5/30 - 6/12 Game Discussion Thread

[reyes the roof]

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I’d rather have good teams miss the playoffs. If teams keeep playing at the levels they’re playing now it looks like the last playoff spots will be decided well before the season ends

[Majingir]

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If the end goal is making baseball more popular, then giving good teams a more realistic chance to make the playoffs will obviously help that goal.

You're more likely to get (casual) fans interested, especially later in the season, if the team has a shot at the playoffs rather than being 5 games back of a 1 game play in.

Even if that team still doesn't make it, if just the extra hope/excitement of possibly making it could put a few hundred or thousand more people in a stadium, then its worth it from a bigger point of view.

[countryboy]

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Sounds as though Robinson Cano's time in San Diego is coming to a close. He's expected to be optioned to Triple A tomorrow in which its expected Cano will decline the move and become a free agent.

[ninertravel]

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12 teams is fine in my opinion, I just think expanding to 14 would water down the field way too much. It would be like the COVID playoffs, which was horrible and too much of a crapshoot

And to answer your question, let's look at last year's Braves / Brewers series. I dont think anyone thought Atlanta was going to run the table on the whole bracket, but I think most people definitely expected them to beat Milwaukee, regardless of the fact that the Brewers had home field. Their contact hitters were not a good matchup for Atlanta's power bats

exactly the covid playoffs were a joke Houston made it with 29 wins and the marlins lets face it if it wasn't for a 60 game season and 14 teams in the playoffs had a 0% chance of making the playoffs that was a pure fluke and luck and this is what will happen with 14 teams one team might get hot and have a good runin September and make it with 80 wins.

[LambertandHam]

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The Pirates actually swept the Dodgers.

[Madden08PCgmr]

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The Ms paid $115mil for a #4 starter.

Nice work!

[DamnYanks2]

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Good to see Gleyber has regained his power stroke. 9 HRs all of last year. He already has 10 in the beginning of June.

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[Majingir]

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Jays sweep another series!

8 in a row they've won!

The AL standings right now could lead to an interesting debate about the playoff format. Similar to the NFL debate.

What if the top WC team is better than the worst division winner? In the NBA, division winners mean nothing. All other sports it guarantees a better 1st round matchup.

If season ended today, the Rays as the #2WC team would finish with a better record than the Twins, the #3 seed in the AL because of winning the division. So the WC matchup is really 5v6 and 3v4

[DieHardYankee26]

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And after playing 162 games in a tougher division and finishing with a better record, you get the beautiful reward of playing on the road.

[Majingir]

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Greatest June hitters in MLB history

Shoeless Joe Jackson
Lou Gehrig
Ty Cobb

Cedric Mullins

And after playing 162 games in a tougher division and finishing with a better record, you get the beautiful reward of playing on the road.

Welcome to the NHL

[DamnYanks2]

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Rizzo with a massive go ahead single with 2 outs.

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[ninertravel]

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Pirates fans must feel sick about Tallon and Holmes playing so good. might as well at in Cole from the past as well. imagine would the pirates would be today if they spent money

[DamnYanks2]

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Pirates fans must feel sick about Tallon and Holmes playing so good. might as well at in Cole from the past as well. imagine would the pirates would be today if they spent money

Clay Holmes becoming a closer for the Yankees is just something nobody could have ever predicted.

C'mon Clay close this down.

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[ninertravel]

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Clay Holmes becoming a closer for the Yankees is just something nobody could have ever predicted.

C'mon Clay close this down.

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and he almost blew it LOL but still hasnt given up a run in what now 25 innings?

[DamnYanks2]

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and he almost blew it LOL but still hasnt given up a run in what now 25 innings?

Yep. He got bored obviously lol. Angels have lost 8 straight. Need to fire Maddon. Angels can do better. He's always been overrated.

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