# MLB: September/October Regular Season 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [September 1, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738 "2022-09-01T16:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 1, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/1 "2022-09-01T16:05:00Z")
Welcome to September. Angel Hernandez has an ongoing lawsuit against Major League Baseball, wanting to know why he was pulled from the 2018 World Series and why he hasn’t umpired in it since 2005. Hernandez is saying it’s because he’s Hispanic. MLB is saying it’s because he sucks. Objectively, I believe MLB. > **[MLB: Hernandez blew ALDS calls, losing WS spot](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34497311/mlb-argues-umpire-angel-hernandez-3-overturned-calls-2018-alds-cost-world-series-spot)** > > Major League Baseball said Angel Hernandez was on track to umpire in the 2018 World Series before getting overturned three times at first base on video reviews during Game 3 of that year's AL Division Series. The Angels’ Shohei Ohtani has become the first player in MLB history to notch 30 home runs and 10 pitching wins in the same season. > **[Ohtani first with 30 HRs, 10 wins in 1 season](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34498753/los-angeles-angels-star-shohei-ohtani-1st-mlb-history-notch-30-home-runs-10-pitching-wins-same-season)** > > Shohei Ohtani became the first player in major league history to hit 30 home runs and record 10 pitching wins in the same season. ---
**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 1, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/2 "2022-09-01T15:52:38Z")
Did you know that Angel Hernandez had a suit going against MLB asking why he’d been removed from his umpire role in the 2018 World Series and why he hadn’t been assigned to it since 2005? MLB is saying it’s not because he’s Hispanic; it’s because he sucks. > **[MLB: Hernandez blew ALDS calls, losing WS spot](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34497311/mlb-argues-umpire-angel-hernandez-3-overturned-calls-2018-alds-cost-world-series-spot)** > > Major League Baseball said Angel Hernandez was on track to umpire in the 2018 World Series before getting overturned three times at first base on video reviews during Game 3 of that year's AL Division Series. ---
**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 1, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/3 "2022-09-01T15:56:14Z")
Bob Nightengale at USA Today is reporting that Tony LaRussa is undergoing tests on his heart. > **[White Sox manager Tony La Russa will see heart specialists, out indefinitely](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2022/08/31/tony-la-russa-white-sox-manager-out-health-heart-tests/7952912001/)** > > Tony La Russa, 77, missed Chicago's game Tuesday and will go see heart specialists. ---
**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 1, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/4 "2022-09-01T15:58:37Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > MLB is saying it’s not because he’s Hispanic; it’s because he sucks. I’d concur with that assessment. He should be fired. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/5 "2022-09-01T16:09:40Z")
A post was merged into an existing topic: [MLB: August 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2022/968968/352) ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/6 "2022-09-01T16:56:30Z")
Yeah, Hispanic, not like that Laz Diaz fellow who umpired in the 2017 and 2020 WS and now has his own crew (as opposed to the nearly decade more experienced Hernandez). He is also not a great ump (actually pretty decent, i.e. mostly invisible, anywhere but calling balls and strikes) but definitely better than Hernandez in just about every way. Hernandez was behind the plate a few nights ago in Houston. The TV crew were rather…judicious about some of his (terrible) calls. And the coaches definitely had to come out to calm some of the players who disagreed …let’s say vociferously with him. If I were him, I wouldn’t feel too good about his chances. There are a slew of websites with analyses backed by loads of statistics showing he’s consistently one of the worst in the league. I mean, as an umpire, it’s not a good thing if even casual baseball fans know your name. That usually means you screwed up in a very public and embarrassing way, possible multiple times. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/7 "2022-09-01T17:20:34Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > and why he hasn’t umpired in it since 2005. Hernandez is saying it’s because he’s Hispanic. You know who else hasn’t umpired a World Series game between 2005 and now? Charo. I’m pretty sure that’s because she’s Hispanic. ---
**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 1, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/8 "2022-09-01T17:53:45Z")
NL fans: How is the adjustment to the DH going? Love it? Hate it? Indifferent? ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/9 "2022-09-01T18:31:45Z")
How is my life now I don’t have to watch pitchers come to bat and half heartedly swing at pitches before striking out, or if I am very lucky, hit a weak ground ball and get thrown out? Excellent, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/10 "2022-09-01T18:36:13Z")
But the double-switch, zimaane, the double-switch!! ---
**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 1, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/11 "2022-09-01T19:03:52Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > You know who else hasn’t umpired a World Series game between 2005 and now? Charo. I’m pretty sure that’s because she’s Hispanic. “3 strikes, you’re out! Cuchi-cuchi!” I would have to watch that game. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/12 "2022-09-01T21:06:39Z")
reading the end of the other thread no I did not know that lol ---
**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 1, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/13 "2022-09-01T21:49:11Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > You know who else hasn’t umpired a World Series game between 2005 and now? Charo. I’m pretty sure that’s because she’s Hispanic Actually, statistically speaking, it’s probably because she’s a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/14 "2022-09-01T22:00:39Z")
I don’t know if it would do much for the cause of women in sports to demonstrate they can be just as incompetent as somebody like Angel Hernandez ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/15 "2022-09-01T22:15:08Z")
too bad Ron Luciano isn’t around anymore … ---
**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 1, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/16 "2022-09-01T22:27:08Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I don’t know if it would do much for the cause of women in sports to demonstrate they can be just as incompetent as somebody like Angel Hernandez. Three squirrels in a trench coat would do about as well as Angel Hernandez. ---
**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 1, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/17 "2022-09-01T23:37:00Z")
Free agent pitcher Carlos Martinez has been suspended for 85 games (retroactive to June 19) for violating its joint domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse policy. > **[Ex-Cards righty Martinez receives 85-game ban](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34501289/carlos-martinez-suspended-85-games-violating-domestic-violence-sexual-assault-child-abuse-policy)** > > Major League Baseball has suspended free agent pitcher Carlos Martinez for 85 games for violating its joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy. ---
**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 2, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/18 "2022-09-02T00:10:58Z")
Joey Meneses hit 4-for-6 against the Athletics today, including a walk-off three-run homer (the Nats’ first walk-off win of the season) in a 7-5 victory in ten innings. With two outs and two strikes, even. BANG, ZOOM GO THE FIREWORKS! He waited ten years for the opportunity to go to the majors. Keep him FOREVER! ---
**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 2, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/19 "2022-09-02T00:56:19Z")
Heading into the last month of the season, here’s where things stand: In the AL, the Astros have all but locked up the West and have a 5-game lead over the Yanks for best record in the league. NY leads TB by 6 games in the East. Rays and Mariners are tied for the first 2 WC spots, 2 games ahead of Toronto. Orioles are just two games back of the Jays. Cleveland & Minnesota are in a dogfight for the Central. In the NL, Dodgers will win the West and lead the Mets by 7 games for home-field advantage. Mets have a 3.5 game lead over Atlanta; Cards have a 6 game lead over the Brewers. Braves have a big lead in the WC chase over the Phillies, who have a half-game lead over the Padres. Right now Milwaukee is out of the playoffs, trailing San Diego by 2.5 for the last wild-card spot. ---
**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 2, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/20 "2022-09-02T01:18:46Z")
It’s astonishing that as badly as the Yankees have been playing recently, they’re still only 5 games behind the Astros in the AL and have a 6-game lead over the Rays in the East. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738.md?page=2)