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  • 6 months ago · Quote · #1

    buffalorock

    Moving to the AL. This is a big change, meaning constant interleague play. Do you love it, hate it, or somewhere in between?

  • 6 months ago · Quote · #2

    eddiewsox

    I  don't like constant interleague play, especially with two sets of rules. I like the 2 wild-cards with a one game playoff  even less. One game doesn't decide anything in baseball, the worst team can beat the best team one game.

  • 6 months ago · Quote · #3

    buffalorock

    I agree with opposing the new wild card. I remember first hearing the extra wild card spot discussed early in Sept. when there were no great playoff races. However, both wild cards ended up coming down to the final day and it was an absolutely outstanding and exciting day of baseball. With this new rule that last day of the regular season this year would've been pointless.

    One thing that I think is an interesting dynamic about the play in wild card is both teams will most likely use their top pitcher for that game, making them unavailable for the division series and giving the team with the best record an advantage. Currently, I see very little correlation between a team's regular season record and how they do in the postseason, which I don't like. Maybe this will help that in a small way.

  • 5 months ago · Quote · #4

    Phelon

    I really feel for the Astros fans. I would hate it if my team was forced to switch to the AL.

    As far as the new wildcard, I dont think it's needed and somewhat cheapens the playoffs just so the MLB can make some extra cash.

    With Buffalo rocks point of the regular season, I think what that is is some teams have to deal with injuries more than others. That can hurt their record a lot, but when their team is fully healthy they are maybe better than the teams who piled on more points during the regular season with a healthy team. The media only likes to focus on a few teams these days it seems like, and a lot of casual fans don't realize that another team had to play without a number of their star players for months, just because it's not really reported on. I mean just imagine how much better the Cardinals would've been with Adam Wainwright, their number one ace, pitching? Or how much better their record would've looked if Pujols hadn't had to deal with all those injuries at the start of the year.

    The season lasts so long injuries will hamper certain teams. Also other teams go into slumps or hot streaks that will effect their records. I think the regular season record does more to tell how consistent and healthy a teams been, rather than differentiate which of the division leaders/wildcard leader is the better team. I mean that's what the playoffs are for.


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