MLB Off-Topic

[rkwittem]

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I mean, whether or not rkwittem cares is very far down the list of priorities to the general public.

That's nice but it has nothing to do with this overcooked topic getting resurrected all the time for no reason. It's beyond stupid that this topic comes up every time the HoF is discussed for every player. I hope it wasn't like this when they started inducting players who had played on integrated teams.

[Jr.]

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I wouldn't mind a reduction from 162 to 154 games (how it was before 1961). It allows for more days off/travel days and presumably a better product/less fatigue and injuries. The decrease isn't so drastic as to make it an entirely new game or invalidate all the previous records, either (people don't get bothered that Babe Ruth hit 60 HRs in fewer games than Maris hit 61 any longer). Having 154 games also allows for MLB to ditch the unbalanced schedule (and hopefully interleague play) if they want to do that.

In reality, people will have to look closely at what this would do to statistics and what that means for player salaries. More importantly, would owners want to stomach lost revenue from having 4 fewer home games, 4 fewer games of gate receipts % as the visiting team, and 8 fewer games of lost TV advertising revenue.

Interleague play isn't because of the number of games. Reducing to 154 wouldn't change the need for interleague play because there would still be 15 teams in each league.

[SPTO]

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Apparently Jobu was quite displeased

Poor Yan Gomes got injured a day after making a sacrifice to the baseball gods.

[kehlis]

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That's nice but it has nothing to do with this overcooked topic getting resurrected all the time for no reason. It's beyond stupid that this topic comes up every time the HoF is discussed for every player. I hope it wasn't like this when they started inducting players who had played on integrated teams.

I'm on your side but you need to make an argument as a post rather than just a rant.

Ranting like you are does nothing.

[WaitTilNextYear]

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Interleague play isn't because of the number of games. Reducing to 154 wouldn't change the need for interleague play because there would still be 15 teams in each league.

So what? I do what I want. Just have one AL and one NL team per day have split squad games. Problem solved!

[ImTellinTim]

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Twins fire Terry Ryan. Good - hopefully this means everyone and everything is jettisoned out of the organization. Not holding my breath on that though.

[redsox4evur]

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Ex-Cardinals Scouting Director Chris Correa Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Astros’ Data Breach

[DieHardYankee26]

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Cardinals are going to get hurt on this one. It'll be interesting to see how Manfred lays the hammer.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2680399-ChrisCorreaIndictment.html

[WaitTilNextYear]

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Twins fire Terry Ryan. Good - hopefully this means everyone and everything is jettisoned out of the organization. Not holding my breath on that though.

Terry Ryan always struck me as looking like some movie extra that would be typecast into "boardroom" and "stockholder meeting" roles.

Hey, I hear Jim Bowden is still not employed by any teams yet...maybe Minnesota could be that lucky team?

[WaitTilNextYear]

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In the definition of "off-topic" take a read of this. lol. How odd. Poor Christian Yelich.

[slickdtc]

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Ex-Cardinals Scouting Director Chris Correa Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Astros’ Data Breach

Wow, I never would've thought that. I guess it was more nefarious then guessing the password? I got lost on this one.

They should make the Cards play with 7 fielders. Fair? Fair.

I'm completely unbiased!!!!

[rkwittem]

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Twins fire Terry Ryan. Good - hopefully this means everyone and everything is jettisoned out of the organization. Not holding my breath on that though.

Terry Ryan always struck me as looking like some movie extra that would be typecast into "boardroom" and "stockholder meeting" roles.

Hey, I hear Jim Bowden is still not employed by any teams yet...maybe Minnesota could be that lucky team?

I'm not a Twins fan but I am a local and the local radio types seem to think there's a zero percent chance they hire from within.

However- the Twins love organizational incest like few other franchises. Any time an old hand gets canned (like the guy Cincy hired from the Twins some time ago) they just re-hire them.

I'll believe it when I see it.

[SPTO]

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I always liked Terry Ryan but the Twins need a different approach ASAP. Hopefully the new GM won't keep Molitor on a short leash. I think he has the capability of being a pretty good manager.

[l3ulvl]

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I always liked Terry Ryan but the Twins need a different approach ASAP. Hopefully the new GM won't keep Molitor on a short leash. I think he has the capability of being a pretty good manager.

Blows my mind Molitor is 59, was figuring he was in the Robin Ventura age bracket

[Ghost Of The Year]

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According to David Lennon of Newsday, MLB could reduce the regular season schedule as part of the new CBA.

I'd rather see a 158 game schedule myself. With more scheduled doubleheaders.
Each team needs to play 12 doubleheaders, that's one every two weeks.
This will allow for plenty of opportuniies to play makeup games.
I too am for reduced interleague games, there should be fewer so that each IL game is made more special.

Then expand by 2 teams.

My candidates to find those 2 cities for consideration:

On the short list:
1) San Antonio
2) Indianapolis
3) Charlotte
4) Montreal

Cities ''on the bubble'':
5) Jacksonville
6) Memphis
7) Louisville
8) Portland

Have 2 8-team divisions each league.
Play the teams in your division 12 games (7X12=84)
Play the teams in the other division 8 times (8X8=64)
Play 10 interleague games. (84+64+10=158)

Alternately you could have 4 4-team divisions each league.
Play the teams in your division 18 games (3X18=54)
Play the teams in the other divisions 8 times (8X12=96)
Play 8 interleague games (54+96+8=158)

183 days with a chance to have 37 off days (Providing you don't have a rainout).