MLB Off-Topic

[TripleCrown9]

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I think that's the point of the idea.

If you don't want your season to end that way, win the 1st WC.

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So let's just pretend that is the system we're using, and both teams are Team 1. Win the first game and you advance, lose and you go home.

[Blzer]

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Which is all fine and good until Team 2 blows them out in Game 1 14-3, but Team 1 wins 1-0 on a walk-off.

Congratulations Team 1! You move on the Division Series!

Sorry team 2, we realize you were fantastic in Game 1, but Team 1 only needed to win one game. Your season is over.

"Should've saved some of those runs for the next game."




Seriously, that is a non-issue and nobody would ever have a beef with that specific scenario. They may have a problem with the format in general, but that particular series (no pun intended) of events is just the nature of the beast.

[WaitTilNextYear]

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"Should've saved some of those runs for the next game."




Seriously, that is a non-issue and nobody would ever have a beef with that specific scenario. They may have a problem with the format in general, but that particular series (no pun intended) of events is just the nature of the beast.

Uh, Joe...you realize that runs scored in one game have no effect on the outcome of another game?




And people will always have an issue with everything. I guarantee that for every specific scenario imaginable, there is a group of people out there just waiting to beef with it.

[CMH]

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So let's just pretend that is the system we're using, and both teams are Team 1. Win the first game and you advance, lose and you go home.

I would be cool with that.

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[SPTO]

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I heard an interesting idea today on MLB Now...make the WC game to where if the 1st WC team wins, they advance and if the 2nd WC team wins, a second game is played to determine who advances.

I think trying to come up with new ideas just needless complicates the whole thing and waters down the regular season to a certain extent. You start doing this kind of tinkering and it just becomes too confusing.

Look, the system isn't perfect but it accomplishes a couple things by keeping excitement alive for a lot of markets during the season and gives a built in hook/drama to the early part of the playoffs. I'm willing to live with that.

[Money99]

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I think trying to come up with new ideas just needless complicates the whole thing and waters down the regular season to a certain extent. You start doing this kind of tinkering and it just becomes too confusing.

Look, the system isn't perfect but it accomplishes a couple things by keeping excitement alive for a lot of markets during the season and gives a built in hook/drama to the early part of the playoffs. I'm willing to live with that.

Baseball is a regional sport similar to hockey.
So anything the league can do in order to keep out of market fans interested is a good thing.
I know most members here are national fans, but the majority aren't.

I love the wildcard game. I cannot wait to watch them tonight and tomorrow.

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[Speedy]

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I know most members here are national fans, but the majority aren't.

I hate the Nats, personally.

Spoiler

#dadjoke

[Money99]

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I hate the Nats, personally.

Spoiler

#dadjoke

Lol, my 14YO would love that joke.
He got a bad joke calendar for Christmas. It's his most prized possession, haha.

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[kehlis]

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I've actually always wanted the one seeded WC team to just need to win one game with the away team needing to win two.

Make the lower seeded wild card take two out of three on the road to earn their spot in the playoffs.


****Preferably I would get rid of the second WC team but since that isn't going anywhere the above would be my preferential setup.

[Speedy]

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"Should've saved some of those runs for the next game."

This is the funniest thing I've seen today.

[NYJets]

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The Yankees are probably 60/40 favorites over the Twins or something like that.

People forget how tiny the talent disparities are between teams in MLB. This isn't the NFL or the NBA.

Think its more the nature of the different sports leads to more upsets than the talent disparity.

[WaitTilNextYear]

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I actually like the current setup. The more I think about it, the more it seems a good balance of rewarding teams for winning their division and excitement of a 1st round knockout between non-division winners. Also, much improved now that the All-Star Game will NOT decide home field advantage any longer.

Only thing I would change would be to make the Divisional Round a best of 7. Shorten the regular season, get rid of interleague play would be part of that deal and allow the playoffs to finish before November.

[SPTO]

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Not sure where to put this but here goes:

Major League Baseball is investigating the Arizona Diamondbacks over possible use of an electronic watch during the National League wild-card game, reports Joel Sherman of The New York Post.

Arizona coach and interpreter Ariel Prieto was photographed wearing what appears to be an electronic watch in the dugout during Arizona’s 11-8 victory over the Colorado Rockies Wednesday.

The Boston Red Sox were fined an undisclosed amount by the league last month after using such a device to steal signs from the New York Yankees.

It is unknown what the repercussions would be for the Diamondbacks should the reported investigation prove wrongdoing, but MLB commissioner Rob Manfred issued a statement after the Red Sox incident, saying “All 30 clubs have been notified that future violations of this type will be subject to more serious sanctions, including the possible loss of draft picks.”

It seems to me MLB needs to ban the use of electronic watches in stadiums from here on out.

[JazzMan]

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So an old co-worker of mine (think he actually used to be on OS at one point) got called out by Archie Bradley after the Wild Card game:

https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/10/05/diamondbacks-archie-bradley-triple-fan-face-tattoo

Pretty funny lol

[Majingir]

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How are the Cool Base jerseys compared to regular ones? Thinking about getting one, but just want to make sure it's worth paying the amount I'll be for it(it's basically 40% off but still, wanna make right choice)