# 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:** 8
**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:** [September 15, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/141 "2022-09-15T15:36:43Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > But, yes, it’s interesting that the team has played very well in his absence. Color me completely unsurprised. In fact, I said to my White Sox friend the day after he was gone (I was at the game he didn’t show up to unexpectedly; they lost that one) to watch the Sox now go on a tear. While I wouldn’t define it quite as a “tear” and they just lost two of their last three, they’re still in the hunt and have been playing comfortably over 500. (Yeah, I know, it’s a small sample size and hard to really extrapolate anything meaningful from it.) I just don’t get what the organization sees in him. This team should have performed much better over this season. ---
**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 15, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/142 "2022-09-15T15:42:07Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I just don’t get what the organization sees in him. This team should have performed much better over this season. I suspect that part of it is a friendship between La Russa and Reinsdorf, dating back to when La Russa was the Sox’ manager in the 1980s; apparently, Reinsdorf regretted having La Russa fired in 1986. I also imagine that they may have thought that bringing him back might have appealed to fans, and helped to drive some additional attendance, as well as having an experienced manager take over a promising young team. To be fair, they did make the playoffs last year, but on the other hand, there’s the suspicion that they did so in spite of La Russa, not because of him. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/143 "2022-09-15T17:09:53Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Coming from tennis, I’m surprised the players aren’t demanding automated pitch calls. I could see some reticence from the umpires, but you’ll still need an official at home plate. Who won’t be subject to abuse from blown calls. My mom and step-dad are and were big tennis fans. My vague recollection as a kid in the 70s when the tech was first introduced is that the players and fans didn’t like it at first. It’ll take some time for baseball too. ---
**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 15, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/144 "2022-09-15T20:37:22Z")
The Rays put together a starting lineup today where all 9 hitters are Latino for the first time in MLB history. What a great way to celebrate Roberto Clemente Day. ---
**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 15, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/145 "2022-09-15T20:48:49Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > To be fair, they did make the playoffs last year, but on the other hand, there’s the suspicion that they did so in spite of La Russa, not because of him. Yes…“suspicion”. Count me in that bucket. ---
**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 15, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/146 "2022-09-15T20:56:25Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > My vague recollection as a kid in the 70s when the tech was first introduced is that the players and fans didn’t like it at first. You can argue with an ump. You can’t argue with a radar tracker. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/147 "2022-09-15T21:11:30Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > You can argue with an ump. Can you though? ---
**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 15, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/148 "2022-09-15T21:15:01Z")
You can, but it’s usually not a good idea. 🙂 You can also blame them for bad calls. ---
**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 15, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/149 "2022-09-15T21:25:43Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > You can argue with an ump. You can’t argue with a radar tracker. Sports headline from 2050: “AI manager ejected from game for throwing virtual dirt at radar tracker” ---
**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 15, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/150 "2022-09-15T21:26:36Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > “AI manager ejected from game for throwing virtual dirt at radar tracker” Electro-magnetic interference would do the trick probably. ---
**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 15, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/151 "2022-09-15T21:34:49Z")
I’ve watched baseball on TV all my life, and I’m almost 70. I know the replay mechanisms are much better than years past, as is the high-def TV, but I cannot remember seeing this many terrible strike/ball calls. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/152 "2022-09-16T12:51:30Z")
Anyone watching on Sling? I do not have cable now and with Shentel it would $140 a month to get FOX, FS1 and TBS. Sling is $35 and a DVR is included for a month. Can you record games and start from the beginning? If so can you FF while the game is on, or do you have to wait until the end? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/153 "2022-09-16T12:52:10Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I’ve watched baseball on TV all my life, and I’m almost 70. I know the replay mechanisms are much better than years past, as is the high-def TV, but I cannot remember seeing this many terrible strike/ball calls. It used to be worse. WAY worse. If you can find the time, watch a youtube video of an old playoff game. It’s stunning how bad some of the home plate umpiring is. Every ump has their own strike zone, and they aren’t even consistent in that. Obviously, the Erig Gregg game in 1997 is the nadir of playoff umping, but umping definitely changed the direction of other playoff games. ---
**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 16, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/154 "2022-09-16T13:03:51Z")
“_If you know me_, _you know my strike zone_” - Eric Gregg ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/155 "2022-09-16T13:08:00Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > Anyone watching on Sling? I do not have cable now and with Shentel it would $140 a month to get FOX, FS1 and TBS. Sling is $35 and a DVR is included for a month. Can you record games and start from the beginning? If so can you FF while the game is on, or do you have to wait until the end? Doesn’t look like FOX is available in southwest Virginia on Sling. But Hulu+ Live TV has it, so the same questions ---
**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 16, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/156 "2022-09-16T13:17:35Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Hernandez is saying it’s because he’s Hispanic. MLB is saying it’s because he sucks. Objectively, I believe MLB. Me, too. LOL First base should be the easiest umpiring station. All he has to do is watch the runner’s foot come down toward the bag and listen to the slap of the ball being caught by the first baseman. Whichever comes first wins the call. How in the world do you miss THREE calls there in one game? ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/157 "2022-09-16T13:22:39Z")
He made a ridiculous call in a Mets game the other day in the game’s first AB. Ron Darling wondered if the over/under was 90 secconds or less. He could not directly name him, well I guess he could have, but would have gotten into trouble. ---
**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 16, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/158 "2022-09-16T13:22:55Z")
Haven’t heard much lately about uneasiness among MLB teams potentially facing the Blue Jays in the playoffs, due to the prospect of unvaccinated players being denied entry to Canada. The New York Post currently has a story about multiple “star” players on the Mets being unvaccinated, which would keep them out of a World Series north of the border if both teams made it that far. Covid-19 vaccination is not something that can be put off until the last minute. Even if recalcitrant players were to get the single dose J&J vaccine, my understanding is that Canada would only allow them in if at least 14 days had elapsed after they were vaccinated, to allow time for buildup of immunity. ---
**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 16, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/159 "2022-09-16T13:25:11Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > He made a ridiculous call in a Mets game the other day in the game’s first AB. So, how does he still have a job after all of these years of poor performance? Is their union that strong? ---
**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 16, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738/160 "2022-09-16T13:25:41Z")
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