That's fine reasoning, but the economy isn't. Not sure why Florida needs like three teams per sport when they can hardly sell out.
That's fine reasoning, but the economy isn't. Not sure why Florida needs like three teams per sport when they can hardly sell out.while some are worse than others....dolphins, jaguars, bucs, panthers, lightning, rays, marlins, magic, heat, ALL florida pro sports teams have traditionally poor attendance... because the rest of the country has crappy fall/winter weather already... it is still summer for the next 6 months in sunny florida... no-one has the time to spend it at a pro-sports game of any kind.
Fuck that. "Second wild card" means that this whole last week wouldn't have happened because both the Sox and the Rays would have been working on resting for Game 163, as would the Cards and Braves.
Let the teams with the best records into the playoffs. We don't need 4 levels of playoffs and we don't need 40% of teams going to the playoffs. This isn't the fucking NBA, and I'll definitely respect the sport a lot less if they try to become like the NBA where the playoffs last longer than the regular season and half the teams make it.
If anything, this last week has screamed "WE DON'T NEED A SECOND WILDCARD".
And we certainly don't need his proposed "no divisions" setup either. There's already too many interleague games. Worst abortion of an idea ever. I don't give a shit if he wants to try to create rivalries...you can't create a rivalry. Rivalries create themselves. Leave well enough alone. It's not even been 20 years on the current setup.
Wrong, double the wild cards and double the chance of play in games. More teams = more playoff money and excitement. The two Wild cards in each league would have a 1 game series to see who wins it. If you're bitching about an extra game, adding more value to winning your division, and making these chumps actually earn the wild card then you're not a fan of baseball.
That's a retarded idea. Then the last week or two would've just been boring. Furthermore, if I'm the wild card with the better record, I'd be pissed. I earned my spot in the postseason by having a better record than the 2nd place team, so why do I have to play a 1 game playoff with them?
Take last season for instance. Are you telling me that's it's good that a 95 win team (NYY) has to play a one game playoff with an 89 win team (BOS)??
They beat them within the same division by 6 games!!!
As a Red Sox fan, I'm kind of glad they lost as they didn't deserve it. But not to the Rays, as they won to an empty park. Pathetic. They probably won't even sell out any of the playoff games except by the visiting team's fans.
tell me about it. This has to be one of the most passionateness teams in baseball. When they were having a bad month and were up 6 games, Oritz just shrugged it off like it was nothing. Really? They had more than a dozen games left and he acts like the playoff spot is everything but guaranteed. Then you have Lackey who keeps making excuse after excuse. Dude, just man up and admit it. You are overpaid and overrated. I remember when they signed him, my first thought was "Why?". If everyone played down and dirty like Pedroia and Youk, this team would be a whole lot better. Instead, they chose to go the way of buying players who only want to give 90%.
But yeah, what does it matter? The Red Sox are a cash cow. They will always have next season to sell out tickets to scalpers so they can sell it "fans" who do not even now what a mound is. Game rain out? Ahhh shucks, just come down, enjoy our over priced watered down beer and over salted popcorn while we make the rain out announcement 1 hour after the proposed start time when in fact, you knew very well there was no chance the game was ever going to be played at all.
If neither team won the division, and the Red Sox had the next best record of all the teams in the AL behind NY, then yes (which wasn't the case last year anyway). That is the penalty you'd have to pay, burning your best pitcher so you cannot use him for Game 1 of the Division Series, which is exactly what happened yesterday - the Cards had to burn Carp, the Rays Price (although Price is arguably not even their #2 this year), Red Sox Lester, and Braves Hudson. 2 Wild cards forces this to happen every year, and things would be even crazier if there were 2 or 3 way ties for Wild Card 1 or 2. Win your division or face the penalty like the 4 teams did yesterday, it's that simple...
I've always been a critic of the TB fanbase. If I can attend games during the heyday of the Devil Rays, a winning team should be getting a lot more support. That said, the attendance for last night according to ESPN was 29,518 (81.9% full). The fans did come out for them and they will for the playoffs.
And being beaten badly like they were, I'm not surprised that very few stuck around for the comeback.
It's a long ass drive to the Trop, so very few fans on the Tampa side go during midweek. The Miami Marlins are getting a new field, I think. So, I'm hoping that St. Pete lets the Rays break their (idiotic) 30 yr lease. Then, they can finally build a field that's easier to get to and can help generate more revenue.
I'm not going to get into this wild card debate too much, but I will say that Selig is an idiot, and something about an old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
If you think the past month, and last night in particular, is "broke," I don't know what to tell you.
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Fuck the Red Sox
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Baseball Karma sucka'z
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The only thing better would have been for the NYY to miss the playoffs as well. Ahhh, how I dream of the day both Boston and NY miss the playoffs. Go Baltimore !
Ok, so you're campaigning to throw the last 10 days of excitement in the toilet in favor of having that level of excitement for one day?
... it is still summer for the next 6 months in sunny florida... no-one has the time to spend it at a pro-sports game of any kind.
Please moran. Orioles magic? Yeah, that's the WS for you guys in the last 30+ years. The Rays played against AAA pitching tonight and had David Price pitching. And if you had a brain, I said they didn't deserve it due to having the worst fans in the game.
Not sure what's worse for you, being a Orioles fan and having one of the worst owners in the game or living in Seattle and dealing with the pathetic Mariners.
I'm not going to get into this wild card debate too much, but I will say that Selig is an idiot, and something about an old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
If you think the past month, and last night in particular, is "broke," I don't know what to tell you.
Wow, you sound bitter and angry. Did something bad happen to the team you root for recently?
There was probably 20k left by the time the game ended.
Looks at Rockies.
Looks at Rockies.
I wasn't paying attention but why were the Rockies looking to trade your Ace pitcher this season. Isn't he young and still making cheap money?