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MLB 2020: A New Hope
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Re: MLB 2020: A New Hope
I like whatever keeps WC teams playing an elimination game/series in the first round. I like that winning a division gets you a breather, which puts more incentive there.
I like whatever keeps WC teams playing an elimination game/series in the first round. I like that winning a division gets you a breather, which puts more incentive there.
WeAreNDHockey
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Re: MLB 2020: A New Hope
I wouldn't mind this scenario if winning a division was always an indication of a superior team. But with unbalanced schedules a 93 win WC team may be a better team than a 95 win Division winner.
I say eliminate divisions, play everybody an equal number of times, eliminate interleague play, and just pick the top whatever from each league for the postseason. Top 7 maybe, and number 1 gets a bye. That gets you an expanded playoff and gives real incentives to winning the most games. This after a 154 game regular season (play everyone 11 times). Oh and no expansion of teams. 30 is enough.
I wouldn't mind this scenario if winning a division was always an indication of a superior team. But with unbalanced schedules a 93 win WC team may be a better team than a 95 win Division winner.
I say eliminate divisions, play everybody an equal number of times, eliminate interleague play, and just pick the top whatever from each league for the postseason. Top 7 maybe, and number 1 gets a bye. That gets you an expanded playoff and gives real incentives to winning the most games. This after a 154 game regular season (play everyone 11 times). Oh and no expansion of teams. 30 is enough.
JF_Gophers
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Re: MLB 2020: A New Hope
4 divisions of 4 in each league.
No interleague.
Balanced schedule.
Only division winners get in the playoffs.
If you want interest, make teams spend their money. We arent here to justify the pirates owners horrible spending by adding more playoff teams.
4 divisions of 4 in each league.
No interleague.
Balanced schedule.
Only division winners get in the playoffs.
If you want interest, make teams spend their money. We arent here to justify the pirates owners horrible spending by adding more playoff teams.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: MLB 2020: A New Hope
If I am made Dictator of Baseball:
(0) Split the leagues. The only contact between leagues will be the ASG and the WS. No interleague RS. Each league has full control over everything within their leagues including how they select their AS team and their WS nominee.
So, now I give the Dictatorship of the American League to somebody else.
As Dictator of the National League:
(1) RS 20 weeks from mid-April to mid-September: 2 off days per week and doubleheaders on Sundays, for 20 x 6 = 120 games
(2) Send the Brewers back to the American League, reducing the league to 14 teams (nothing personal)
(3) Two Divisions of 7 teams each: East (NY, Wsh, Phi, Pgh, Atl, Mia, Cin) and West (Az, StL, LA, SF, SD, Col, Chi)
(4) 13 games x 6 divisional opponents + 6 games x 7 non-divisional opponents
(5) Playoffs: 2 division winners and 2 wildcards; seeded by record, best of 7 league SF and F series
If I am made Dictator of Baseball:
(0) Split the leagues. The only contact between leagues will be the ASG and the WS. No interleague RS. Each league has full control over everything within their leagues including how they select their AS team and their WS nominee.
So, now I give the Dictatorship of the American League to somebody else.
As Dictator of the National League:
(1) RS 20 weeks from mid-April to mid-September: 2 off days per week and doubleheaders on Sundays, for 20 x 6 = 120 games
(2) Send the Brewers back to the American League, reducing the league to 14 teams (nothing personal)
(3) Two Divisions of 7 teams each: East (NY, Wsh, Phi, Pgh, Atl, Mia, Cin) and West (Az, StL, LA, SF, SD, Col, Chi)
(4) 13 games x 6 divisional opponents + 6 games x 7 non-divisional opponents
(5) Playoffs: 2 division winners and 2 wildcards; seeded by record, best of 7 league SF and F series
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RaceBoarder
Waiting for the Snow to fly...
Re: MLB 2020: A New Hope
Random thought:
Does the emphasis on "specialty pitching" eventually become the reason MLB reduces the regular season?
Kep may be on to something with the mandatory off days. Your star pitchers have 30 gamedays in them between April and October. This is a good way to get those guys into a higher percentage of a team's games.
Random thought:
Does the emphasis on "specialty pitching" eventually become the reason MLB reduces the regular season?
Kep may be on to something with the mandatory off days. Your star pitchers have 30 gamedays in them between April and October. This is a good way to get those guys into a higher percentage of a team's games.
Re: MLB 2020: A New Hope
Going back to the days of totally separate leagues is never going to happen, and frankly shouldn't. Different leagues with different rules makes sense when the quality of one team to the next is variable (European Soccer, for example, has a million teams and a million leagues of different qualities). But parity in American major league sports is such that players constantly bounce around and there's just no need for artificial boundaries anymore. MLB is, for the most part, bound in that 60-40 split where the crappier teams bottom out around .400 winning percentage and the better teams top out around .600 (please note I said "better" and "crappier", not "best" and "worst"). One set of rules for all 30/32 teams is ideal.
I defer to you on this - I love Portland (though only spent one night there) and it always comes up in these discussions. I have zero strong feelings on it.
Going back to the days of totally separate leagues is never going to happen, and frankly shouldn't. Different leagues with different rules makes sense when the quality of one team to the next is variable (European Soccer, for example, has a million teams and a million leagues of different qualities). But parity in American major league sports is such that players constantly bounce around and there's just no need for artificial boundaries anymore. MLB is, for the most part, bound in that 60-40 split where the crappier teams bottom out around .400 winning percentage and the better teams top out around .600 (please note I said "better" and "crappier", not "best" and "worst"). One set of rules for all 30/32 teams is ideal.
Re: MLB 2020: A New Hope
Does this mean I can then be dictator of the AL? I move the Brewers back to the NL.
Does this mean I can then be dictator of the AL? I move the Brewers back to the NL.
state of hockey
He fixes the cable?
Re: MLB 2020: A New Hope
Trevor Bauer has some opinions...
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🗣🗣PREACH!!!! Finally someone in the league actually caring about this stuff and speaking up about it. THANK YOU. <a href="https://twitter.com/BauerOutage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BauerOutage</a> <a href="https://t.co/BjqUNRlLbC">pic.twitter.com/BjqUNRlLbC</a></p>— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jared_Carrabis/status/1227471775522529280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Trevor Bauer has some opinions...
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🗣🗣PREACH!!!! Finally someone in the league actually caring about this stuff and speaking up about it. THANK YOU. <a href="https://twitter.com/BauerOutage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BauerOutage</a> <a href="https://t.co/BjqUNRlLbC">pic.twitter.com/BjqUNRlLbC</a></p>— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jared_Carrabis/status/1227471775522529280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
JF_Gophers
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Slap Shot
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Re: MLB 2020: A New Hope
I always liked the idea of 150 games. Assuming 6 games/1 off per week that shrinks the season by 2 weeks, but neither the league nor the union will ever let that happen. They won't even allow double headers any longer, or on the rare occasion they do only with selling separate tickets to both games.
I always liked the idea of 150 games. Assuming 6 games/1 off per week that shrinks the season by 2 weeks, but neither the league nor the union will ever let that happen. They won't even allow double headers any longer, or on the rare occasion they do only with selling separate tickets to both games.
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
Re: MLB 2020: A New Hope
def not!!!!
just look at the crappy players on the pirates. 95% are not major league worthy. not even the proverbial AAAA talent
def not!!!!
just look at the crappy players on the pirates. 95% are not major league worthy. not even the proverbial AAAA talent
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
Re: MLB 2020: A New Hope
if there is one good byproduct of the steroid era, it's that season records don't mean a drop of cowdung. so there is no reason to worry about the impact of subtracting or adding games anymore. cut 'em to 150, or 154, or 140. if anyone yaps about lost revenue, just do like the redsox and double ticket prices.
if there is one good byproduct of the steroid era, it's that season records don't mean a drop of cowdung. so there is no reason to worry about the impact of subtracting or adding games anymore. cut 'em to 150, or 154, or 140. if anyone yaps about lost revenue, just do like the redsox and double ticket prices.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: MLB 2020: A New Hope
It was the Orioles who figured out the trick that you cut your seating in half to make your product higher value because of scarcity, and then you triple ticket prices. The Red Sox and Cubs lived on that model for decades. The Mets even figured it out and we're rock stupid.
So do the same thing for games. Instead of 160 have 120, a 25% reduction, and then hike all the prices -- ticket and concessions and parking -- by 50%.
if there is one good byproduct of the steroid era, it's that season records don't mean a drop of cowdung. so there is no reason to worry about the impact of subtracting or adding games anymore. cut 'em to 150, or 154, or 140. if anyone yaps about lost revenue, just do like the redsox and double ticket prices.
It was the Orioles who figured out the trick that you cut your seating in half to make your product higher value because of scarcity, and then you triple ticket prices. The Red Sox and Cubs lived on that model for decades. The Mets even figured it out and we're rock stupid.
So do the same thing for games. Instead of 160 have 120, a 25% reduction, and then hike all the prices -- ticket and concessions and parking -- by 50%.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: MLB 2020: A New Hope
Portland is used by owners as a threat. It's never been a serious bid, which makes the 23 people in town who want baseball that much more pathetic.
If we ever do get a franchise I say we plop the stadium down right on top of Mt. Hood.
Portland is used by owners as a threat. It's never been a serious bid, which makes the 23 people in town who want baseball that much more pathetic.
If we ever do get a franchise I say we plop the stadium down right on top of Mt. Hood.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: MLB 2020: A New Hope
The funny thing is, before they got brilliant oh wait no they just cheated the team neither league wanted was the Astros.
So neither league wants them?
The funny thing is, before they got brilliant oh wait no they just cheated the team neither league wanted was the Astros.
aparch
Acetaminamerican
Re: MLB 2020: A New Hope
Padres decide to not wear their accidental swastika hats during spring training.
Padres decide to not wear their accidental swastika hats during spring training.