Max Scherzer floats 'ghost win' playoff proposal with MLB labor talks set to resume

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  • VeggieDog
    SBR Hall of Famer
    • 02-21-09
    • 7214

    #1
    Max Scherzer floats 'ghost win' playoff proposal with MLB labor talks set to resume
    Max Scherzer, a member of the union's eight-man executive committee, says the players could be in favor of radical changes to Major League Baseball's playoff format if the two sides agree to expand the field to 14 teams.



    NEW YORK -- Max Scherzer favors a radical reworking of the playoffs, one that would have the higher seed in the first round of a 14-team postseason start off a best-of-five series with a 1-0 lead.

    (More at the Link.)


    JFC, Max! Just give everyone a participant trophy and call it a day.
  • jjgold
    SBR Aristocracy
    • 07-20-05
    • 388179

    #2
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    • Shutup
      SBR MVP
      • 12-15-17
      • 2435

      #3
      Stupid
      I will say baseball being a 162 game season in reality should have stuck to 4 teams in each league playoff at most
      WTF is the point of 162 games if you let in that many teams and the only real advantage you get is playing at home an extra game
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      • stevenash
        Moderator
        • 01-17-11
        • 65598

        #4
        I like my idea better.

        12 teams make the playoffs.
        Three division winners from each league, and the next best three non division winning teams get in.

        The three wild cards in each league play a round robin until one team is left standing.
        Now you're down to four teams in each league.
        Reseed the four teams.

        The best record division winner plays the wild card.
        Two plays three in each league.

        Twelve teams is still too much, better than 14.
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        • Snowball
          BARRELED IN @ SBR!
          • 11-15-09
          • 30057

          #5
          OMG

          even the players don't want to play anymore.

          start series with a 1-0 lead.

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          • trobin31
            SBR Hall of Famer
            • 01-09-14
            • 9853

            #6
            Top seeded team gets to move the mound in 4 feet in each series
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            • stevenash
              Moderator
              • 01-17-11
              • 65598

              #7
              Originally posted by trobin31
              Top seeded team gets to move the mound in 4 feet in each series
              And get to use aluminum bats too.
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              • Brock Landers
                SBR Aristocracy
                • 06-30-08
                • 45359

                #8
                What other stupid ideas will they come up with
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                • trobin31
                  SBR Hall of Famer
                  • 01-09-14
                  • 9853

                  #9
                  Top seeded team gets to use 4 outfielders

                  Lower seeded team starts each count with one strike

                  fill the entire first row behind home plate with huge breasted women in bikinis while away pitcher throws
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                  • floridagolfer
                    SBR MVP
                    • 12-19-08
                    • 2757

                    #10
                    Haven't cared about baseball in years. Probably can't name 10 players; in fact, I'm certain of that.
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                    • manny24
                      SBR Posting Legend
                      • 10-22-07
                      • 20046

                      #11
                      Originally posted by trobin31
                      Top seeded team gets to move the mound in 4 feet in each series


                      give him the heater Ricky !!

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                      • pilebuck13
                        SBR Posting Legend
                        • 05-15-15
                        • 17918

                        #12
                        Players union agreed to allow MLB to ban shifts, implement a pitch clock and make bases larger in 2023, subject to those agreements fitting into a total deal. Union also rejected Robo umps for ‘22/‘23. MLB goal: to be able to streamline the process and add excitement ti the game

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                        • DrunkHorseplayer
                          SBR Hall of Famer
                          • 05-15-10
                          • 7719

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Shutup
                          Stupid
                          I will say baseball being a 162 game season in reality should have stuck to 4 teams in each league playoff at most
                          WTF is the point of 162 games if you let in that many teams and the only real advantage you get is playing at home an extra game
                          +1, the playoffs are supposed to be a reward for consistent excellence but they've turned into a money grab. The runner on second to start extra innings is bad enough but at least there's sound logic behind it; the ghost win is just fukkin ridiculous.
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                          • DrunkHorseplayer
                            SBR Hall of Famer
                            • 05-15-10
                            • 7719

                            #14
                            Banning the shift and implementing a pitch clock is great, larger bases is foolish. I can't get why the union wouldn't want robot umps, no more jungle monkeys like Joe West and Angel Hernendez.
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                            • pilebuck13
                              SBR Posting Legend
                              • 05-15-15
                              • 17918

                              #15
                              Originally posted by DrunkHorseplayer
                              Banning the shift and implementing a pitch clock is great, larger bases is foolish. I can't get why the union wouldn't want robot umps, no more jungle monkeys like Joe West and Angel Hernendez.
                              They need something to cry about at the plate
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                              • VeggieDog
                                SBR Hall of Famer
                                • 02-21-09
                                • 7214

                                #16
                                Banning the shift? What's next - banning pitchers from throwing breaking balls? They're ruining the game.
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                                • Enkhbat
                                  SBR MVP
                                  • 04-18-11
                                  • 3145

                                  #17
                                  I am for anything that speeds up the game. Millennials hate long games.
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                                  • thetrinity
                                    SBR Posting Legend
                                    • 01-25-11
                                    • 22430

                                    #18
                                    A 4 team single elimination wild card tournament each league sounds good. Would rather see the division series be 7 games though at any rate.
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                                    • TheLock
                                      SBR Posting Legend
                                      • 04-06-08
                                      • 14427

                                      #19
                                      Imagine having a player with the personality of a rusty door knob being at the forefront of these negotiations.
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                                      • trobin31
                                        SBR Hall of Famer
                                        • 01-09-14
                                        • 9853

                                        #20
                                        Make the lower seeded team hitters spin around with their head on the bat 7 times before stepping into batters box
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                                        • StackinGreen
                                          SBR Posting Legend
                                          • 10-09-10
                                          • 12140

                                          #21
                                          Make the regular season count and go back to how it used to be, but 7 game series, straight to Championship Series ... with 3 divisions that can't happen thought now, I guess.
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                                          • johnnyvegas13
                                            BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                                            • 05-21-15
                                            • 27897

                                            #22
                                            Well ghosts do float don’t they ....
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