the best team (SF) ought to be playing the worst record (ATL), not potentially the second best team.
Yeah they should re-seed following the play-in game. That's bullshit for the Giants to have to play the Dodgers.
There's always this feeling (it's in the NFL too) that division champions are better teams than the wildcard, when time and time again the wildcard is the second-best of two great teams (as the Dodgers are to the Giants) while there are division champions that are just the least-crappy of all the crappy teams in a crappy division. Happens way more in the NFL, I can't count how many times over the years the #5 seed wildcard team had a way better year than the #4 seed worst-division-champion, and had to go on the road.
If they do one more thing to try to shorten this game for impatient "fans," they should just call it something else: batty ball for the MTV/social media generation or something.
Baseball is pure because it is not timed. Stop watching the clock, and watch the damn game!
I try to tell myself this at the park, but it's hard to pretend that the countdown clock doesn't exist when it pops up at Fenway. It makes me want to leave the game.
Perhaps shorten the time between innings. I know that you lose precious commercial-time... but there are a lot of ways to re-work that in-broadcast (and honestly, probably more likely to be picked up by viewers' eyes and ears)
I wouldn't hate doing away with the extra inning rule and declaring ties after 12 innings. That really isn't all that unprecedented.
I'm not into changing anything structurally with the sport/game though.
Perhaps shorten the time between innings. I know that you lose precious commercial-time... but there are a lot of ways to re-work that in-broadcast (and honestly, probably more likely to be picked up by viewers' eyes and ears)
I wouldn't hate doing away with the extra inning rule and declaring ties after 12 innings. That really isn't all that unprecedented.
I'm not into changing anything structurally with the sport/game though.
They actually already do that sometimes. "This call to the bullpen is brought to you by W.B. Mason. Who else but W.B. Mason."
Is the National league going to DH’s next year? If so, I don’t like it, I like the two distinct rules for the different leagues. Get rid of inter league play while they are at it lol
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Is the National league going to DH’s next year? If so, I don’t like it, I like the two distinct rules for the different leagues. Get rid of inter league play while they are at it lol
I never liked the DH because it contradicts the very first line in the baseball rule book:
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There's always this feeling (it's in the NFL too) that division champions are better teams than the wildcard, when time and time again the wildcard is the second-best of two great teams (as the Dodgers are to the Giants) while there are division champions that are just the least-crappy of all the crappy teams in a crappy division. Happens way more in the NFL, I can't count how many times over the years the #5 seed wildcard team had a way better year than the #4 seed worst-division-champion, and had to go on the road.
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Games were longer than ever this year. 3 hours and 11 minutes. Ridiculous.
That's 21 minutes longer than games in 2008.
41 minutes longer than games in the year I was born, 1978.
Is there anyway to realistically speed this game back up again?
Second guess is Yankees/Dodgers. THAT would be highly rated but I'm rooting for 3 transplants in SF, Flores, Longoria and Bryant.
Hell I'd take a redo of 1996 w Yanks and Braves.
Yanks aren't doing anything.
Here's Hank Aaron complaining that the games are too long.....ten years ago! Fun little interview in addition to that as well.
https://youtu.be/GfgQrXr51hc
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God I miss Letterman...
I do have TB as my first choice.
I do like Olney and Kerkjian. I really miss Gammons. He was my favorite.
I'm hoping that the Astros can make a run and win this thing, but it'll be tough for sure.
My predictions:
ALCS: TB/HOU
NLCS: SF/ATL
WS: Giants over Astros in 7
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NLCS: Mil/STL
WS: Sox over STL
I think Passan is funny. He doesn't take his job too seriously and I dig it, but he's a really good reporter when it matters. It's just sports.
Baseball is pure because it is not timed. Stop watching the clock, and watch the damn game!
I try to tell myself this at the park, but it's hard to pretend that the countdown clock doesn't exist when it pops up at Fenway. It makes me want to leave the game.
Get rid of replay reviews. Let umps fuck up.
Problem solved.
Shorter time.
And the purity of baseball is saved!
Also, I don't particularly like his schtick.
Perhaps shorten the time between innings. I know that you lose precious commercial-time... but there are a lot of ways to re-work that in-broadcast (and honestly, probably more likely to be picked up by viewers' eyes and ears)
I wouldn't hate doing away with the extra inning rule and declaring ties after 12 innings. That really isn't all that unprecedented.
I'm not into changing anything structurally with the sport/game though.
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
If so, I don’t like it, I like the two distinct rules for the different leagues. Get rid of inter league play while they are at it lol
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2005: Thunder Bay
2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa
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2010: Boston
2011: Toronto I, Toronto II, Winnipeg
2012: Missoula
2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014: St. Paul, Milwaukee
2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I, Toronto II
2022: Hamilton, Toronto
2023: St. Paul I, St. Paul II
2024: Vancouver I, Vancouver II
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The funny thing was that Stanton thought it was gone, as well
And THAT’S what a homer looks like!!!