poppysox Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Sure does minimize what it means to be a playoff team. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCsoxfan Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) 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, 2020 by flavum 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 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. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SoxAce Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) Sox are gonna be picking their opponent alot this decade eh? Edited February 11, 2020 by SoxAce 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlackSox8 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPR Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Go away Manfred..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black jack Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 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. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) 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, 2020 by flavum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 18 minutes ago, JoshPR said: Go away Manfred..... He really is bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moan4Yoan Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlackSox8 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcq Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Anytime you can play baseball in MN March or November you go for it right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinski Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dam8610 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 SIX TEAMS PER LEAGUE WITH A 3 GAME WILD CARD ROUND! WHY IS THIS SO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND AND IMPLEMENT?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOFHurt35 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 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. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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