February 10, 20206 yr 53 minutes ago, bmags said: I don't know, I like it. All of it. Me too. Totally fine rewarding the top seed and like getting rid of the play-in game.
February 10, 20206 yr 8 minutes ago, Tony said: If you really want to do more teams in the playoffs, blow it all up and start over. There are already rumblings by 2022, the DH will be in the NL. If that’s the case, go to a Eastern/Western layout, Top 7 teams in each conference make the playoffs. I would def do expansion and the DH at the same time. It's long past time to use the DH in the NL.
February 10, 20206 yr We’re headed to 32 teams, 2 East Divisions of 8, 1 Central Division of 8, and 1 West Division of 8. The Sox and Cubs will play at least 13 games every year, and baseball will become worse. I fucking hate Manfred. Edited February 10, 20206 yr by flavum
February 10, 20206 yr 3 minutes ago, flavum said: We’re headed to 32 teams, 2 East Divisions of 8, 1 Central Division of 8, and 1 West Division of 8. The Sox and Cubs will play at least 13 games every year, and baseball will become worse. I fucking hate Manfred. Good lord. I can't stand Manfred but dragging the sport into a modern format by getting rid of the AL/NL schism and expanding the playoffs is a worthy goal.
February 11, 20206 yr 11 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: Good lord. I can't stand Manfred but dragging the sport into a modern format by getting rid of the AL/NL schism and expanding the playoffs is a worthy goal. No
February 11, 20206 yr 12 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: Good lord. I can't stand Manfred but dragging the sport into a modern format by getting rid of the AL/NL schism and expanding the playoffs is a worthy goal. If anything go back to the earlier model of only AL and NL, no central or anything else and the top 7 from each play for the WS.
February 11, 20206 yr 3 minutes ago, ptatc said: If anything go back to the earlier model of only AL and NL, no central or anything else and the top 7 from each play for the WS. I'd be OK with that. I can't stand playing the unbalanced schedule.
February 11, 20206 yr 1 minute ago, ptatc said: If anything go back to the earlier model of only AL and NL, no central or anything else and the top 7 from each play for the WS. Exactly. If 32 teams is inevitable, then it should be 16 teams in each league, top 6 make the postseason. 1 and 2 get a bye, 3 hosts 6 , 4 hosts 5 in a best-of-3. Worst seed remaining plays the 1 seed.
February 11, 20206 yr Sox are gonna be picking their opponent alot this decade eh? Edited February 11, 20206 yr by SoxAce
February 11, 20206 yr 17 minutes ago, aeichhor said: I like that aspect of it. It would be sorta like a "mini march madness" at the start of the playoffs.
February 11, 20206 yr What are the 2 expansion cities? Montreal/Charlotte for east? Vegas/Portland for west? Memphis/Nashville as a central? What other cities can provide a MLB team? The examples given are the supposed cities that are sought after for an expansion team. Who goes to NL who goes to AL, how are the divisions grouped, are there divisions at all? It is fun to speculate, but how realistic and likely is this all to happen? I'll hang up and take my answer off the air...
February 11, 20206 yr 1 minute ago, TheBlackSox8 said: What are the 2 expansion cities? Montreal/Charlotte for east? Vegas/Portland for west? Memphis/Nashville as a central? What other cities can provide a MLB team? The examples given are the supposed cities that are sought after for an expansion team. Who goes to NL who goes to AL, how are the divisions grouped, are there divisions at all? It is fun to speculate, but how realistic and likely is this all to happen? I'll hang up and take my answer off the air... I think once the TB and Oakland situations clear up, they’ll have a better idea of where they want to place teams. My prediction is Las Vegas and Montréal will have teams by the end of the 20s. If not relocation, expansion.
February 11, 20206 yr They need to be eliminating playoff teams. The MLB regular season is a league of attrition. It's so damn long that to expand the playoffs would diminish an already diminished product. Go back to AL/NL East/West. Forget the wild cards, divisions, inter league play. Best four teams in. The best four teams over the course of a long grueling summer. Not whoever got hot in September.
February 11, 20206 yr 6 minutes ago, black jack said: They need to be eliminating playoff teams. The MLB regular season is a league of attrition. It's so damn long that to expand the playoffs would diminish an already diminished product. Go back to AL/NL East/West. Forget the wild cards, divisions, inter league play. Best four teams in. The best four teams over the course of a long grueling summer. Not whoever got hot in September. I appreciate the sentiment, but they aren’t going backwards with the amount of playoff teams, nor should they. To me, the difference between the third and sixth best teams in each league usually isn’t that great. I could be on board for 6 in each league. 7? No way. There could be teams under .500 making the playoffs, and that would be embarrassing for MLB. Edited February 11, 20206 yr by flavum
February 11, 20206 yr 1 hour ago, poppysox said: Hate it! This is about revenue and nothing else. They really need to stop fooling with the game. It’s definitely about making more money. No doubt.
February 11, 20206 yr 14 minutes ago, flavum said: I appreciate the sentiment, but they aren’t going backwards with the amount of playoff teams, nor should they. To me, the difference between the third and sixth best teams in each league usually isn’t that great. I could be on board for 6 in each league. 7? No way. There could be teams under .500 making the playoffs, and that would be embarrassing for MLB. Had to go back, but 2017 had 3 teams vying for that 7th spot in the AL at 80-82...so you're right, that could happen.
February 11, 20206 yr I absolutely hate the two Wild Card format, so I'm open to tweaks. But top seeds picking their opponent seems completely silly. Play out the season, battle it out down the stretch, and let records decide the seeds. No need to create faux drama to attract the disinterested.
February 11, 20206 yr 2 hours ago, SonofaRoache said: You said that the 2019 Sox could beat the 2019 Astros in a seven game series. That is not the same as beating a team 4 out of 7 during the regular season. Teams prepare much differently for a post season series. He said could, and that is feasible, albeit ALL of us would agree unlikely. Other sports don’t have that issue as the gap between great and good is bigger, and therefore can afford to have bigger play-offs
February 11, 20206 yr SIX TEAMS PER LEAGUE WITH A 3 GAME WILD CARD ROUND! WHY IS THIS SO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND AND IMPLEMENT?!
February 11, 20206 yr This would be the third Wild Card expansion, the Sox would have benefited 0 times from the first two. That's how pathetic we've been. Now that it looks like we might finally be good and heading for sustained success, I don't want more playoff teams.
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