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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,274
    DewieCox said:
    DewieCox said:
    5 game series are garbage when there is little reward for being a 100-game winner in your league. And it still wouldn't extend the playoffs beyond a month. 

    I'd rather add two games to the LDS than add two games to the wildcard series.
    You’re kidding yourself if you don’t think they’d schedule an extra week of rest into the playoffs when they add 2 games. 

    There won’t be any more 100 game winners advance just by adding 2 games. Some great teams just aren’t built for the playoffs.
    Sounds like a bunch of basketball teams.
    Exactly, and everybody says the real NBA season doesn’t start until the conference finals.
    I completely agree with this.
  • cutzcutz Posts: 11,816
    I'm a no for the Wild Card best of 3.  

    Win the Division. 
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,432
    cutz said:
    I'm a no for the Wild Card best of 3.  

    Win the Division. 
    I'm not following the logic here. What does winning the division have to do with whether the WC is 1 or 3 games, or vice versa?
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,426
    I think the Wild Card is great as is. One game to actually earn a spot in the playoffs. 3 games would make the division series completely unwinnable. 
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,432
    DewieCox said:
    I think the Wild Card is great as is. One game to actually earn a spot in the playoffs. 3 games would make the division series completely unwinnable. 
    It's not to earn a spot in the playoffs.  The WC is the playoffs.  Jesus Christ!
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,822
    SWEET JESUS!!!!!!
  • markymark550markymark550 Posts: 5,150
    ESPN reporting that Mike Trout and the Angels are nearing a 12 year, $430M extension. Report stated it would be the largest professional sports contract. Trout is 27, so this deal could keep him with the Angels for the entirety of his career. 
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave Posts: 41,952
    Well so much for him playing for the Phil’s. Hopefully the angels start winning.
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,426
    DewieCox said:
    I think the Wild Card is great as is. One game to actually earn a spot in the playoffs. 3 games would make the division series completely unwinnable. 
    It's not to earn a spot in the playoffs.  The WC is the playoffs.  Jesus Christ!



    Still doesn’t change my point. That’s the most exciting day or 2 in baseball besides opening day and if there’re a game 7. 
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,822
    Dare I say it's a reasonable contract?
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,834
    Dare I say it's a reasonable contract?
    Comparatively speaking to other recent deals and what Trout is capable of, its not terribly unreasonable.
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,426
    Should’ve happened 3 or 4 years ago. Aside from
    giving him that absurd money after he’s 35 it makes perfect sense.
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,274
    Well so much for him playing for the Phil’s. Hopefully the angels start winning.
    The halos have a hell of a farm team with a few coming up in the next few years.  Watch for them.
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,877
    Dare I say it's a reasonable contract?
    I think so. Hell, after Harper signed his contract, I thought they'd have to give Trout a small country or something. 
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,274
    Dare I say it's a reasonable contract?
    I think so. Hell, after Harper signed his contract, I thought they'd have to give Trout a small country or something. 
    35Mil a year.

    If he breaks down like Pujols I won't be happy though...
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,432
    Good for him!  In the grand scheme of things I think anyone making that kind of money is a tad ridiculous (regardless of career) but I'd rather see the players get it in sports than the owners hog it all.  These are the guys that are putting asses in seats and making you filthy rich in the first place. Pay them!
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,822
    Good for him!  In the grand scheme of things I think anyone making that kind of money is a tad ridiculous (regardless of career) but I'd rather see the players get it in sports than the owners hog it all.  These are the guys that are putting asses in seats and making you filthy rich in the first place. Pay them!
    We are agreeing a lot recently 
  • cutzcutz Posts: 11,816
    cutz said:
    I'm a no for the Wild Card best of 3.  

    Win the Division. 
    I'm not following the logic here. What does winning the division have to do with whether the WC is 1 or 3 games, or vice versa?
    If you can't win the Division then you deserve to be in a one game playoff. Win the Division to avoid the one game playoff.
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,432
    edited March 2019
    cutz said:
    cutz said:
    I'm a no for the Wild Card best of 3.  

    Win the Division. 
    I'm not following the logic here. What does winning the division have to do with whether the WC is 1 or 3 games, or vice versa?
    If you can't win the Division then you deserve to be in a one game playoff. Win the Division to avoid the one game playoff.
    What does that have to do with whether it's 1 or 3 games though? It's still a Wild Card to determine who plays against the best team in the league.
    Post edited by HesCalledDyer on
  • cutzcutz Posts: 11,816
    cutz said:
    cutz said:
    I'm a no for the Wild Card best of 3.  

    Win the Division. 
    I'm not following the logic here. What does winning the division have to do with whether the WC is 1 or 3 games, or vice versa?
    If you can't win the Division then you deserve to be in a one game playoff. Win the Division to avoid the one game playoff.
    What does that have to do with whether it's 1 or 3 games though? It's still a Wild Card to determine who plays against the best team in the league.
    I'm sorry man, but i guess i can't explain it well enough on a message board. ( I tried though.)
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    Not taking his rookie year into account, Trout would have made an average $67K for each at bat prior to this year with this salary.  $67K may be a bargain as old age and injuries eventually set in.
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,274
    Jason P said:
    Not taking his rookie year into account, Trout would have made an average $67K for each at bat prior to this year with this salary.  $67K may be a bargain as old age and injuries eventually set in.
    Per at bat?

    Those statisticians come up w some crazy shit.
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,104
    Except the Wild Card IS the playoffs. Otherwise it would count in the regular season standings.
    Blah. Gimmick.
    Except it's not.
    It is, but teams know it's their only shot into the playoffs so they throw everything but the kitchen sink to advance and throws off their rhythm for the the next round of playoffs when they get in.

    I think the Royals are the only team with the current format to advance to the WS.
    SF Giants.
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  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,432
    Wobbie said:
    Except the Wild Card IS the playoffs. Otherwise it would count in the regular season standings.
    Blah. Gimmick.
    Except it's not.
    It is, but teams know it's their only shot into the playoffs so they throw everything but the kitchen sink to advance and throws off their rhythm for the the next round of playoffs when they get in.

    I think the Royals are the only team with the current format to advance to the WS.
    SF Giants.
    Yep both WC in the WS! 
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,822
    All the contracts!!

    Do judge now!
  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,424
    Glad that they extended Bregman. Hope they can keep Springer & Correa.
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  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,432
    Make it rain!! 

    (Figuratively, with money.  Not literally with precipitation. That delays the pace of play and we wouldn't want that, would we?)
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,274
    Wobbie said:
    Except the Wild Card IS the playoffs. Otherwise it would count in the regular season standings.
    Blah. Gimmick.
    Except it's not.
    It is, but teams know it's their only shot into the playoffs so they throw everything but the kitchen sink to advance and throws off their rhythm for the the next round of playoffs when they get in.

    I think the Royals are the only team with the current format to advance to the WS.
    SF Giants.
    Current is 2012 and onward.  When they won it was a different set up.
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,274
    mfc2006 said:
    Glad that they extended Bregman. Hope they can keep Springer & Correa.
    Bregman is my favorite player besides Judge.  I love the way he plays and his cockiness.

    When the halos bring up Maitan or Adell it will be one of those two.
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,432
    Wobbie said:
    Except the Wild Card IS the playoffs. Otherwise it would count in the regular season standings.
    Blah. Gimmick.
    Except it's not.
    It is, but teams know it's their only shot into the playoffs so they throw everything but the kitchen sink to advance and throws off their rhythm for the the next round of playoffs when they get in.

    I think the Royals are the only team with the current format to advance to the WS.
    SF Giants.
    Current is 2012 and onward.  When they won it was a different set up.
    It was 2014.  Both KC & SF were Wild Cards.
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