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Re: Around Baseball
By: Reb Date: August 13, 2015, 1:00 am
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Jays have gained 7 games on Yankees just in last 1 1/2 weeks to
move into first place.
Things can change quickly.
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Re: Around Baseball
By: guest61 Date: August 13, 2015, 11:36 am
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We've learned that.
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Re: Around Baseball
By: ticohans Date: August 13, 2015, 1:07 pm
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Thank goodness the Astros moved to the AL. How crazy would it be
to still have them in the Central? Division is already bonkers
as it is.
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Re: Around Baseball
By: brjones Date: August 13, 2015, 1:35 pm
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Jeff Passan suggests getting rid of divisions and just putting
the best teams in the playoffs:
HTML http://sports.yahoo.com/news/it-s-time-to-get-rid-of-divisions-in-baseball-144807888.html
I don't really want to get rid of divisions--I think they make
the regular season more interesting. But I do wish they would
switch to determining seeding by teams' final records. If a
wild card team has the second best record, they should be the
second seed.
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Re: Around Baseball
By: Playtwo Date: August 13, 2015, 1:59 pm
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Hasn't the NBA decided to move in that direction?
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Re: Around Baseball
By: CurtOne Date: August 13, 2015, 2:21 pm
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Br, wouldn't seeding like that de facto make divisions
meaningless?
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Re: Around Baseball
By: DelMarFan Date: August 13, 2015, 2:36 pm
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Not necessarily. The division crown and "regional bragging
rights" would still exist. You would likely still play more
games within your division, too, so it's not like the divisions
would be totally meaningless.
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Re: Around Baseball
By: Reb Date: August 13, 2015, 2:44 pm
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I'm all for ideas that make regular season more important.
So, under current records, would put Pirates and Cubs each
directly in 5 game series and Dodgers and Mets in one-game and
out game. Winning division gets them into post-season, even if,
say, had 6th and 7th best records. Why not?
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Re: Around Baseball
By: DelMarFan Date: August 13, 2015, 2:52 pm
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Winners of weak divisions ought to have it harder in the
playoffs than they already do. A higher percentage of their
wins come against weaker teams, as opposed to the wild card from
a good division (i.e., Cubs), who have to earn their wins
against the strong teams (Cardinals, Pirates) in their division.
Would be more fair.
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Re: Around Baseball
By: CurtOne Date: August 13, 2015, 3:01 pm
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I think the Cubs should be seeded into the playoffs every year
based on their not having been to the World Series for 100+
years.
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