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 Post subject: Baseball chatter 2023
PostPosted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:56 pm 
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I still say any playoff system that leads to baseball being played in November is a wrong system.


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 Post subject: Baseball chatter 2023
PostPosted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:57 pm 
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How about we have 12 Wild Card Teams per League, and make it a best of 162 games against each other
and every other team in MLB. Then the one of the 12 with the best record can play the Divisional Winner
with the best record while the 2nd and 3rd best Division Leaders take on each other?

Then the winners of those 7-game series can play each other in another seven-game series to see who goes
to the World Series for one final seven-game series?


Don't be silly.

It would have to be best of 161 or 163 so the series doesn't end 81-81.

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 Post subject: Baseball chatter 2023
PostPosted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 3:11 pm 
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John is wrecking my dream of baseball having a "Mr. December" some day.

Yeah, but it's not like they'll listen to me. I'm sure that any year now the World Series will just be finishing
up a week or two into Spring Training.

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 Post subject: Baseball chatter 2023
PostPosted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 3:14 pm 
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alantig wrote:
Beachy wrote:
How about we have 12 Wild Card Teams per League, and make it a best of 162 games against each other
and every other team in MLB. Then the one of the 12 with the best record can play the Divisional Winner
with the best record while the 2nd and 3rd best Division Leaders take on each other?

Then the winners of those 7-game series can play each other in another seven-game series to see who goes
to the World Series for one final seven-game series?


Don't be silly.

It would have to be best of 161 or 163 so the series doesn't end 81-81.


163, then, because they'll never cut back once they've already had 162.

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 Post subject: Baseball chatter 2023
PostPosted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 4:22 pm 
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Jason Gore wrote:
Since I blew the wild card round so badly, I'm going to start over:

Gimme Dodgers in 4, Braves in 5, Baltimore in 4 and Houston in 4.

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 Post subject: Baseball chatter 2023
PostPosted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 6:38 pm 
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That Phillies demolition of Atlanta was stellar.

SIX HRs including two each from Castellanos and Harper.

And after Arcia’s imbecilic dig at Harper after Game 2, Bryce certainly remembered and stared him down after each HR and Arcia was too cowardly to even look up.

It was great, subtle theater.

Nola was brilliant and the crowd went bonkers.

Harper now has the record for the most HRs in NLDS history with 10.

I’m hoping they finish it tonight.

And I’m loving what Arizona did to the Dodgers.

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 Post subject: Baseball chatter 2023
PostPosted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 11:21 pm 
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Goodbye Atlanta!!!

Castellanos hits 2 HRs AGAIN!

The Phillies hit ELEVEN HRs in this 4 game series.

Suarez pitched awesome, the bullpen was shaky and it’s a glorious night.

Back to back NLCS appearances.

See ya Monday night against Arizona!

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:43 am 
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Dem Phillies know how to party! :shock:

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 Post subject: Baseball chatter 2023
PostPosted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 11:14 am 
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Goodbye Atlanta!!!

Castellanos hits 2 HRs AGAIN!

The Phillies hit ELEVEN HRs in this 4 game series.

Suarez pitched awesome, the bullpen was shaky and it’s a glorious night.

Back to back NLCS appearances.

See ya Monday night against Arizona!

And they say homers don't win in the playoffs.

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 Post subject: Baseball chatter 2023
PostPosted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 3:14 pm 
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Happy for the fans who've had their teams move on...


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 5:04 pm 
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i have decide to root for the phillies based on the fact that they got balls.

and i can only hope that texas sweeps the cheaters.......no, i will not forgive nor forget.

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 Post subject: Baseball chatter 2023
PostPosted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 5:07 pm 
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How about this:

• four Wild Card Teams per League, doesn't matter which Division they come from, best records, standard tie breakers, etc.
• all eight Wild Card Teams play a one-game series on Tuesday after season ends on Sunday. Wild Card team with the
best record plays the Wild Card team with the worst record, gets home advantage; the other "middle" two teams take on each other.
• Wednesday: travel day for Wild Card Teams remaining
• Thursday: two remaining Wild Card teams play each other in a one-game series; best Wild Card team gets home advantage
• Friday: the second and third best Divisional Champions start 7-game series.
• Saturday: best Divisional winner starts seven game series against Wild Card winner; 2nd game for Divisional Teams 2 and 3.
• Sunday: travel day for 2nd and 3rd teams; 2nd game for best Divisional Team
• Monday: game 3 for Divisional 2 and 3; travel day for others.

And so on. Baseball almost every night; Divisional winners all rewarded with full seven-game series; no team sits too long; good
attendance days on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and it all wraps up well before November pending weather conditions, etc.

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 Post subject: Baseball chatter 2023
PostPosted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:46 pm 
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Baseball in November is fine with me.

It’s happened plenty of times before and it just doesn’t get cold here like it used to.

It’s not a big deal, and for baseball fans, you get to watch games later into the year.

This will be the 9th World Series to end in November-it’s nothing new.

I’m more offended by games in late March into mid-April.

The weather is always horrific in the Northeast and the season should not start before April ever.

Hell, we didn’t even get an ounce of measurable snow last year and this is Philly!

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 Post subject: Baseball chatter 2023
PostPosted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:49 pm 
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Dem Phillies know how to party! :shock:


Ha ha ha, yes they do.

Such a shame I never got to work games like this.

All I saw was garbage every year.

But I did see you and Jimbo at a game and we had a great dinner!

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 Post subject: Baseball chatter 2023
PostPosted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 10:28 pm 
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Renny wrote:
i can only hope that texas sweeps the cheaters.......no, i will not forgive nor forget.


It will be ever so sweet to watch all the tears of the self righteous fans who think their teams never did what the Astros did when they keep on winning


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:12 am 
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Renny wrote:
an arizona/texas world series will be a TV ratings disaster.

i posted that on the 12th.............

oh boy!

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 Post subject: Baseball chatter 2023
PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:28 am 
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Congrats to the Texas Rangers, by the way.

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 Post subject: Baseball chatter 2023
PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:26 am 
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Brandon wrote:
Renny wrote:
i can only hope that texas sweeps the cheaters.......no, i will not forgive nor forget.


It will be ever so sweet to watch all the tears of the self righteous fans who think their teams never did what the Astros did when they keep on winning


And just like that… they’re gone


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 9:13 am 
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Congratulations to the Texas Rangers. I'm so happy to see the Houston Ratros get eliminated.

and two game 7's this year. Even if they still managed to do it without creating any sense of drama last night.

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 Post subject: Baseball chatter 2023
PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 11:10 am 
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The team with the better manager won. Plus if you cannot hit or pitch at home you don't deserve to win. The Astros were not the better team. Congratulations to the Rangers.

As far as the cheating goes, the majority of players from that 2017 team are gone now and it was revealed to be wide spread around the league with the only difference being the Astros had a former player willing to rat out the team. That's fine, they shouldn't have done what they did but to isolate them as the only team who did creative sign stealing is absurd, especially when the people who brought it to the Astros came from the Yankees. But keep on calling them and only them cheaters. (that was my point earlier) Sorry, I'm done.

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 Post subject: Baseball chatter 2023
PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 11:59 am 
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Seeing rumors (mlbrumors.com) that Dusty Baker's gonna call it a day. While I'm all for Houston getting worse, I would say I hate to see baseball lose that kind of class act.


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:39 pm 
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That is still a pretty good gig to have, as there is still a lot of talent on the current roster.
The only problem is for how long, since there aren't a lot of replacements in the minor leagues.


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