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by **Soren** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 08:43:09

smitty wrote:
Wheels Tupay wrote:Marlins lose!!!!!!!

Greinke wins. Record is 5-1. 4.83 ERA. Yikes.

2.08 xFIP

by **Napalm** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 18:59:30

dickbag papelbon banned 3 games for his outburst

by **joe table** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 20:16:04

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd ... Id=rss_mlb

Rubby hosed, IMO

by **Wheels Tupay** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 12:08:50

Well that's an interesting thought....

According to a highly ranked executive, one consideration that has been raised in ownership committee meetings is eliminating the divisions altogether, so that 15 AL and 15 NL teams would vie for five playoff spots within each league. Currently, Major League Baseball has six divisions.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6651634

by **Swiggers** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 12:51:57

Something else we can blame on the Yankees and Red Sox.

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 13:43:39

Meaning there will always be interleague play throughout the season (at least one interleague series).

by **TenuredVulture** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 14:54:22

I could really get behind the 15 league team idea if it includes awarding the pennant to teams with the best regular season record. I don't mind at all stretching interleague play over the season. Also, I think the Diamond backs should be the NL team that switches.

by **Swiggers** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 15:23:55

TenuredVulture wrote:I could really get behind the 15 league team idea if it includes awarding the pennant to teams with the best regular season record. I don't mind at all stretching interleague play over the season. Also, I think the Diamond backs should be the NL team that switches.

Or the Brewers, since that's where they came from in the first place.

by **wogglymaster91** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 15:31:26

TenuredVulture wrote:I could really get behind the 15 league team idea if it includes awarding the pennant to teams with the best regular season record. I don't mind at all stretching interleague play over the season. Also, I think the Diamond backs should be the NL team that switches.

Way back in like '96 or something when they were deciding where the two new teams would play, whoever was in charge said both the Diamondbacks and the Devil Rays would be AL teams (bringing that league to 16, and the NL stagnant with 14). But the owners or whoever from Arizona wanted to be a National League team because they would have a natural rivalry with the Dodgers and the new Rockies (only like 3 years old at the time), and the Giants? (Astros maybe?) had been the parent team to the Phoenix AAA team, so that would be another rival. It was too perfect to be in the NL they figured.

So I don't think the DBacks will be the team to switch.

by **philliesphhan** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 17:54:54

15 teams in each league doesn't make much sense to me. Interleague play is boring enough as it is (though they conveniently schedule the games during typical attendance peaks during the season to make it seem like the fans love it) and with 15 teams they'd have to schedule it year round. I don't see how that could work. If the Phillies and Marlins are battling for the last playoff spot, it will lose some luster if one of them is playing the Orioles for some reason at the end of September.
Eliminating divisions also seems like a bad idea and will make playoff races rather boring. I can't believe they'd even consider that just from a merchandise standpoint. Lots of people buy NL East etc division winner crap, but I can't see too many buying "3rd place playoff team" or whatever the hell it would be.

by **mcare89** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 18:07:41

philliesphhan wrote:Eliminating divisions also seems like a bad idea and will make playoff races rather boring. I can't believe they'd even consider that just from a merchandise standpoint. Lots of people buy NL East etc division winner crap, but I can't see too many buying "3rd place playoff team" or whatever the hell it would be.

They'd just shorten it to Playoffs or something.

Like this, actually.

by **JFLNYC** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 18:11:44

The owners mistakenly thought 3D meant 3 teams playing one game, so they decided on 15-team leagues.

by **BigEd76** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 18:16:19

I don't see how it'll work without expansion to 32 and making eight 4-team divisions like the NFL.

18 games against the other 3 teams in your division = 54 games
8 games against the other 12 teams in your league = 96 games
3 games against 4 interleague teams = 12 games

This keeps the 162-game schedule intact and still allows for a wildcard to face the worst division winner in a best-of-3.

by **philliesphhan** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 18:20:30

Jim Bowden's hilarious suggestion

Aside from the absurdity of having the Yankees, Red Sox, Mets, AND Phillies in the same division, he also is a failure at math:

Basketball and hockey have 16 playoff teams, so there is no reason Major League Baseball can’t increase its postseason teams from eight to 12. This would create more pennant races and more excitement in more cities come September.

Baseball’s present proposal is to increase the playoff teams from eight to 10, by adding a second wild-card team. The problem with that concept is that the division winners would have to sit and wait for the wild-card series to end. That might work in basketball and hockey, but not in baseball. In baseball, timing is important, and sitting and waiting is a detriment for both hitters and pitchers.

So, he wants 12 playoff teams, but no bye rounds. So, starting with six in each league, by the 2nd round in each league, there are three teams left. I guess you play some sort of triple threat series at that point.

by **jerseyhoya** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 18:23:38

Forgive him, he was likely plastered when he wrote that

by **The Marty Show** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 18:27:38

BigEd76 wrote:I don't see how it'll work without expansion to 32 and making eight 4-team divisions like the NFL.

18 games against the other 3 teams in your division = 54 games
8 games against the other 12 teams in your league = 96 games
3 games against 4 interleague teams = 12 games

This keeps the 162-game schedule intact and still allows for a wildcard to face the worst division winner in a best-of-3.

by **702** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 18:59:03

These guys are getting a new stadium.

http://yfrog.com/kgg2mdmj

by **Eem** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 19:02:13

702 wrote:These guys are getting a new stadium.

http://yfrog.com/kgg2mdmj

C'mon man, they're just getting ready to be late for the Heat game

by **The B1G Piece** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 19:05:33

702 wrote:These guys are getting a new stadium.

http://yfrog.com/kgg2mdmj

There is a seven year waiting list for 5,000 season tickets!

/Marlin fan

by **702** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 19:07:37

Would love to have a futures bet for when the Marlins will move and the Dolphins move into the baseball stadium.

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