Playoff thread

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Re: Playoff thread

Post by GL_Storm » Thu Oct 01, 2026 2:07 am

It's baseball if the rules say it's baseball. The regular season is a marathon. Nobody wants to watch 19 innings of two teams that can't score.

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Re: Playoff thread

Post by Hy Feiber » Thu Oct 01, 2026 3:22 am

HawkandMariner88 wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 01, 2026 1:38 am
Thats not baseball guys. Why are we playing by schoolyard rule.
Agreed.

I guess I’m old-fashioned, but when I was a kid, we sun-worshiping guys wanted to stay away from home as long as possible.

Couldn’t get enough doubleheaders, the longer the games, the more the excitement.

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Re: Playoff thread

Post by Hy Feiber » Thu Oct 01, 2026 3:23 am

GL_Storm wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 01, 2026 2:07 am
It's baseball if the rules say it's baseball. The regular season is a marathon. Nobody wants to watch 19 innings of two teams that can't score.
If you’re all about faster games, it’s this damn 13 man pitching staff, with five pitchers pitching a shut out, that lengthens Every game.

I remember all those games Greg Maddox and others pitched, complete ones, 85 pitches, in less than 2 hours.
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Re: Playoff thread

Post by Sibelius Hindemith » Thu Oct 01, 2026 3:27 am

You couldn't pay me enough to sit through an extra inning game like that one against Houston 3 years ago.

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Re: Playoff thread

Post by Hy Feiber » Thu Oct 01, 2026 3:32 am

Sibelius Hindemith wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 01, 2026 3:27 am
You couldn't pay me enough to sit through an extra inning game like that one against Houston 3 years ago.
For those in such a rush to get home, why don’t you put the runner on third in the 10th inning, or better yet, call it a tie after nine innings?

Would playoff fans leave a game in extra innings just because they were bored?

Of course, not, that’s why they let the guys actually play baseball in the postseason.

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Re: Playoff thread

Post by Hy Feiber » Thu Oct 01, 2026 3:39 am

HawkandMariner88 wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 01, 2026 1:38 am
Thats not baseball guys. Why are we playing by schoolyard rule.
It’s T-ball rules, actually.

But if the rules say T-ball is baseball, then it must be baseball, right?

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Re: Playoff thread

Post by D-train » Thu Oct 01, 2026 3:45 am

Hy Feiber wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 01, 2026 3:39 am
HawkandMariner88 wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 01, 2026 1:38 am
Thats not baseball guys. Why are we playing by schoolyard rule.
It’s T-ball rules, actually.

But if the rules say T-ball is baseball, then it must be baseball, right?
Except they aren't hitting off a Tee. lol
dt

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Re: Playoff thread

Post by HawkandMariner88 » Thu Oct 01, 2026 4:02 am

Hy Feiber wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 01, 2026 3:32 am
Sibelius Hindemith wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 01, 2026 3:27 am
You couldn't pay me enough to sit through an extra inning game like that one against Houston 3 years ago.
For those in such a rush to get home, why don’t you put the runner on third in the 10th inning, or better yet, call it a tie after nine innings?

Would playoff fans leave a game in extra innings just because they were bored?

Of course, not, that’s why they let the guys actually play baseball in the postseason.
Yeah why not. Hockey has ties. So does the NFL, so does tennis. What is so bad about tie games. Ever thought of that novel idea Manfred?

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Re: Playoff thread

Post by Hy Feiber » Thu Oct 01, 2026 4:16 am

HawkandMariner88 wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 01, 2026 4:02 am
Hy Feiber wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 01, 2026 3:32 am
Sibelius Hindemith wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 01, 2026 3:27 am
You couldn't pay me enough to sit through an extra inning game like that one against Houston 3 years ago.
For those in such a rush to get home, why don’t you put the runner on third in the 10th inning, or better yet, call it a tie after nine innings?

Would playoff fans leave a game in extra innings just because they were bored?

Of course, not, that’s why they let the guys actually play baseball in the postseason.
Yeah why not. Hockey has ties. So does the NFL, so does tennis. What is so bad about tie games. Ever thought of that novel idea Manfred?

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