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derFunkenstein wrote:Well, not exactly. According to the proposal that supposedly is gaining support in the negotiations with the player's union (though this comes from the NYPost via "sources" so take that FWIW), and could be implemented with the new Collective Bargaining Agreement as soon as next year, the excitement would move from today, when the wild-card will be decided in the regular season, to a day or two from now, when the two wild card teams in each league would face each other in a one-game "play-in" to deterimine which is the real wildcard. While that seems a bit silly (by diminishing the importance of the regular season) it wouldn't seem quite as silly in some past years when the wildcard was essentially decided well before the last few days. Then the attention would've shifted to the "second" wildcard race, which might have been tighter -- and in any case involved at least one more team and its fans in late season excitement. Although the other reason for this is to "punish" the wildcard by forcing it to play one more must-win game, thus potentially screwing up its rotation relative to the true division winners (there's a perception that wild card teams have gone all the way to the World Series too often --1997, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007 -- and so need a bit more of a handicap, or the division winners need more of a reward)Yeah, the jokers who said baseball needed another wildcard to create excitement were sure proven wrong - if not for a single wild card slot in each league, there would be nothing to play for today - the 4 teams tied for the 2 slots would all be getting in anyway.
And hilarious for everyone else. I was at a bar last night and there was one Sox fan sitting by himself, muttering and yelling at the one TV that was showing the Red Sox game. Of course he was getting drowened out by everbody watching soccer, but it was still amusing to watch him agonizing as his team scraped its way back into a tie with Tampa in the race.Gotta be super-frustrating if you're a Braves or Red Sox fan right now, though.
derFunkenstein wrote:Phil over StL 3-1
Mil over AZ 3-2
Phil over Mil 4-2
NYY over Det 3-2 (Verlander wins 2 games all by himself and even drives in the winning run in both of his starts, despite this being the AL)
TB over Tejas 3-0 (the Rays are just way hot right now)
NYY over TB 4-2
NYY over Phil 4-3 and ESPN spooges all over Jeter (who goes 0-24 and gets WS MVP anyway) and Rivera (who is a stud and deserves it).
DancinJack wrote::lol:
Turkina wrote:I've got yanks/tigers tickets for tomorrow...hope we can beat Verlander (who could win both the Cy Young and MVP)
derFunkenstein wrote:IAmGhostDog I'm confused - if the Brewers win and the Cardinals win, how does St. Louis start out the NLCS at home? Or maybe that's not what you're saying, that the Brewers get home field because the Cardinals theoretically beat Philly?
Turkina wrote:...hope we can beat Verlander (who could win both the Cy Young and MVP)
IAmGhostDog wrote:Turkina wrote:...hope we can beat Verlander (who could win both the Cy Young and MVP)
Cy Young yes, MVP no.
MVP traditionally goes to an every day player.
Has a pitcher ever won a league MVP?
gerbilspy wrote:IAmGhostDog wrote:Turkina wrote:...hope we can beat Verlander (who could win both the Cy Young and MVP)
Cy Young yes, MVP no.
MVP traditionally goes to an every day player.
Has a pitcher ever won a league MVP?
I remember that Sandy Kofax, Bob Gibson, and Dennis Eckersly have won the MVP.
A pitcher must TOTALLY dominate the league to win the MVP. Pitchers have only won the award a couple of dozen times since it was initiated.
riviera74 wrote:As for the National League, Philly should own the pennant..... unless they choke.