all the talk of a crazy 4 team playoff to get, um, into the playoffs and we end up with yanks/sox for the billionth time in baseball history.
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MrPryck2U
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Right, plus the fun of a 4 hour plus game. The Yankees and BoSox are both good teams, but I think, ultimately, it will be the Rays winning the AL flag.
MrPryck2U
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Another year without a WS win. Boo hoo! 
Good luck you BoSox fans.
Good luck you BoSox fans.
GirlsAloudFan
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White Sox! Fuck!
MrPryck2U
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I miss the days when in the Division Series, teams from the same division couldn't play each other. LA/SF should be a NLCS match-up. Same with Boston/TB in the AL.
lazarus
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Especially when both teams are above 105 wins and more than any other team in both leagues.
mikal
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That's just how playoff seeding rolls sometimes. Plus, if the Brewers make the NCLS, that's not going to be easy for either SF/LA.
MrPryck2U
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Right, they're gonna clip away a great team in the first round. Not good for ratings.
MrPryck2U
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Before 2012, teams from the same division didn't face each other in the first round. The 2 best teams in their respective leagues are often in the same division. The Yankees faced the BoSox a few times before the format change. But it does help make the Division Series "sexier".
phanan
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Well that was fun.
DaveC
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watching that game just reinforced how much i despise the regular season free baserunner in extras rule.
Watching how long it took for the game to be played made me miss it
MrPryck2U
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The BoSox have vanquished the Rays! Good gravy. My "jinx" worked. I picked the Rays to win the 2021 WS. It will either be cheaters vs. cheaters, or Sox vs Sox in the ALCS.
lazarus
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Rough week for the White Sox. I wonder if GAF would like to say any memorial words for the Craig Kimbrel era?
If I didn’t know any better I’d suspect he was traded from the Cubs with the specific instructions to sabotage the Sox in the 11th hour.
Well-played. Or well-not-well-played, as it were.
Rough week for the White Sox. I wonder if GAF would like to say any memorial words for the Craig Kimbrel era?
If I didn’t know any better I’d suspect he was traded from the Cubs with the specific instructions to sabotage the Sox in the 11th hour.
Well-played. Or well-not-well-played, as it were.
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MrPryck2U
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And now we have the flaw in MLB's current playoff system: A 106 win team is eliminated in the Division Series and and an 88 win team advances to the Championship Series. Jinx alert: LA in 4.
lazarus
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I’m shocked we don’t have any grumbling in here about that blown check swing call last night.
Anything could have happened obviously, but even if that third strike isn’t called Scherzer would still have been up 1-2 and you’d like to think he would’ve gotten that out eventually anyway.
Wasn’t there also a questionable call against the Dodgers earlier in the game?
Anything could have happened obviously, but even if that third strike isn’t called Scherzer would still have been up 1-2 and you’d like to think he would’ve gotten that out eventually anyway.
Wasn’t there also a questionable call against the Dodgers earlier in the game?
We're all too busy talking about Lakers.
Meh - it's not as if it hasn't happened before. Mets made the World Series in 73 with 82 wins.
End of the day the same teams keep making the playoffs so I don't see any issues.
I hate American League baseball so so much. Please for the love of god don't bring the DH to the National League.
LuckyNumber7
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If I still watched baseball I would concur
this may be a chicken before the egg situation - but i prefer pitching duels and strategy decisions on whether or not you should pinch hit or leave him in, double switch, sacrifice, etc. etc.
if i grew up a fan of the american league maybe i'd like people just bludgeoning the shit out of the ball for 5 hours. alas, i didn't, and i don't.
if i grew up a fan of the american league maybe i'd like people just bludgeoning the shit out of the ball for 5 hours. alas, i didn't, and i don't.
lazarus
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Agreed.
And it's not like the National League hasn't had its share of home run kings.
And it's not like the National League hasn't had its share of home run kings.
LuckyNumber7
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It’s weird that the sport has managed to have a dichotomy of rules. Unique.
But baseball is all about situational strategy. The DH just removes that.
But baseball is all about situational strategy. The DH just removes that.
MrPryck2U
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It requires more skill for a pitcher to face a competent hitter as opposed to facing a shitty hitting pitcher. 2022, baby! Here comes the DH!!! MLB already lost LN7 as a fan, so who cares?
Making a game that's already hemorrhaging viewers longer seems like a really stupid idea
LemonMelon
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It takes more skill for a manager to actually manage hitting situations than to just set and forget a lineup.It requires more skill for a pitcher to face a competent hitter as opposed to facing a shitty hitting pitcher. 2022, baby! Here comes the DH!!! MLB already lost LN7 as a fan, so who cares?
It requires more skill for a pitcher to face a competent hitter as opposed to facing a shitty hitting pitcher. 2022, baby! Here comes the DH!!! MLB already lost LN7 as a fan, so who cares?
DaveC
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buzz buzz
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