I can see Cubs/Cardinals fans now...
Yea, may have to do a swap there. Although if you canned the unbalanced schedule, it wouldn't really matter.
Posted 08 July 2014 - 12:01 PM
I can see Cubs/Cardinals fans now...
Yea, may have to do a swap there. Although if you canned the unbalanced schedule, it wouldn't really matter.
There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note
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Posted 08 July 2014 - 04:01 PM
Baseball should strongly consider having a single league with the same rules. Here's a format that I came up with that solves quite a few issues...
No more AL/NL... it's just MLB.
Three divisions of ten teams each.
EAST
Atlanta
Baltimore
Boston
Florida
NY Mets
NY Yankees
Philadelphia
Tampa Bay
Toronto
Washington
CENTRAL
Chicago Cubs
Chicago WSox
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Detroit
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Minnesota
Pittsburgh
St Louis
WEST
Arizona
Colorado
Houston
LA Angels
LA Dodgers
Oakland
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Texas
12 games versus each division team = 108 games
3-game series versus 18 other teams = 54 games / Total - 162 games
Two non-division teams are skipped each season and those teams rotate back in the schedule for the next nine years, until being skipped again.
Posted 08 July 2014 - 04:05 PM
Baseball should strongly consider having a single league with the same rules. Here's a format that I came up with that solves quite a few issues...
No more AL/NL... it's just MLB.
Three divisions of ten teams each.
EAST
Atlanta
Baltimore
Boston
Florida
NY Mets
NY Yankees
Philadelphia
Tampa Bay
Toronto
Washington
CENTRAL
Chicago Cubs
Chicago WSox
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Detroit
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Minnesota
Pittsburgh
St Louis
WEST
Arizona
Colorado
Houston
LA Angels
LA Dodgers
Oakland
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Texas
12 games versus each division team = 108 games3-game series versus 18 other teams = 54 games / Total - 162 games
Two non-division teams are skipped each season and those teams rotate back in the schedule for the next nine years, until being skipped again.
And how do the playoffs work?
Honestly, I don't think this is too realistic.
Posted 08 July 2014 - 04:15 PM
And how do the playoffs work?
Honestly, I don't think this is too realistic.
There are eight playoff teams. The Division winners and the best second place team host the next best four teams. However, each division must have at least two teams in the playoffs. The division winners would have five home games in the opening round 7-game series, giving them an earned advantage. 1v8, 2v7, 3v6, 4v5. The winners of the opening four series would move to the final four teams and then to a World Series, per normal playoff rules. That's how I'd do it, but I'd be open to ten-team playoffs.
FWIW many things that happen were once said to be unrealistic. I feel the idea has merit, but naturally I'd think that. Would you like a ten-team division?
Posted 08 July 2014 - 04:28 PM
There are eight playoff teams. The Division winners and the best second place team host the next best four teams. However, each division must have at least two teams in the playoffs.The division winners would have five home games in the opening round 7-game series, giving them an earned advantage. 1v8, 2v7, 3v6, 4v5. The winners of the opening four series would move to the final four teams and then to a World Series, per normal playoff rules. That's how I'd do it, but I'd be open to ten-team playoffs.
FWIW many things that happen were once said to be unrealistic. I feel the idea has merit, but naturally I'd think that. Would you like a ten-team division?
Well you gotta start somewhere and when I say unrealistic, I mean moreso than anything I don't see this in the near future. Maybe in 20-30 years, who knows.
The idea of a division winner having 5 games is one I can't foresee even more. How would that work, the WC team would host Games 3/4 and the division winner would host 1,2,5,6,7?
I don't see MLB radically changing the current structure anytime soon.
Posted 08 July 2014 - 05:04 PM
Well you gotta start somewhere and when I say unrealistic, I mean moreso than anything I don't see this in the near future. Maybe in 20-30 years, who knows.
The idea of a division winner having 5 games is one I can't foresee even more. How would that work, the WC team would host Games 3/4 and the division winner would host 1,2,5,6,7?
I don't see MLB radically changing the current structure anytime soon.
Yes, 1, 2 at home and then 5, 6, 7 as well... it gives the division winner better odds of winning the series... which they earned. I hear you though... not likely.
Posted 08 July 2014 - 05:40 PM
Yes, 1, 2 at home and then 5, 6, 7 as well... it gives the division winner better odds of winning the series... which they earned. I hear you though... not likely.
I actually think it's a good idea for the NHL playoffs given the unpredictability there.
Posted 15 July 2014 - 05:37 PM
SportsNet: Selig: Montreal ‘excellent’ candidate for team
“It did make a great impression,” Selig said of the 96,350 fans who attended the exhibition games between the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets. “I was impressed and I’ve talked to a lot of people there and they have much work to be done, but that was very impressive, no question about it.
“Listen, there’s certainly in my case no hard or angry feelings towards Montreal at all, we tried to keep the team there for as long as the story goes, but I thought that was marvellous, but they do have a lot of work to do. I wish them well, and I think they would be an excellent candidate in the future.”
While the Tampa Bay Rays and Oakland Athletics remain in limbo in their attempts to get new stadiums, Selig again shot down relocation talk Tuesday for those teams with a simple, “no.”
Posted 15 May 2016 - 03:15 PM
Thorne was mentioning Showalter's plan for realignment on the telecast today... I had never seen it written out...
Shack pointed out it exists...
http://espn.go.com/m...age=bbtn/090823
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