 after Sept 1. Yeah, I believe we were up 5 games somewhere in September. I wouldn’t chalk this up to a “collapse” at all. We played decent ball throughout – 95 win team, after all, but Milwaukee has just been on fire. Much respect to that ballclub. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/158 "2018-10-03T15:22:17Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > They were four or five games ahead on September 1. They went 16-13 from Sept 1 on, not counting the Wild Card game, and finished the season winning six of nine. In no way can that reasonably be described as a collapse. Milwaukee just played incredibly well; they were 20-7 after Sept 1. OK, my mistake then. I didn’t realize how hot Milwaukee was. I typically pay closest attention to the AL East and only marginally follow the others. 4/5 games up isn’t huge on Sept 1 so it is indeed impressive that the Brewers went on such a tear. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/159 "2018-10-03T16:12:12Z")
Not to make excuses, but the lousy midwestern weather in early spring played havoc on the schedule. The Cubs have played 42 games in 43 days, even Mother Nature Gabe the the ginger one last time with having to use a day off during the last homestand to fly back to DC for a makeup game. ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650/160 "2018-10-04T02:31:25Z")
Posting this right after Yankees went up 5-0 bottom of the 6th… and now as I type this there’s another sac fly to put the Yanks up 6-0… Oakland is just outmatched. Too much firepower from the Evil Empire. This is what I was worried about. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2018/820650.md?page=9)