# 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:** 34
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/661 "2011-10-28T02:33:04Z")
Holy crap. It’s just a comedy of terrible baseball. It’s an Orioles-Orioles World Series. The tying run is walked in, and then Holliday gets picked off, on what might have been an umpire’s mistake, and by the way the home plate umpire’s having a brutal night… there is literally nobody on the field having a good night except Mike Napoli, who is playing out of his mind. Oh, look, a wild pitch. What’s next? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/662 "2011-10-28T02:34:01Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > That’s quite a play by Napoli. Yeah, it was. Sneaky on Beltre’s part, but it worked. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/663 "2011-10-28T02:35:38Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > It’s an Orioles-Orioles World Series. Hey! Even if it’s true, you shouldn’t, you know, say it out loud. ☹ ---
**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 28, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/664 "2011-10-28T02:35:57Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > …then Holliday gets picked off, on what might have been an umpire’s mistake… Hard to tell. None of the angles they showed really gave a definitive view, but it did look like Beltre managed to block Holliday’s hand with his foot. ---
**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 28, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/665 "2011-10-28T03:02:20Z")
I think the party is winding down. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/666 "2011-10-28T03:08:28Z")
Bringing in Derek Holland is looking like a great move, but there’s two innings yet to play. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/667 "2011-10-28T03:30:34Z")
Nelson Cruz goes yard again. Yawn. I haven’t seen this poor of defense played in the playoffs since the Brewers got eliminated last round. ---
**Author:** ![coolbyrne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@coolbyrne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coolbyrne)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/668 "2011-10-28T03:32:49Z")
My father-in-law is from Texas, living in Oklahoma, and I can only imagine the scene in the living room right now. What a game! (… and I’m not sure I mean that in a good way.) ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/669 "2011-10-28T03:54:11Z")
> [@Cell\_Guy](#): > > I think the party is winding down. Oh, ye of little faith. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/670 "2011-10-28T03:54:30Z")
Holy crap. Tie game. Holy crap. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/671 "2011-10-28T03:54:34Z")
This series just became MUCH more awesome. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/672 "2011-10-28T03:54:51Z")
Poorly played by Cruz (?) Texas doesn’t want to win this game. I guess they want to go 7. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/673 "2011-10-28T03:55:50Z")
And–to the 10th we go! Sheesh. ---
**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 28, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/674 "2011-10-28T03:56:38Z")
Wow. Even my wife thought that was exciting, and she doesn’t care about baseball at all. ---
**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 28, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/675 "2011-10-28T03:57:03Z")
Well look at that…I guess the keg wasn’t dry! ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/676 "2011-10-28T03:59:15Z")
So close to being able to go to sleep… ---
**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 28, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/677 "2011-10-28T04:01:46Z")
Son of a… ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/678 "2011-10-28T04:02:00Z")
And Josh Hamilton finally hits a home run. Holy Babe Ruth, this is some game. Isn’t baseball great? Can you have more fun with your clothes on than watching a great baseball game? No, you cannot, except for actually PLAYING baseball. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/679 "2011-10-28T04:05:51Z")
Just goes to show you how great pitching dominates hitting in a World Series. Take a look at that third inning - no runs scored at all. ---
**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 28, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/598185/680 "2011-10-28T04:10:51Z")
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