The flip side to the Wild Card

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Re: The flip side to the Wild Card

Post by Moe Gibbs » Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:40 pm

In spite of the imperfect playoff format, the MLB Post Season has been for the most part tremendous entertainment, drama, suspense, etc. ever since it was put into play. It brings the best teams right into my living room for great nights of dinner and baseball.
The Wild Card system gives more fans around the USA hope and more excitement so that outweighs the negative aspects in my mind.
At least we haven't had a sub 500 team win the WS yet...have we...?

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Re: The flip side to the Wild Card

Post by Dr Naysay » Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:45 pm

The A's were 3 games off a 100 wins the Rays 4 games, travesty to not let those two teams take part in the playoffs.

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Re: The flip side to the Wild Card

Post by Happy as hell » Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:52 pm

The way I see it, if the division leaders can’t defeat a WC team in a five game series, they shouldn’t be playing for the pennant.

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Re: The flip side to the Wild Card

Post by D-train » Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:55 pm

Happy as hell wrote:
Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:52 pm
The way I see it, if the division leaders can’t defeat a WC team in a five game series, they shouldn’t be playing for the pennant.
Exactly. Why anyone would want to see the choking Dodgers in the WS is beyond me. I think I hate them more than the Yankees as well.
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Re: The flip side to the Wild Card

Post by Sibelius Hindemith » Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:29 pm

D-train wrote:
Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:55 pm
Happy as hell wrote:
Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:52 pm
The way I see it, if the division leaders can’t defeat a WC team in a five game series, they shouldn’t be playing for the pennant.
Exactly. Why anyone would want to see the choking Dodgers in the WS is beyond me. I think I hate them more than the Yankees as well.
Choking? You actually believe they choked? Come on. :lol:

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Re: The flip side to the Wild Card

Post by D-train » Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:47 pm

Sibelius Hindemith wrote:
Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:29 pm
D-train wrote:
Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:55 pm
Happy as hell wrote:
Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:52 pm
The way I see it, if the division leaders can’t defeat a WC team in a five game series, they shouldn’t be playing for the pennant.
Exactly. Why anyone would want to see the choking Dodgers in the WS is beyond me. I think I hate them more than the Yankees as well.
Choking? You actually believe they choked? Come on. :lol:

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Re: The flip side to the Wild Card

Post by Sibelius Hindemith » Fri Oct 11, 2019 7:00 pm

That's baseball.

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Re: The flip side to the Wild Card

Post by Double Mocha Man » Fri Oct 11, 2019 8:40 pm

DanielVogelbach wrote:
Fri Oct 11, 2019 3:51 am
I was rooting for the Dodgers to win, but they lost. Kershaw blew it. So, it's Scherzer and Strasburg time.

Don't forget Flaherty time...
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Re: The flip side to the Wild Card

Post by Double Mocha Man » Fri Oct 11, 2019 8:44 pm

DanielVogelbach wrote:
Fri Oct 11, 2019 3:51 am
Furthermore, it's too bad they didn't introduce the second WC earlier... the Ms would've made the post season like 3 times during their current drought. (too lazy to actually look it up)
From memory, the 2002 and 2003 teams with 93 wins each would have made it in.
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Re: The flip side to the Wild Card

Post by DanielVogelbach » Fri Oct 11, 2019 9:08 pm

D-train wrote:
Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:10 pm
Dr Naysay wrote:
Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:02 am
Current system is fine imo, I would make the WC contest a best of three.
Totally agree. That would make it perfect.
The problem is making the other teams wait for the WC series to finish. How about a compromise and just make the WC game an 18 inning game?

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