2024 MLB Postseason

[wiguy94]

Man that was a fun game. This is going to be a great series.

[markedman5]

That didn’t look good for Ohtani…….

[Brian]

12 hours ago, markedman5 said:

That didn’t look good for Ohtani…….

It sure didn't.

[markedman5]

 

[yourout]

At this point I'd love the dodgers to do this in four and much like the election season get the damn thing over as soon as possible.

[Playing Catch]

It's really weird to me. Typically, the players that play for teams I hate, I end up hating (in the sport sense, not as humans). I've hated nearly all of the Cardinals and Cubs over the last 20 years, it seems. I hate most of the players for Manchester City. I hated most of the Cowboys and 49ers during the Favre years. I hate Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis, so I hate the Padres.

Anyway, all of this is to say that I like almost all of the players for both the Yankees and the Dodgers (excepting Soto, Kike Hernandez, Gavin Lux, and Aaron Boone). I love Freddie Freeman. I love Mookie Betts. Who doesn't like Ohtani? I really like Aaron Judge. Weirdly, I can't even hate Anthony Rizzo that much anymore. What's wrong with me?

[Playing Catch]

I truly believe that Betts should file assault charges. Had they sprained his wrist, would they be coming back for Game 5?? They should get a lifetime ban from Yankee Stadium. This wasn't Steve Bartman, or that kid from 2004 or whatever. This wasn't an innocent mistake. It was a pre-planned, hostile act.

Yankee Stadium fans ejected for prying ball from Mookie Betts' glove - ESPN

[Frisbee Slider]

12 hours ago, Playing Catch said:

Anyway, all of this is to say that I like almost all of the players for both the Yankees and the Dodgers (excepting Soto, Kike Hernandez, Gavin Lux, and Aaron Boone)

Why Lux?

[wallus]

The Yankees are playing horrific baseball in this inning

[owbc]

1 hour ago, wallus said:

The Yankees are playing horrific baseball in this inning

They have been sloppy all year. It’s amazing they got this far before it bit them. 

[yourout]

Gentlemens sweep.

Glad it's over.

[Playing Catch]

11 hours ago, Frisbee Slider said:

Why Lux?

Meh, I saw an interview with him once on MLB Network, and his personality turned me off. No biggie.

[nate82]

Game 1 of this World Series was probably the best WS game in a long time.  Then every game after that one was just meh.  So we got one great game and a bunch of stinkers. 

[OldSchoolSnapper]

I was pulling for the Yankees but at least now those few posters around here will stop pretending the Dodgers have struggled in the postseason as much as the Brewers.

[sveumrules]

5 minutes ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

I was pulling for the Yankees but at least now those few posters around here will stop pretending the Dodgers have struggled in the postseason as much as the Brewers.

Relative to expectations I’d say they’ve struggled more than the Brewers.

No one expects the Brewers to win the World Series, and they don’t. 

The Dodgers have made the postseason twelve years in a row. Over that time they’ve won 95 more regular season games than the next best team (NYY) that’s an extra eight wins per year.

Yet their 64 postseason wins over that stretch are only first by two wins over Houston, who had three fewer postseason trips than the Dodgers.

For all their dominance it took them twelve years to win a 162 game World Series. How we gonna expect the Brewers to win one faster than that?

If the Packers didn’t really accomplish much by only winning two Super Bowls with Favre/Rodgers, than these Dodgers haven’t really accomplished much yet either.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

1 minute ago, sveumrules said:

Relative to expectations I’d say they’ve struggled more than the Brewers.

 

Yeah no. Lol. Come on. They played in the World Series 4 times since 2017. Truthfully the Brewers are an incredibly well-run organization, but I would kill to see them play in the World Series one single time.

[JosephC]

If I didn't miss anything, in the Brewers last 6 playoff appearances, the Brewers have a 1-6 playoff series* record and 7-15 playoff game record.

* = includes 1-game wild card playoff as a series

Sad thing is that 5 winning games came in the first year of that streak.  Brewers last 5 playoff appearances has resulted in a 0-5 series record and 2-10 playoff game record.

I'd take the Dodgers, but "relative to expectations" can be interpreted differently by different people.  But for people curious, over the last 12 years the Dodgers have a 15-10 playoff series record and a 64-55 playoff game record.