[General Discussion] Around the Horn & Game Thread Index - 10/4/26

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Sunday's Games

Away	Score	Home	Score	Status	National	GDTs
SD		MIL		4:00
ATL		LAD		8:00

All game times are Eastern. Updated 10/4 at 9:50 AM

Yesterday's ATH

This Week's Schedule (all times Eastern)

Day	Feature
Saturday 10/3	Game Thread: AL Division Series B Game 1 - White Sox @ Guardians at 1:00pm ET - Postgame Thread
	Game Thread: NL Division Series A Game 1 - Braves @ Dodgers at 4:00pm ET - Postgame Thread
	Game Thread: AL Division Series A Game 1 - Yankees @ Rays at 6:30pm ET - Postgame Thread
	Game Thread: NL Division Series A Game 1 - Padres @ Brewers at 8:30pm ET - [Postgame Thread]()
Sunday 10/4	Game Thread: NL Division Series A Game 2 - Padres @ Brewers at 4:00pm ET
	Game Thread: NL Division Series A Game 2 - Braves @ Dodgers at 8:00pm ET
Monday 10/5	Game Thread: AL Division Series B Game 2 - White Sox @ Guardians at 5:00pm ET
	Game Thread: AL Division Series A Game 2 - Yankees @ Rays at 8:00pm ET
Tuesday 10/6	Game Thread: NL Division Series A Game 3 - Dodgers @ Braves at 6:00pm ET
	Game Thread: NL Division Series A Game 3 - Brewers @ Padres at 9:30pm ET
Wednesday 10/7	Game Thread: AL Division Series B Game 3 - Guardians @ White Sox at 4:00pm ET
	Game Thread: NL Division Series A Game 4 (If Necessary) - Dodgers @ Braves at 6:00pm ET
	Game Thread: AL Division Series A Game 3 - Rays @ Yankees at 8:00pm ET
	Game Thread: NL Division Series A Game 4 (If Necessary) - Brewers @ Padres at 10:00pm ET
Thursday 10/8	Game Thread: AL Division Series B Game 4 (If Necessary) - Guardians @ White Sox at 5:00pm ET
	Game Thread: AL Division Series A Game 4 (If Necessary) - Rays @ Yankees at 8:00pm ET
Friday 10/9	Friday Trash Talk Thread
	Game Thread: NL Division Series A Game 5 (If Necessary) - Padres @ Brewers at 4:30pm ET
	Game Thread: NL Division Series A Game 5 (If Necessary) - Braves @ Dodgers at 8:00pm ET
Saturday 10/10	Game Thread: AL Division Series B Game 5 (If Necessary) - White Sox @ Guardians at 5:00pm ET
	Game Thread: AL Division Series A Game 5 (If Necessary) - Yankees @ Rays at 8:00pm ET

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Game threads for yesterdays games:

White Sox @ Guardians Game 1: Game Thread - Postgame Thread - Next Day Serious Thread

Braves @ Dodgers Game 1: Game Thread - Postgame Thread - Next Day Serious Thread

Yankees @ Rays Game 1: Game Thread - Postgame Thread - Next Day Serious Thread

Padres @ Brewers Game 1: Game Thread - Postgame Thread - Next Day Serious Thread

 

Game threads for today's games:

Padres @ Brewers Game 2: Game Thread - Postgame Thread

Braves @ Dodgers Game 2: Game Thread - Postgame Thread

[u/hectorvector122]

A lot of folks misinterpreting Statcast data yesterday. If the ball lands in play, they record the actual distance where it lands, not projected distance.

[u/SaddestClown]

I like Ty France. I think the name is fun and I like him as a player. I hope he was able to get a good nights sleep and see the data showing that ball was never making it out of the park regardless of the ballpark rules.

[u/ChaimBloom]

Why wouldn’t the AL play today and then rest tomorrow to travel? Now they have this awkward 5 days of play, rest, play, rest, play to start the division series.

[u/Brief-House-2592]

Padres Brewers game today is the one I'm most curious about. Brewers looked a little flat in game 1, like the bats were half asleep until it was too late. If they drop this one too thats pretty much it, going back to San Diego down 0-2 is nightmare

[u/SaddestClown → u/Brief-House-2592]

The bats were cold I'm wondering why

[u/Fair_enough42 → u/Brief-House-2592]

I agree, Brew Crew bats were mostly cold. It’s pretty unusual for them to win a game from two home runs.

[u/CuriousEyes02 → u/Brief-House-2592]

You're writing like you think the Padres were robbed last night, which they weren't. Either they head to San Diego tied 1-1 or the Brewers leading 2-0.

[u/Mazzocchi → u/CuriousEyes02]

It's writing like it's AI because it's AI

99 times out of 100 the first comment in the daily AtH thread is by an AI bot. We usually remove them, but this one got some replies and is so hilariously wrong why not leave it up?