MLB Playoffs

#76
#76
Oh well.....101 and counting.

It doesn't suck to be a Cubs fan. It's ABUSE to be a Cubs fan.

All my teams suck. Vols, Cubs, and Jaguars all suck. One NC in 98 and a bunch of WBB titles and that is it.

If the Rays win it....:fool: That will be Florida baseball teams 3 Cubs 0 :furious3:
 
#77
#77
I'm no Cubs or Brewers fan, but this is why having a five-game series in the playoffs is ridiculous. You lose one game -- in the Brewers' case, on the road! -- and then suddenly the second game is do or die. All rounds really, really need to be seven games.
 
#79
#79
i'm going to disagree. Go figure, right?

If you don't want to be faced with losing one game on the road, win more games, get the homefield advantage.

In the Brewers case, at least win your division over the Cubs. Also, I don't care how lights out he has been, don't start anyone on 3 days rest 4 consecutive times.

I see no problem with a best of five for the division series'.
 
#80
#80
and obviously, as far as the Cubs are concerned, don't give up 7 walks one game and don't allow your entire infield to get an error in the other.
 
#82
#82
Fine Vol said:
Bill did you say go RED SOX? LOL
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I hate the Red Sox. I hate the Angels.

However, since so many people were touting a Chicago-Chicago World Series or even a NY-NY World Series earlier in the year, I'd find it humorous to get an LA-LA World Series because I think it might muster up a 1.2 Nielson rating east of the Mississippi.
 
#84
#84
Fine Vol said:
Oakland is usually a playoff team its odd. I like you old coach Joe Maddon.
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they had a fun run from '00 to '03 although they never advanced past the ALDS. They did finally get into the ALCS in '06, but they are definitely not that team anymore.

Not sure what you mean by your last sentence. Maddon was a lifelong Angel before going to the Rays
 
#85
#85
volfanbill said:
they had a fun run from '00 to '03 although they never advanced past the ALDS. They did finally get into the ALCS in '06, but they are definitely not that team anymore.

Not sure what you mean by your last sentence. Maddon was a lifelong Angel before going to the Rays
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OOPS wrong A:)
 
#86
#86
volfanbill said:
i'm going to disagree. Go figure, right?

If you don't want to be faced with losing one game on the road, win more games, get the homefield advantage.

In the Brewers case, at least win your division over the Cubs. Also, I don't care how lights out he has been, don't start anyone on 3 days rest 4 consecutive times.

I see no problem with a best of five for the division series'.
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If it's a good format, then why don't they use it for all three rounds? It's clearly not TV money, because they settled on seven games as the standard length of a postseason series by the 20s.

Despite homefield advantage, starting pitchers, whatever, one individual baseball game is close to a coin toss. (Just look at the Vegas odds; a good team vs a bad team is considered to only have something like a 60% chance to win the game.) You play 162 games to determine the best team (because that's what it takes in a sport where even the best teams only win about 60% of the time), and then in a best-of-five series, you lose that coin-toss first game and suddenly it's must-win. For a season that lasts six months, it's a lame way to determine the champion.
 
#87
#87
Vercingetorix said:
If it's a good format, then why don't they use it for all three rounds? It's clearly not TV money, because they settled on seven games as the standard length of a postseason series by the 20s.

Despite homefield advantage, starting pitchers, whatever, one individual baseball game is close to a coin toss. (Just look at the Vegas odds; a good team vs a bad team is considered to only have something like a 60% chance to win the game.) You play 162 games to determine the best team (because that's what it takes in a sport where even the best teams only win about 60% of the time), and then in a best-of-five series, you lose that coin-toss first game and suddenly it's must-win. For a season that lasts six months, it's a lame way to determine the champion.
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then just win your game. It really is that simple. If the Cubs could have eeked out a win in one of these two games they'd still be in it regardless of the fact it's headed out to Chavez Ravine. Same thing for the Brew Crew. Just win
 
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#89
#89
that's the glory of it. Winning isn't easy. But don't cry about a 5 game series instead of 7 if you're not winning.

Having the best of five makes winning that much more important. I don't think you'd disagree doozer that your Cubs have done more to lose these games than the Dodgers have to win it. I was a horrible hitter, but I knew how to lay off bad pitches, get on base and let someone else bring me home.
 
#90
#90
this has nothing to do with the Cubs.

this subject always comes up with my buddies this time of year. i've been against it since the wild card was introduced.
 
#94
#94
I would like to see a stat on teams in an 0-2 hole in a best of five versus 0-2 hole in a best of seven. I think it would be very interesting. I'd also like to see it in a 1-1 situation.
 
#96
#96
Manny. For a couple of years only though. The Manny trade could go down as the best trade in the history of baseball.

Excluding Pujols, there is no one I would rather have come to the plate for my team.

I'm only excluding Pujols because everything he's done the past two-three years has essentially been done with just one arm. Would love to see him finally have surgery and see what he does.
 
#97
#97
volfanbill said:
Manny. For a couple of years only though. The Manny trade could go down as the best trade in the history of baseball.

Excluding Pujols, there is no one I would rather have come to the plate for my team.

I'm only excluding Pujols because everything he's done the past two-three years has essentially been done with just one arm. Would love to see him finally have surgery and see what he does.
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Agreed. Pujols struck out 54 times last year, and had 37 bombs and 187 hits. Also walked 102 times, 3rd most in the league.

The only person that is right there with him as far as not striking out goes is Pedroia with 213 hits and 52 Ks. Probably why it is no coincidence they could be their respective league's MVPs.

And, all that said... Manny Ramirez on a tear for about a month is still probably one of the most dominating things ever.
 
#98
#98
volfanbill said:
then just win your game. It really is that simple.
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This is a sport in which it's completely routine for a team like, say, the Angels to lose two out of three games in a series to Kansas City. And nobody bats an eye because everybody knows that it's a long season, and all those things average out over time. But then you get in a five-game series, and if you don't win the very first game, you're abruptly right behind the eight ball. It ignores the dynamic of the entire season that preceded it. It's like having a three-point tiebreaker in tennis instead of first one to seven. "Just win the first point!"
 
#99
#99
Vercingetorix said:
This is a sport in which it's completely routine for a team like, say, the Angels to lose two out of three games in a series to Kansas City. And nobody bats an eye because everybody knows that it's a long season, and all those things average out over time. But then you get in a five-game series, and if you don't win the very first game, you're abruptly right behind the eight ball. It ignores the dynamic of the entire season that preceded it. It's like having a three-point tiebreaker in tennis instead of first one to seven. "Just win the first point!"
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you still have 4 games to win 3. 2 of which are guaranteed to be at home. still not buying the theory
 
#100
#100
Okay then, if "just win the game" is a good argument in favor of a shorter series, then why play five? Why not best of three? Or better yet, just one game like the divisional playoff?
 
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