# MLB: The Playoffs **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [October 2, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989 "2023-10-02T04:45:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [October 25, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989/201 "2023-10-25T16:00:48Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Still, I’ll be watching, and that’s all I care about. Well said! I want a 7-game series featuring close games, great defense, and clutch hitting. I’ll probably root for the Diamondbacks, but I’ve got nothing against the Rangers (aside from the fact that they’re from Texas, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989/202 "2023-10-25T16:05:33Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Still, I’ll be watching, and that’s all I care about. 🙂 I will pay limited attention to this series. I have watched some portion of every World Series since some time in the 60s but rarely paid close attention to all of the games except when the Phillies made it there and maybe the Sox vs. Cards in 2013. Even in that one my interest was fading fast after they beat the Yankees {spit}. ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989/203 "2023-10-25T16:25:06Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > The DFW _metro area_ is the fourth largest in the country (behind, naturally, NYC, LA and Chicago), and Phoenix metro is tenth. > > Plus it is the ARIZONA Diamondbacks, so the whole state is the market. 7.5M. What I learned from this thread: Toronto is big market. @RickJay made a comment about the Jays being a big-market team, so I looked it up. Toronto is the [fourth-largest city in North America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_American_cities_by_population), and the metropolitan area has over 6 million people, ranking it ahead of the [Phoenix and Boston metro areas.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_statistical_area) The DFW and Phoenix metro areas are among the top ten in the US, so this series shouldn’t be a ratings bomb by population numbers alone. I suspect some other factors at play. What I’m struck by is how good the ratings were for the games in the early '70s, which were all day games. I remember walking home from school and watching the Oakland A’s playing in the afternoon. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989/204 "2023-10-25T16:31:26Z")
The Blue Jays are an interesting market not just because Toronto is huge, but because I believe they also have media rights across all of Canada. You give every moose a TV, and that’s a pretty big ratings boost! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989/205 "2023-10-25T17:13:40Z")
The highest rated World Series ever played were in 1978, which makes sense because it was Yankees-Dodgers, and 1980, which doesn’t, because it was Phillies-Royals. Finding ratings today is much more difficult because people don’t watch TV like they used to. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989/206 "2023-10-25T17:45:31Z")
Hey man, the Yankees didn’t even make the postseason in 2013. I guess I’m rooting for the Rangers in the first ever state-names world series, mostly for Jordan Montgomery. Go Gumby! ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989/207 "2023-10-25T17:51:22Z")
SNAKES ON A PLANE! I’m happy as a Rangers fan because I don’t particularly mind the outcome; losing to the Rattlesnakes would be a lot more tolerable than losing to the Phillies or watching the Astros in the WS again ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989/208 "2023-10-25T17:57:33Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I’m happy as a Rangers fan because I don’t particularly mind the outcome; losing to the Rattlesnakes would be a lot more tolerable than losing to the Phillies or watching the Astros in the WS again The Rangers are the oldest franchise to never win the World Series. Actually, I think they might be the oldest franchise in any major North American sport to never win a championship. (There are older NFL teams that have never won a Super Bowl, but which did win an NFL championship game.) I’d say they’re rather overdue. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989/209 "2023-10-25T18:00:49Z")
Yes, the pain of 2011 still bites hard. Twice one strike away. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989/210 "2023-10-25T21:15:40Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I’d say they’re rather overdue. If they do win, it will mean the Curse of Bob Short has finally worn off. Which I guess, after 50 years and a title in 2019, I’m finally ok with. ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989/211 "2023-10-25T21:37:09Z")
> [@Jaycat.again](#): > > the Curse of Bob Short Oh, Bob Short is known around here. I wonder if that’s why the Timberwolves are so terrible… ---
**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:** [October 28, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989/212 "2023-10-28T04:08:34Z")
One heckuva game going on in Texas tonight. ETA: And it’s over in the 11th! Rangers tie it in the ninth and walk it off in the 11th. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989/213 "2023-10-28T04:28:32Z")
Quite the Texas Rangers comeback tonight! ---
**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:** [October 28, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989/214 "2023-10-28T12:41:03Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Rangers tie it in the ninth and walk it off in the 11th. [That reminds me of something…](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_World_Series#Game_6) ---
**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:** [October 28, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989/215 "2023-10-28T18:10:08Z")
That was an amazing game to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989/216 "2023-10-29T02:43:01Z")
What a game two so far! Monster eighth inning. Marte now holds the longest hitting streak inn the post season at 18 games. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989/217 "2023-10-29T02:52:49Z")
Those banana kids were cracking me up. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989/218 "2023-10-29T03:13:56Z")
Heh, the MLB site reported the Diamondbacks win thus: “ **Snakes on a plane to Arizona with Fall Classic all tied up** ” 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 29, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989/219 "2023-10-29T12:51:23Z")
Kelly was amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989/220 "2023-10-31T06:41:35Z")
Rangers take 2-1 lead, alas, at a steep price with key injuries, most of all to Adolis Garcia. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-the-playoffs/990989.md?page=12)