MLB '24 Postseason thread

While I understand the logic why postseason baseball has so many travel days between series and venues, I really wish it could be compressed more to get the World Series in before Halloween.

Yes, Seattle-Boston and San Francisco-Miami are impossible to play without a jet lag day, but Detroit-Cleveland will play two games with an off-day in between because of TV. And the Guardians haven't played since Sept. 28 because the season finale was rained out. Even New York-Kansas City is only one time zone difference in 2024.

If I had a better solution, I'd offer it. I don't, or at least until MLB expands and splits into Eastern and Western conferences. But it shouldn't take a whole month to play a maximum of 22 games.

 

I was ruminating about Alonso’s bomb and it was pretty amazing on a couple of aspects:

1. It was off of Williams’s change up; and

2. He went opposite field on a change up.

Almost always an oppo HR is off a fastball because your swing is shorter and thus you need pitch to provide the velocity.

 

I got another one for you: How the hell is Ken Harrelson in the broadcaster's wing of the HOF and Caray isn't?

 

And 3.) He'd been awful for a month and was stepping to the plate for possibly the final time with the team. Incredible.

 

I do love the LDS matchups - Michigan v. Ohio? NY v. Philadelphia? San Diego v. LA - and there is more than a little history between KC and NY going back to the '70s Chris Chambliss walk-off. The trip around the bases was a hell of a lot more impressive than the HR. F-in Cosell stepped on Keith Jackson's HR call, what an ass. I really don't know if Chambliss touched home.

 

When they took the lead, I mentioned to my nephew that a comeback seemed unlikely because they have such a good closer. Oops. lol

 

Free Mike Shannon!

 

Chamber of Commerce weather today in Cleveland for Game 1. Sunny and 72 for my son’s first playoff game. I’m excited to see his reaction to the ballpark in the postseason, a completely different experience than the regular season games he’s been to. Nothing is more fun than playoff baseball games in person.

Unless you get shut out.

 

Richard Justice was on the Kornheiser show yesterday, and he was even more definite about Devin Williams tipping his pitches than this story indicates. He said Alonso got the full lowdown in the dugout prior to his at-bat, and he just sat back and waited until he saw the "tell" on Williams' chamge-up.

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2024/10/pete-alonso-devin-williams-mets-brewers-tipping-pitches-jomboy

 

Have a great time. Hope it's a good game. I love day games in the postseason. Something magical about the history.