So, with the top 4 regular season teams out now, how many of you actually give a damn who wins it all?
As some of you may recall from my previous posts, i despise the current format with a wildcard round that now lasts up to 5 days. The division winners' starting pitchers were clearly screwed up by the extended layoff. Either go back to the 1-game wildcard playoff or go back to having just 8 teams with no wildcard round. It's also asinine the way they insert extra off-days in the division series in order to maximize broadcast revenue.
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Yep., I agree. I heard some sports pundits on NPR last night speculating about the effect the WC games had on the division winners...baseball being a mostly every day sport for 162 games, and then sitting idle for 5 days waiting for the WC games to play out. Maybe they should play some scrimmage games while they're waiting.Sibelius Hindemith wrote: ↑Fri Oct 13, 2023 2:22 pmSo, with the top 4 regular season teams out now, how many of you actually give a damn who wins it all?
As some of you may recall from my previous posts, i despise the current format with a wildcard round that now lasts up to 5 days. The division winners' starting pitchers were clearly screwed up by the extended layoff. Either go back to the 1-game wildcard playoff or go back to having just 8 teams with no wildcard round. It's also asinine the way they insert extra off-days in the division series in order to maximize broadcast revenue.
And yeah - I don't really give a tinker's cuss who wins anything from this point onward. I have hardly bother to check the scores each day. Any team as long as its not the Ass-tros.
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That wouldn't be enough to offset the failures of the Mets and Padres, at least with regard to the likelihood that Stanton would change his approach to building the roster.
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Imagine thinking that you shouldn't do something with a very high success rate because it isn't 100%.Sibelius Hindemith wrote: ↑Fri Oct 13, 2023 3:22 pmThat wouldn't be enough to offset the failures of the Mets and Padres, at least with regard to the likelihood that Stanton would change his approach to building the roster.
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Why is that hilarious? Isn't that an FCC violation - should've been bleeped. Normalizing that stuff is the wrong way to go. And Castellanos should get a suspension.
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I can't think of another sport where a first round Bye would be a detriment. That said, have your pitchers fucking pitch a simulated game. Are they so damn fragile mentally that if they aren't actually throwing in a live game in a stadium with fans they aren't getting anything out of it? They have a rotation, when is there time in the rotation, have them throw a sim game if there isn't a real game. My belief is instead of that, they are "resting" to "recover from the long season" and then they aren't ready to throw and they blame rust. Fuck that.
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LOL I don't think bad words will be the downfall of civilization.....Sibelius Hindemith wrote: ↑Fri Oct 13, 2023 4:30 pmWhy is that hilarious? Isn't that an FCC violation - should've been bleeped. Normalizing that stuff is the wrong way to go. And Castellanos should get a suspension.
Just like there aren't millions more depraved individuals because they were kids that saw Janet Jackson's tit during the SB halftime show.
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