Official 2023 MLB Postseason Gameday Threads

[m0nkey]

First game just starting, go Rays!

[jsnpritchett]

Apropos of nothing, I saw Mike Witt getting off a plane from Boston this morning at LAX, as I was waiting to board a flight to NY.

[PattyD22]

There’s baseball in October?

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

It sucks that MLBtv doesn't work for postseason games.

[T.G.]

6 minutes ago, PattyD22 said:

There’s baseball in October?

Arizona Fall League.

[Taylor]

28 minutes ago, PattyD22 said:

There’s baseball in October?

Is it kind of like the Pro Bowl?

[m0nkey]

32 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Apropos of nothing, I saw Mike Witt getting off a plane from Boston this morning at LAX, as I was waiting to board a flight to NY.

Bobby coming to Anaheim? 

[Taylor]

2 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Bobby coming to Anaheim? 

Has anyone spotted him on the 405 south?

[daygloman]

Anyone switch to the Twinks/Jays game yet?

I think Texas has this one.

[T.G.]

Texas has never lost a postseason game to the Rays... Looks like that's going to continue.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

watching both on different screens

[PattyD22]

19,704 total attendance for the Rays/Rangers game today.  They been treated to their team making 4 errors so far and are down 4-0.

Maybe they knew something?

[Duren, Duren]

These are the best teams, but are these the best umps?

Some wretched bad ball/strike calls in both games. With a big influence on respective game situations. 

[m0nkey]

Looks like the IL stint didn’t slow Royce Lewis down any

[T.G.]

Royce Lewis has two homers....

The Twins had the second best record after the all-star break (not sure if that's just in the AL or all of MLB).  They could be this year's "buzz saw."

[Duren, Duren]

Another horrible missed call affects the game. On a 1 - 1 pitch to Kirk a clear strike right down the middle is called a ball. Even the Jays announcer says "what a break!" 

Instead of being ahead in the count, Lopez is behind. And the at bat changes. And probably his temper. He ends up issuing a walk and the next guy drives in a run. And the Twins change pitchers. And then Chapman hits the ball 400 feet and barely misses a homer. 

All initiated by a horrendous missed call by the home plate ump. 

[m0nkey]

I wasn't sure if I'd like the pitch clock in the playoffs, but so far on day 1 I still love it.  

 

Thanks Manfred!

[Angels 1961]

I'm sure Ohtani and Trout watching. Be nice to see them in playoffs someday. 

[fan_since79]

Rays forgot to bring their bats to the postseason.

7-0 Texas in the 6th inning.

[daygloman]

1 hour ago, fan_since79 said:

Rays forgot to bring their bats to the postseason.

7-0 Texas in the 6th inning.

They're about to be eliminated.

[m0nkey]

Going to be 1-7 in playoff games since the Blake Snell game in the world series in 2020.

[m0nkey]

Which is still more playoff wins than the Angels the past 13 years

[fan_since79]

Rays had the lowest attendance at a postseason home game in 104 years (Game 1)...just shy of 20,000.

 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

TB has been playing a horrible defense

[Duren, Duren]

Very  interesting. 

After the Blue Jays choked again in the post game analysis brought up an interesting point. 

Too much analytics. Decisions made before the game by analytic specialists and possibly over riding managerial authority. Decisions made " by a whole lot of people" according to the Jays analysts. 

For instance, it was already planned before the game to pull their starter at a certain point even though he was doing well. Barrios said that "he felt bad" and "didn't know"  why he was pulled prematurely. 

The discussion boiled down to predetermined analytic strategy negating live managerial instincts and feel. 

Regardless, a few seasons ago the Blue Jays were the young up and coming team. Three years in a row choking early in the playoffs changes perceptions. Especially with a likely loss of players.