# MLB: September (and October regular season games) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 1, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680 "2016-09-01T18:25:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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 22, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680/141 "2016-09-22T15:13:25Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > The Red Sox are lucky, and I guess luck favors the prepared. But things are really going their way right now. Let’s lock up the AL East and start getting lined up for the post season. Well, considering that they had been [unlucky](http://www.baseballprospectus.com/standings/) for most of the season (one big reason for their current winning streak is that their standard deviation of runs scored has dropped drastically), I don’t consider the current winning streak to be any sort of big deal in the sense you are suggesting. ---
**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 22, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680/142 "2016-09-22T15:25:05Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Well, considering that they had been [unlucky](http://www.baseballprospectus.com/standings/) for most of the season… Yep. As i said in an earlier post, the Red Sox should have an even bigger lead than they currently do, based on runs scored and conceded. They’ve just won three games in a row against the Orioles, and have scored 5 runs in each game, which is about a half-run LESS than their season average. Only a minor catastrophe, a la 2011, can stop the Red Sox winning the East now. A few days ago, i told myself that if the Orioles could take 3 out of 4 against Boston, they’d still be in with a shot of winning the division, but Boston has now won the first three, leaving Baltimore right back in the thick of what is probably a six-team race for the two Wild Card spots. I wouldn’t be betting on the Birds seeing any postseason play and, to be honest, they don’t really deserve to make it. Apart from dingers, they don’t really do that much. And now their home run production has slowed. For a long time this season, they were on track to catch the Mariners’ single-season record, but now they’d need 26 homers in their last 10 games. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680/143 "2016-09-22T15:55:35Z")
> [@from\_a\_to\_z](#): > > Speaking of ESPN, Jayson Stark has (as I learned from Dodger broadcaster Charley Steiner) an article about Vin Scully including recollections from Vin’s colleagues. See [here](http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/17595432/the-man-voice-stories). fun memories. (Also see [here](http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2011/03/decoding-dodgers-announcer-vin-scully.html) for a Scully lexicon.) > > Vin has the easy-going knack of casually weaving fascinating trivia into his broadcast of a game. For example, during the bottom of the third of September 21st’s Giants-Dodgers game at Dodger Stadium… > Later, with the end-of-inning wrap-up after the Dodgers had scored two more runs, Vin concluded Man, I’m going to be in fucking tears the last time I hear “Goodnight, everybody!” ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680/144 "2016-09-22T16:09:23Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > So, remaining schedules in the AL wild card race, in descending order of difficulty: > > Toronto (4 NYY, 3 BAL, 3 BOS) To my admitted surprise, Toronto has a winning record against New York and Baltimore, and is even against Boston. The team they can’t beat in the East is Tampa Bay. ---
**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 22, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680/145 "2016-09-22T16:44:43Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Man, I’m going to be in fucking tears the last time I hear “Goodnight, everybody!” I seriously got weepy reading the linked article. Wasn’t quite the same in the last few years, but I remember fondly, particularly in the 90s (and obviously this was going on much earlier than that) sitting in the stands hoping to be close to someone who had brought a radio with them. And eventually, I started bringing my own radio. Everyone seemed to be pleased with having access to Vin in the stadium. You know, it might make sense to start a Vin Scully appreciation thread. ---
**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 22, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680/146 "2016-09-22T17:04:53Z")
I went ahead and created one: [Vin Scully Appreciation Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=805316). ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680/147 "2016-09-23T14:43:03Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Why isn’t David Ortiz getting the Farewell Tour tonguebath that David Jeter and Mariano Rivera got? Well, the Orioles gave him [a pretty nice gift](http://www.espn.com/blog/boston/red-sox/post/_/id/51030/hold-the-phone-david-ortizs-farewell-gift-from-the-orioles-is-a-smash). Well, a gift, at least. It’s a little weird that they held onto that thing for three years, but whatever. ---
**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 23, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680/148 "2016-09-23T20:22:46Z")
Fivethirtyeight reckons that the 2016 Cincinnati Reds have the worst pitching in major league history —[The Reds’ Pitching Might Be The Worst Of All Time | FiveThirtyEight](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-reds-pitching-might-be-the-worst-of-all-time/) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680/149 "2016-09-23T20:30:48Z")
Orioles backup catcher Caleb Joseph is about to set a MLB history record for the first player to have at last 100 at bats in a season without an RBI. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680/150 "2016-09-23T23:09:11Z")
[Mariners suspended catcher Steve Clevenger for his tweets about Charlotte.](https://www.buzzfeed.com/maryanngeorgantopoulos/seattle-mariners-catcher-suspended-for-sending-racially-char?utm_term=.aog9RgJWP#.jl7kGWyK6) ---
**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 23, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680/151 "2016-09-23T23:13:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Mariners suspended catcher Steve Clevenger for his tweets about Charlotte.](https://www.buzzfeed.com/maryanngeorgantopoulos/seattle-mariners-catcher-suspended-for-sending-racially-char?utm_term=.aog9RgJWP#.jl7kGWyK6) From the article: > [@](#): > > Clevenger apologized on Thursday in a statement posted on Facebook by Fox reporter Ken Rosenthal. > > “I am sickened by the idea that anyone would think of me in racist terms,” he said. “My tweets were reactionary to the events I saw on the news and were worded beyond poorly at best and I can see how and why someone could read into my tweets far more deeply than how I actually feel.” “I am sickened that anyone could take my racist rantings and conclude that i might be a fucking racist asshole. My tweets were reactionary, just like my politics, and my biggest mistake was hanging my redneck ass out for the whole world to see.” ---
**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:** [September 24, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680/152 "2016-09-24T01:30:23Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Fivethirtyeight reckons that the 2016 Cincinnati Reds have the worst pitching in major league history. That’s what you get when you’re a small market team and the pitcher you decide to back up Brinks truck for is Homer Bailey. They are not a well run team in general, having been forced to trade away almost every player with an ounce of talent at the worst possible time when they have no leverage. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680/153 "2016-09-24T01:57:09Z")
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the worst ball call in the history of the game. Scroll down to see a gif that confirms that’s not a PitchFX bug: the call really was that bad. > ---
**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:** [September 25, 2016, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680/154 "2016-09-25T07:15:27Z")
For a fun non-vin scully moment at the Dodgers games tonight after the Padres came back from down 6-0 to tie the Giants they put the score up on the big screen at the stadium. The Dodgers were up 8-0 at the time and I watched 20+ people around pull out their phones to bring up the Giants game on their phones. After the Dodgers wrapped their game they actually put the Giants up on the big screen for us to watch. Unfortunately the Giants pulled it out in the 10th but I’ve never gotten to watch a baseball game on TV at the ball park before. Hopefully we clench tomorrow so I can listen to Vin call it. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680/155 "2016-09-25T10:26:16Z")
With the Nats’ 6-1 win over the Pirates, and the Mets’ 10-8 loss to the Phillies, the Nationals have clinched their third division title in the last five years. All three of those titles were won under a different manager, which is the first time in history that’s happened. The Mets were down 10-0 against the Phillies, pulled many of their starters, and just about came back to win, the magnificent bastards. ---
**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 25, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680/156 "2016-09-25T13:30:10Z")
[Jose Fernandez](http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/17632541/miami-marlins-ace-jose-fernandez-dies-boating-accident) was killed in a boating accident. He was 24. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680/157 "2016-09-25T13:36:06Z")
I just saw the news about Fernandez, I hope like hell alcohol wasn’t involved. ---
**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 25, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680/158 "2016-09-25T14:37:21Z")
A separate thread has been started [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=805552) regarding Jose Fernandez. Not that I think it’s inappropriate to discuss in here; just wanted folks to be aware. As there will probably be a lot of conversation about that over the next few days, I certainly think it warrants its own thread. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680/159 "2016-09-25T23:13:19Z")
Criminy, Mets, couldn’t you have saved some of those 17 runs you scored against the Phillies today for later on? That’s about 6 games worth of typical Mets’ offense. ---
**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 25, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680/160 "2016-09-25T23:54:50Z")
Dodgers walk it off and win the division! And the players pause their celebration to join the crowd in saying goodbye to Vin. Absolutely perfect. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-and-october-regular-season-games/764680.md?page=9)