tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post7924112709907633000..comments2024-02-16T02:12:08.305-08:00Comments on Fire Jay Mariotti: It isn't broke, but they're fixing it for the money - Part IILarry Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141943214237719821noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post-17429232879563058402010-11-23T13:49:42.571-08:002010-11-23T13:49:42.571-08:00Long time reader,first time commenter.
First you i...Long time reader,first time commenter.<br />First you inspired me to do my own blog,thank you for that.<br />Second,while I hate this idea.I have to admit it would make my team (Red Sox)and the AL east in general more compelling at least for people who like them.Toronto,and Baltimore are not that far from being competitive.<br />Personally I think they should have a tier system,where you go buy finances and get rid of NL/AL designations and just group everyone by finances.An Ex would be Mets,Phil,Yanks,Red Sox,Baltimore in same division.<br />Cheap geographical teams be lumped together like Atl,Pitt,Both Fla teams etc.<br />Just group them by area code and finances with the caveat that the teams who spend money get to play teams that do not in the first round in a 7 game series,shorten the season to 140 games and you would have almost as many games as now with the added bonus of ending before October.<br />My 2 cents of horribly flawed anlysis.Mikehttp:www.thebigkibosh.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post-86143436958014444072010-11-23T10:29:35.474-08:002010-11-23T10:29:35.474-08:00This is clearly a money grab, and without shorteni...This is clearly a money grab, and without shortening the regular season I figure we'll be spending Thanksgiving 2012 watching baseball playoffs (or the end of the world).<br /><br />But I don't think it will do much to change the excitement of the regular season. Some years the format will make it less exciting (no reason to fight for that last spot, since there are two) and some years the format will make it more exciting (three teams fighting for one slot? How about six or seven fighting for two?).<br /><br />I do cringe at the thought of seeing baseball's playoff picture resemble the NFL's, where ESPN spends 90 minutes each week trying to explain all of the possible finishes. And I'm sure the rest of the AL will enjoy watching the entire eastern division make the playoffs every year. Baseball does two things every year, it seems: make shitloads of money, and offer really really bad ideas.Tonushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01082528970434639776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post-75139321157685687032010-11-22T14:49:24.700-08:002010-11-22T14:49:24.700-08:00God bless you, Anonymous.
You're welcome here...God bless you, Anonymous.<br /><br />You're welcome here any day of the week.dan-bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465285716333091226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post-82381102562041220172010-11-22T13:25:27.983-08:002010-11-22T13:25:27.983-08:00And this is why I don't support even a +1 vers...And this is why I don't support even a +1 version of a Division I-A football playoff. Playoffs always expand.Biggus Rickusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post-43030568215525176792010-11-22T12:22:48.392-08:002010-11-22T12:22:48.392-08:00This really makes me mad.
Sometimes, the 2nd best...This really makes me mad.<br /><br />Sometimes, the 2nd best team in baseball is a wild card team. Now they have to do a play-in series???<br /><br />Another annoying part is that this will really make the baseball playoffs drag on, with 6 teams just sitting around waiting for the wild card teams to finish their series.<br /><br />Dislike.Derpsaucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08881690667013390019noreply@blogger.com