# MLB: September 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [September 5, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775 "2025-09-05T17:08:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775/201 "2025-09-26T16:00:10Z")
Interesting! I had never the phrase before now. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775/202 "2025-09-26T16:39:19Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > For some reason, [mlb.com](http://mlb.com) has the Astros in a wild card spot right now rather than the one game back they should be Appears it’s fixed now. Obviously mlb monitors the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775/203 "2025-09-26T16:42:03Z")
Ha! It is fixed. Odd. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775/204 "2025-09-26T22:07:36Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > This, as of this moment, is not yet decided. Cubs will indeed play the Padres, but they have not yet clinched home-field advantage over San Diego. My bad. It’s decided now. Cubs hosting. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775/205 "2025-09-26T23:23:32Z")
Detroit at Boston tonight is on Apple+. There no play stats on screen: no balls & strikes, no outs, no men on base graphic, nothing. WTF Apple. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775/206 "2025-09-26T23:24:52Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > There no play stats on screen: no balls & strikes, no outs, no men on base graphic, nothing. WTF Apple. That’s definitely weird. I’ve watched the Apple+ streams and while they do things differently, there is usually most of the info you’d expect to see in a baseball game. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775/207 "2025-09-26T23:36:17Z")
Now it’s there! There must have been a technical glitch. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775/208 "2025-09-27T00:47:58Z")
Could someone explain to me why the Red Sox are wearing green home jerseys. . . and not wearing red socks? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775/209 "2025-09-27T01:06:03Z")
Ugly ‘City Connect’ jerseys which are often used on Fridays. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775/210 "2025-09-27T01:37:14Z")
Those are “Green Monster” jerseys. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775/211 "2025-09-27T01:41:33Z")
There have been a record six players hit the 30/30 mark this season. Pete Crow-Armstrong became the record-breaker earlier today. He’s also only the second Cub to do it, joining Sammy Sosa. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775/212 "2025-09-27T01:57:07Z")
Red Sox clinch the wildcard when Cedanne Rafaela hits his third walk-off of the season (all three wearing the green jersey!) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775/213 "2025-09-27T01:58:48Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Those are “Green Monster” jerseys. That’s actually pretty clever. Still ugly and boring though. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GrKG37lWgAAfGvB.jpg:large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GrKG37lWgAAfGvB.jpg:large) (I actually like the yellow and blue “marathon” version a bit though.) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775/214 "2025-09-27T02:02:40Z")
As a Sox fan I want Cleveland to win the division but the Sox to be the final seed so they’ll play here next week (vs. the Yankees-note Detroit can still beat Boston out since they hold the tiebreak). ---
**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:** [September 27, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775/215 "2025-09-27T15:40:46Z")
Juan Soto was the first to reach 30/30 this season. After watching him run the bases for the Yankees last season, I found that rather shocking. I just looked at the leader board and Soto leads the NL in steals! If he bags two more this weeked, he’ll have a 40/40 season. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775/216 "2025-09-27T18:02:48Z")
The Yankees are winning against bad teams, but it’s what you have to do and you’re supposed to do. The good news for them is it seems like judge and Stanton are peaking at the right time. Judge hit his 53rd Homerun today. Stanton hit another one. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775/217 "2025-09-27T19:27:06Z")
The Cubs are [losing Cade Horton](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46399233/cubs-put-cade-horton-il-ruling-rookie-open-playoffs) for the first round of the playoffs due to a fractured rib. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775/218 "2025-09-27T19:27:58Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > I just looked at the leader board and Soto leads the NL in steals! I thought with the new liberalized stealing rules that we’d soon see a few people challenge the 100 mark after not reaching it since the Rickey/Vince Coleman 80’s. Shocked to see the NL leaders (tied with Oneil Cruz of the Pirates) are that low. José Caballero leads the AL with 48. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775/219 "2025-09-27T21:49:44Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I thought with the new liberalized stealing rules that we’d soon see a few people challenge the 100 mark after not reaching it since the Rickey/Vince Coleman 80’s. Shocked to see the NL leaders (tied with Oneil Cruz of the Pirates) are that low. José Caballero leads the AL with 48. I’m not very surprised. Even with the change to the “throw to first” rule, teams are still far more conscious of success rates for stolen base attempts now than they were 40 years go. I suspect that they are primarily focusing on trying to steal against certain pitchers and certain catchers, against whom the success rate is sufficiently high. I doubt that many players are being given always-on green lights to steal now, and only a relative handful of teams have embraced stealing more often. With the season about over, only three teams (Rays, Brewers, Cubs) are averaging 1+ steals per game, and only nine teams are even averaging 1 stolen base _attempt_ per game. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775/220 "2025-09-27T22:49:19Z")
Tigers just defeated the BoSox 2-1 and have clinched a spot in the postseason. They will either be the AL Central Champion or a wild-card team. If Cleveland wins tonight, they will also clinch a postseason spot and eliminate the Astros. The Diamondbacks have been eliminated. Cubs will host the Padres in a wild-card series. Dodgers will host the other wild-card series against the Mets or Reds. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > only three teams (Rays, Brewers, Cubs) are averaging 1+ steals per game, and only nine teams are even averaging 1 stolen base _attempt_ per game. Interesting. Where did you find those stats? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775.md?page=12)