# MLB: The Playoffs **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [September 30, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185 "2011-09-30T18:45:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/461 "2011-10-19T03:47:31Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > OK, fuck it. I’m going to be in bleacher section 595 (left field verging on center) row 4, seat 3 for $280. > > Stop and say hello! (If I’m there. My tendency at ball games is to wander the stadium and watch from different angles. Perhaps the Secret Service will limit my wandering though.) During your wandering try to find “Die Hard Cards Fan.” He’s usually in section 501 (right field bleachers). If he’s at the game he won’t be hard to find. Just in case, though, his website is [diehardcardsfan.com](http://diehardcardsfan.com). He’s one of the nicest guys I’ve met at the ballpark. The company I work for has a major sponsorship with the Cardinals (signs throughout the stadium, seating area with the company name on it). Yesterday my manager and his boss made some phone calls and today my game 2 ticket showed up. I’ll have to use the last of my vacation time but it’s well worth it. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/462 "2011-10-19T12:47:56Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > To the best of my recollection, I have never lived in a city where a World Series game was taking place. Heh, guess who decided not to keep getting our Ranger season tics the last couple of years. They’re the same as Nolan Ryan’s, just on the 3rd base side instead of the first, the front row next to the [visitor’s](http://www.flickr.com/photos/50335468@N03/4666020821/in/photostream) warm-up circle. My grandad’s brother got them them decades back when they first came to town, but since moving from Dallas to Houston it got too much for us so we turned 'em over to my cousins. Maybe next year we’ll make a trip if they get back but until then thank goodness for HDTV in the comfort of your own home. No worries, between HD and missing a whole day of travel it’s all good. Now, let’s get this show started. Like someone said upthread, our football preferences haven’t performed to expectations this year so we’ve invested more anticipation eggs in this baseball basket. C’mon 7:05. I see Berkman has apologized for saying he didn’t think the Rangers would make it back as the reason he signed elsewhere. He’s always been a classy guy so this doesn’t surprise. What I’m curious about is whether he’ll DH in the games here. Allen would come in, I suppose? And yes, Washington is keeping Cruz at #7. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/463 "2011-10-19T13:30:42Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > … thank goodness for HDTV in the comfort of your own home. My TV is already boxed up and in storage. ☹ This seemed like the best alternative. One night only, though! Tomorrow I’ll settle for MLB radio. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/464 "2011-10-19T14:03:00Z")
So I guess I’m (reluctantly) rooting for St. Louis in this one, so that (1) Berkman gets a World Series ring and (2) if the Rangers win, the Astros will be the oldest team with zero world series wins. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/465 "2011-10-19T14:06:01Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > One night only, though! Tomorrow I’ll settle for MLB radio. Well, of all sports perhaps baseball can best remind us of, and even take us back to, times past and here you’re going to either be at the ballpark or listening to it on the radio. Now _that’s_ an experience steeped in tradition. Pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/466 "2011-10-19T14:48:29Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Well, of all sports perhaps baseball can best remind us of, and even take us back to, times past and here you’re going to either be at the ballpark or listening to it on the radio. Now _that’s_ an experience steeped in tradition. Pretty cool. Indeed – I have no rooting interest in either team, but I was surprisingly psyched when I realized that a long car trip that I’d already scheduled would happen during Game 1. (I get crappy radio reception my my house.) ---
**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:** [October 19, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/467 "2011-10-19T15:45:11Z")
One clear advantage of the radio is not have to listen to Buck and McCarver. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/468 "2011-10-19T16:11:32Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > One clear advantage of the radio is not have to listen to Buck and McCarver. +1,000,000. Remember the good old days when Vin Scully did the Word Series? ---
**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:** [October 19, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/469 "2011-10-19T16:21:59Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > +1,000,000. > > Remember the good old days when Vin Scully did the Word Series? Unfortunately, i don’t. I didn’t become a real baseball fan until my move to the United States ten years ago. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/470 "2011-10-19T16:27:58Z")
Hows the weather for game one? ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/471 "2011-10-19T16:50:06Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Hows the weather for game one? As of now, cold and rainy. Haven’t looked at the forecast. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/472 "2011-10-19T16:51:28Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Hows the weather for game one? Mid-40s, possible (likely) light rain, and wind. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/473 "2011-10-19T17:24:01Z")
The noon news is on right now. Let’s see. Light rain continuing to come in from the north, winds steady from the northwest at 14 mph, current temperature at the stadium is 47. Forecast for game time – 41 degrees and windy with a chance of light rain. And pretty much the same for Game 2. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/474 "2011-10-19T17:29:41Z")
I hate playing in weather like that. I always thought I would throw my arm out. Am I correct, no DH in St. Louis? ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/475 "2011-10-19T18:22:00Z")
DH… heh. Heathen. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/476 "2011-10-19T22:06:39Z")
No DH. Dammit, don’t rain out. I want baseball. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/477 "2011-10-19T23:06:59Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > No DH. > > Dammit, don’t rain out. I want baseball. It looks like just showers, so a rainout seems unlikely. It is miserable baseball weather, though. Wet and raw. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/478 "2011-10-19T23:15:04Z")
McCarver covering a St. Louis World Series, this is not going to be watchable is it? ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/479 "2011-10-19T23:15:07Z")
OK, now they’re predicting an hour or so delay. Still think it’ll be played, though. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/480 "2011-10-19T23:20:37Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > McCarver covering a St. Louis World Series, this is not going to be watchable is it? In '04 McCarver and Buck were generally accused of favoring the Red Sox. To my ear, they was mostly favoring the Yankees\*. I tend to tune them out anyway. \*In 2007 at some point during the Series, McCarver was talking about Troy Tulowitzki and said something to the effect of “of course, who he’d really like to be is number 2, Derek Jeter…” Really, Tim? He’d rather be the guy who is currently not playing in the World Series? I think he’s perfectly happy right where he is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185.md?page=25)