# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/41 "2011-10-02T06:43:04Z")
My Phillies may have looked good with the bats tonight, but the bullpen is still an issue for me. They’re not going to have 7 or 8 runs to deal with every game. Fingers, toes and bowl muscles crossed they prove me wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/42 "2011-10-02T06:51:29Z")
Apropos of nothing, I was at Roy Halladay’s high school today for a volleyball tournament my daughter was in. He has a little shrine to him there. He looked funny as a high school kid. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/43 "2011-10-02T07:01:17Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Well 27 hours after the first pitch, Yankees take game 1. That’s just about an average time for the Yankees to finish a game. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/44 "2011-10-02T14:22:41Z")
Ivan Nova sure didn’t look like a rookie pitcher last night. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/45 "2011-10-02T15:10:59Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > Yes, parks make a difference. But unless it’s Coors Field, they don’t make **that** much difference. Or Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Man, I was aware that was a hitter’s park, but I had no idea how extremely so … It’s actually worse than Coors for pitchers, based on those stats. No wonder good pitchers don’t like to sign with the Rangers. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/46 "2011-10-02T16:30:40Z")
> [@SCSimmons](#): > > Or Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Man, I was aware that was a hitter’s park, but I had no idea how extremely so … It’s actually worse than Coors for pitchers, based on those stats. No wonder good pitchers don’t like to sign with the Rangers. This year was an outlier for Arlington. It’s a very good hitter’s park but 2011 was flukey. It’s not uncommon for a ballpark to have a fluke year that isn’t in line with other years. The way Rangers Park was this year is the way Coors Field is in a NORMAL year. And even then Coors Field is not the bandbox it used to be; since they started using the humidor on the baseballs it’s returned to being a reasonably normal major league park. Still a great hitter’s park, but it was ridiculous before the humidor. ---
**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 2, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/47 "2011-10-02T17:27:28Z")
I thought this was a playoff thread not another silly baseball debate. How 'boat those Yankees? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/48 "2011-10-02T17:38:37Z")
Yes, a \*building \*can have up and down seasons. 😃 Is that hilarious, or just pathetic? Oh, the Yankees? They still suck, of course. Because even if they win the Series, they’ll still be the Yankees. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/49 "2011-10-02T17:38:44Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > How 'boat those Yankees? Very clever of them, avoiding Verlander by starting a game they must have known could never be finished. ---
**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 2, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/50 "2011-10-02T17:42:06Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Very clever of them, avoiding Verlander by starting a game they must have known could never be finished. If you want to give them that much credit that is fine, but the weather services were all reporting the rain would not be due until late in the night. Most saying after midnight. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/51 "2011-10-02T18:14:03Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > I’m glad you Tigers fans have confidence. It’s kind of cute. > > Originally posted by\*\* LOUNE\*\*: > I’ll give you Verlander, this year, but CC has the playoff experience. The rest of your paragraph is silly. Nope.It is correct. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/52 "2011-10-02T18:19:25Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > If you want to give them that much credit that is fine, but the weather services were all reporting the rain would not be due until late in the night. Most saying after midnight. Aw, everyone knows the Weather Service is in the pocket of the Yankees. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/53 "2011-10-02T18:23:53Z")
> [@Crawlspace](#): > > What feeble leap of logic leads you to presume that putting the best hitters in a game against the best pitchers would do anything but result in a game with an average number of runs scored? Less than average in the majority of cases. Way under. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/54 "2011-10-02T18:25:56Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > Not to mention that it’s > a) an exhibition game > b) pitchers rarely go longer than 3 innings > c) an _exhibition_ game. There is a point? Are you suggesting on a huge stage like that, the players are not trying? You would be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/55 "2011-10-02T18:30:30Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Nope.It is correct. Sure looked like it last night… ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/56 "2011-10-02T20:02:04Z")
Hows it look today? ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/57 "2011-10-02T20:41:07Z")
I wish they would get rid of that “strike zone”. Horribly inacurate. > [@gonzomax](#): > > Less than average in the majority of cases. Way under. Of course you have a cite for this, other than your say so, right? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/58 "2011-10-02T20:43:50Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#): > > Aw, everyone knows the Weather Service is in the pocket of the Yankees. 😉 Well Joe Torre is anyway. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/59 "2011-10-02T21:33:50Z")
> [@Crawlspace](#): > > I wish they would get rid of that “strike zone”. Horribly inacurate. > > Of course you have a cite for this, other than your say so, right? yes i do. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/60 "2011-10-02T21:47:42Z")
Is it just me, or is the sound mix really off in Milwaukee? The announcer’s voices yesterday and today seem detached from and under the ballpark sounds. It’s hard for me to understand them. I haven’t noticed this in any of the other games. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185.md?page=4)