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This one is going 14. McCarthy’s been doing shots the last 2 hours.

QUOTE (ewokpelts @ Oct 25, 2017 -> 07:07 PM) why not? we have 16 in basketball and hockey. and 12 in football. more teams in the playoffs and "in contention" equal larger local and national ratings. which equals more money. and more money means teams like the sox have more to spend. f*** major realignment. im for the preservation of what's left of the leagues. you do regional conferences and divisions, and you will watch the sport die. my idea creates a march madness like atmosphere for the first round of games. you'll have 3-5 games on every day for a week or so. 12 teams just finished 2017 with a winning record. You’d want to add four more losing teams just for more random small sample playoffs? That’s nonsense. The regular season needs to be the toughest test, and the postseason exclusive. And I’m against radical realignment too. I’d just stack the leagues like I outlined in post 118. Or even better, don’t expand at all. That would be my first preference.

8 divisions of 4 teams wouldn’t work in baseball. Teams under .500 would make the playoffs if they did it, and it’s not happening. It’s either: Two 16-team leagues with a nearly balanced schedule (see post #118) or 4 divisions of 8 teams, major realignment, the unbalanced schedule, and 6 or 8 wildcards Btw Ewok- 16 out of 32 playoff teams in baseball? No way. No how.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 25, 2017 -> 11:12 AM) Rivalries don't die because teams play each other a lot. You can go down the list of long term rivalries. If you put the Sox and Cubs in the same division and REALLY gave them something to play against each other for, it could actually intensify it to Red Sox vs Yankees levels. Cubs/Sox fan stupidity can exist without them playing at all. Let’s go with that.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Oct 25, 2017 -> 11:01 AM) I seriously doubt that. It would depend on the quality of the teams, but to say it would be a lock sellout (or 30k+) 12 times a year for decades...no, it wouldn’t. I just think there’s a line of tradition that can’t be crossed and a radical realignment would be going too far, and hurt some franchises in the long run.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 25, 2017 -> 10:54 AM) Because the Yankees and Red Sox wore off? They’ve been AL teams since 1901, and aren’t 8 miles apart.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 25, 2017 -> 10:40 AM) You might not like it, but if you don't notice a difference in intensity of play based on who your team is playing, you aren't paying attention. If they put the Cubs and Sox in the same division, that extra buzz or whatever you want to call it, wears off after three years. It would be very disappointing if they blew up the leagues and put these teams from the same markets in same divisions. I'd hate it so much, but they're going to do whatever makes the last dollar, even if it's bad for them or some of their teams in the long run. I think it would be terrible for the White Sox in the long run.

Seriously, this podcast is just disappointing as hell. I'm just going to say it--the word "rivalry" in baseball is overrated and for stupid people. You know who your rival is? The team you play that day.

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 25, 2017 -> 10:31 AM) They should cut Spring Training short for veterans and start the season in late March at the home park of warm weather or dome teams for the first two weeks of the season. I used to think that too, but then I realized weather can be bad in late March, and it can be bad in mid-April just as often. The key is to schedule against teams early that you'll play later on the season in the same place. But if they go to 24 series of one and done, they won't be able to do that.

Garfien's podcast talked to Ringolsby. It infuriated me. http://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox...oposal-baseball

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 23, 2017 -> 09:55 AM) First pitch forecast for tomorrow night: 95 degrees. Yeah, I noticed the first two games should be hot out there. Next Tuesday and Wednesday should be much cooler. And if the Cubs would have made it, they’d be playing in the high 30s-low 40s...but ain’t happening!

Homer tonight

Astros in 6 Altuve MVP

Rebuilds work. Should be great World Series.

So here's what I think they should do if they go to 32... No divisions No interleague play Close to a balanced schedule Top 5 in each league make the postseason. 4 and 5 play one game to get in. For the sake of this, I'm adding the Montreal Expos to the NL and the Charlotte Knights to the AL. (don't make this about Charlotte-it's just for a new team) Put the teams in 4-team pods...D-backs to the AL, Astros back to the NL AL Pods: Bos-NY-Chr-TB Bal-Tor-Cle-Det Sox-Min-KC-Tex Arz-LAA-Oak-Sea NL Pods: Mon-Was-NYM-Phi Atl-Mia-Cin-Pit Chi-Mil-Stl-Hou Col-SF-LA-SD Play each team in your own pod 6 home, 6 road (Four 3-game series) Play each of the other three pods 42 games Example of a Sox schedule against Pod 1: Bos(10)-- 3 home, 3 home, 4 away NY(10)-- 4 home, 3 away, 3 away Chr(11)- 2 home, 3 home, 3 away, 3 away TB(11)- 3 home, 3 home, 3 away, 2 away And then this would be the same for the other pods, and rotate each year. After four years, the East teams can reconfigure if they want. The season would be 162 games in 186 days. (6) 2-game series (6) 4-game series (42) 3-game series Season starts on a Thursday (off on Friday), then 26 full weeks... All Star break off Monday-Thursday Two "Squeeze Weeks" of 2-2-3. Five weeks of a 3-game series and 4-game series 17 weeks with one day off 1 week of a Monday and Thursday off

Uribe would have had it.

Ok, Game 7 it is...get your popcorn ready.

Altuve is awesome without acting like an asshole. Refreshing.

Eloy Jimenez single to SS Fernando Tatis. True story.

RBI double in his first AB tonight. http://mlb.mlb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gi...ox&sid=l131

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 20, 2017 -> 05:29 PM) Was it a bad thing when the 82-80 Cardinals won? They were 83-78, with one game not played...and that’s still over .500. But yes, a “no divisions/balanced schedule” would always be better than the 5-team division/heavily unbalanced schedule they’ve had since 2001.

Lineups https://twitter.com/michaelgbaron/status/921483543573868545

Polo 3-3 with sb today.

https://twitter.com/ChrisKuc/status/921486187507970048 Petricka elbow surgery. 3-4 months. Whatever.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Oct 20, 2017 -> 02:14 PM) It could, but that would be mitigated by playing the teams with the two worst record in each league against the two top WC teams to make sure the best teams are getting to the DLS. So you’re ok with a team under .500 having a shot at the World Series because of an arbitrary geographic location? Can’t happen in baseball. I’ll say it again- the more four-team groupings you have the more likely one of those groups will have four bad teams unworthy of the postseason.