General 2022 MLB Postseason Thread

Thanks for the link! That was it.

What in the hell kind of HR trot was that? Hilarious!

Apparently a reference to the pitcher being his “baby”

Yeah...Will have to check Josh Naylor's HBP totals.

Nothing to speak of--I wouldn't think pitchers would take to kindly to that.

Bob Costas and I, livin' in the past.

do pitchers really retaliate in elimination games?

No, I was thinking more in the regular season (if he indeed does that all time). Not in a playoff game, no.

Maybe it's a recent thing--his HBP did jump up this season.

Costas starting to look like a lesbian

Cole throwing 98 mph on his 107th pitch

I assume that anything off Judge's bat that looks like that is a HR.

There has been too much baseball so I cut the American Leauge but I love hearing Costas call baseball again

Anyone but Buck is ok with me

lol

even going back to single-division leagues playing each other in a 7-game WS is a crapshoot.

arguably the best team wins the World Series every year bc MLB defines the “best” as the team that wins the World Series. if the “best” team was the team with the best regular season record, there would be no need for a postseason

I do think that, more years than not, you have to dispense with the idea that the WS winner is the best team.

I'm fine with the way things are. Fact is, if an Astros/Yankees vs. Dodgers WS had been almost a sure thing, I probably wouldn't be watching now, and I'm getting quite caught up in the craziness.

or they try some crazy format like spotting 100-win teams a 1-0 advantage before the series even starts

This is not true for a 111 win team vs a 89 win team.

As they've been saying all night, the Guardians should have the edge in a bullpen game tomorrow night, maybe even a big edge. All they have to overcome is Yankee Stadium, history, inexperience, and a few other things.

When I wrote "if an Astros/Yankees vs. Dodgers WS had been almost a sure thing," I wasn't talking about any kind of a weighting scheme; I was talking about baseball vs. basketball or hockey, where sure-thing teams usually win with great predictability.

(that is not at all the case with playoff hockey)

i mean basketball is odd because you can literally have lebron shoot every shot if you really want to, but mike trout can never get more than four or five at-bats

in between is the hot hockey goalie, which has absolutely long been a factor

Obviously, I'll defer to you on hockey, but hasn't the best team (or close) won the last three? I know St. Louis pulled a big upset the year before.

that's fair. but the fate of president's trophy winners (for best regular-season record) is pretty ugly

also basketball is very much an offense vs. defense game whereas defense in the MLB doesn't really vary a whole lot. so a guy like LeBron & Giannis can literally affect every possession

They asked Cole about Naylor in the post-game conference. "Yeah (long pause; no actual eye-roll, but the pause achieved the same effect)...whatever."

As I said above, nobody's throwing at anybody right now, but I'd bet money someone on the Yankees filed that away for future reference.

When you’re making a million per game or whatever, just smile, shut up, and take your paycheck

naylor's homer resulted in them still being down one run

at the risk of being a hater . . . at least save that until you're ahead

Speaking as an avid Cleveland fan: the two main sports traumas of my childhood could have been avoided if the 1995 and 1996 Indians teams been awarded the championship after having had the best record in either league. (What a team 1995 was!) I harbored resentment for years. But clearly now the only way small-market teams can compete with big money is through a playoff system.

The Indians/Guardians are just completely allergic to winning playoff series at home, failing to clinch when they were up and had shots in the 1999 ALDS, 2007 ALCS, 2016 WS, and yesterday. A firm tradition of crapping the bed.

This is not true for a 111 win team vs a 89 win team.

i don't get what you mean by this
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I meant that if both teams play to their talent level (based on their win totals) then it would take far less than 75 games to establish (with high probability) which team is better.

Winning the WS is unlikely for any team, no matter how good they are, because of the number of rounds and teams. The Dodgers had maybe a 30 percent chance of winning the WS at the start of the playoffs, and the Astros 20-25 percent? So you have to take the field winning vs either of them, although their chances of winning were much higher than just about any other team.

I wouldn't want to overly manipulate the postseason to give the best teams more advantages. If the point is to game the system to crown the best regular season team most of the time then I don't see the point of having a playoff round. Just base it on regular season only, like European soccer.

What a night for an extended rain delay...Will probably still be watching at 1:30 a.m.

well there goes Cleveland’s supposed bullpen advantage

That was three hours well spent.

will the guardians start bieber?

also, tonight's tickets are good for tomorrow's game only, no refunds or exchanges, so if you sat in the rain for three hours tonight and don't have tomorrow afternoon off, you're screwed. (MLB makes these calls for postseason games, btw, not NYY)

Gates opened to fans at 5 pm. The Yankees and MLB announced at 6:20 pm that the scheduled 7pm game would start in a delay. There were no official updates between the announcement of the delay and the announcement of the postponement at 9:35 pm. Awful.

— Lindsey Adler (@lindseyadler) October 18, 2022

Didn’t the same thing Happen thurs / Fri? I guess it’s easier to take off Friday than Tuesday

will the guardians start bieber?

Checked his splits and he's never started on three days rest; also, better on five days rest than four by three-quarters of a run.

Doesn't mean they won't, though.

The weather forecast in your area is not available due to blackout restrictions.

— Dryhelm 🦬 of the H-Town Guild (@Dryhelm) October 18, 2022

RIP Guardos

it’s not great

Not challenging that play at first?

That was safe!

Ugh

If they end up scoring again & losing in a tight game…

I think it’s more like one baserunner in a 2 out situation early when u have a superior bullpen to restore order.

It’s not like they had 2 guys on

but what would have been the downside?? you have video guys poised for this stuff. were they taking a leak??

extremely strange

Even if nothing came of it you need to fight for your guys, no?

in the postseason you tend to need absolutely everything to break your way.. a missed opportunity like that feels the same as like, getting picked off first. establishes the wrong vibe

I dunno man, Costas is really grating on me tonight. He’s so matter of fact and kind of won’t shut up

“Second guesses are always better than first guesses”
THANKS FOR THAT

Other than following Ramirez through the season, I didn't pay the least bit of attention to Cleveland all year. They've been so exciting the past couple of weeks, though, I feel lousy right now (and nothing at all to do with hating the Yankees, which I don't).