2026 MLB Postseason Thread

[hanton]

a-rod, big papi and jeter.  Love these guys

[G-Snarls]

First pitch homerun off Snell LOL

[SpencerBateman]

Lucky swing 

[Stangstag]

2 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

First pitch homerun off Snell LOL

[G-Snarls]

Followed by 3 straight strikeouts 

[Stangstag]

11 minutes ago, hanton said:

a-rod, big papi and jeter.  Love these guys

Was so surreal to see them at the dome during the WS

[Stangstag]

That was a terrible piece of managing there. Couldn’t have been clearer it was time for a pitching change after Ohtani

[SpencerBateman]

oh no snell 1 batter too many

[Governator]

Incredible at bat there by Bauers, 10 or 11 pitch at bat, home run to take the lead. Silences the crowd.

[VladdyAlomar]

f*** you Snell

[hanton]

1 minute ago, SpencerBateman said:

oh no snell 1 batter too many

I mean against lefties + LA's bullpen is meh

[Brownie19]

2 minutes ago, Governator said:

Incredible at bat there by Bauers, 10 or 11 pitch at bat, home run to take the lead. Silences the crowd.

B2B!  Unreal 

[bluejaysinternNo5]

can't wait to hear snell call the brewers lucky in the post game interview

[Governator]

2 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

B2B!  Unreal 

Both pitches were right down the pipe for the taking.  Should have been pulled after the Bauers bomb to take the lead and his 99th pitch. After that long at bat, he was done.

[Stangstag]

11 minutes ago, Governator said:

Incredible at bat there by Bauers, 10 or 11 pitch at bat, home run to take the lead. Silences the crowd.

Such a lucky at bat

[Stangstag]

6 minutes ago, Governator said:

Both pitches were right down the pipe for the taking.  Should have been pulled after the Bauers bomb to take the lead and his 99th pitch. After that long at bat, he was done.

Both managers a bit slow on the trigger tonight 

[hanton]

Jake Bauers.  Insane

[hanton]

Garrett Mitchell's splits suck though, so Snell was definitely done

[G-Snarls]

3-0 Brewers

[Brownie19]

1 hour ago, Stangstag said:

Both managers a bit slow on the trigger tonight 

Ironic to see Snell lit up 3rd time thru the lineup when he's throwing well.  Did Roberts go with the analytics? Or trust his gut/eye too much? Should he be subject to ridicule?  

Maybe it's just baseball?

[Stangstag]

18 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

Ironic to see Snell lit up 3rd time thru the lineup when he's throwing well.  Did Roberts go with the analytics? Or trust his gut/eye too much? Should he be subject to ridicule?  

Maybe it's just baseball?

Nah they were both slow to react given the circumstances.

[Spanky__99]

'Millie-wau-kay,'
 

 

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[glory]

One win away from seeing the Brewers vs either the Rays and Guardians in the World Series, one month before the sport shuts down in hopes of getting a salary cap in order to assist with “competitive balance” and payroll disparity.

Baseball Gods definitely had a hand in this one.

[Brownie19]

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10K likes, 154 comments - talkinbaseball_ on October 14, 2026: "All 11 pitches from Jake Bauers’ heroic at bat in...

Unbelievable at bat.  The adjustments Bauer's has made at the plate are amazing.  Failed top prospect - keeps grinding and finally figures it out.  I love this so much.

[Brownie19]

9 hours ago, Stangstag said:

Nah they were both slow to react given the circumstances.

What do you mean both?  

[Olerud363.354]

9 hours ago, Brownie19 said:

Ironic to see Snell lit up 3rd time thru the lineup when he's throwing well.  Did Roberts go with the analytics? Or trust his gut/eye too much? Should he be subject to ridicule?  

Maybe it's just baseball?

The analytics clearly say pulling the guy is the right move.  The anecdotes exist on both sides.  However you can't pull the guy because pulling him will lead to MUCH more grief including players being pissed.   Pull him and the reliever gets crushed massive controversy.  Keep him in and he get crushed 'that's baseball'.  

Recent cases where not pulling the guy was wrong move:  Snell last night.   Jose '4 run inning' Soriano ** against the tigers mid September.  

After that Tigers game I looked up Soriano's 3rd time threw stats and they were awesome actually, so he should be allowed 3rd time through?  I don't think so.  I think those stats were small sample size and should be weighted with league average 3rd time through. 

So analytics show pulling the guy is the right move.  Anecdotes show both blowing up at times.  

** obviously you are not pulling a guy with a no-hitter,.  I know that you morons.  1st hit get a guy up.  3rd hit pull him is the right move. 

[Olerud363.354]

1 minute ago, Olerud363.354 said:

Jose '4 run inning' Soriano ** against the tigers mid September.  

As a reminder.  Jose '4 run inning' Soriano doesn't give up 4 runs every inning, just one inning, and on that September night, that started our fall, it was the 7th. 

[Brownie19]

16 minutes ago, Olerud363.354 said:

The analytics clearly say pulling the guy is the right move.  The anecdotes exist on both sides.  However you can't pull the guy because pulling him will lead to MUCH more grief including players being pissed.   Pull him and the reliever gets crushed massive controversy.  Keep him in and he get crushed 'that's baseball'.  

Recent cases where not pulling the guy was wrong move:  Snell last night.   Jose '4 run inning' Soriano ** against the tigers mid September.  

After that Tigers game I looked up Soriano's 3rd time threw stats and they were awesome actually, so he should be allowed 3rd time through?  I don't think so.  I think those stats were small sample size and should be weighted with league average 3rd time through. 

So analytics show pulling the guy is the right move.  Anecdotes show both blowing up at times.  

** obviously you are not pulling a guy with a no-hitter,.  I know that you morons.  1st hit get a guy up.  3rd hit pull him is the right move. 

Yeah - agreed - I think it works like this.

Pull him early + bullpen blows it = heavy criticism, analytics are ruining baseball

Pull him early + bullpen dominates = no discussion - no credit to analytics or the manager

Leave him in + he blows it = some criticism, but hard to rip the guy for sticking with his starter

Leave him in + he gets out of it = manager is a genius, trusts his eyes/gut, trusts his horse out there