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    Quote Originally Posted by lakerboy View Post
    Shittier team not needed. Waste of time. Stupid format$
    they need the Wildcard... because they have to make sure that the better of the two non-Division winners
    gets to the actual playoffs.. not just the better record..

    Yankees played terrible and limited opponents in the 1st Half of the season
    their record was inflated as a result.

    AL West was much stronger in the 1st Half of the season... better for the Astros to be in there

    ASTROS are the far superior team (though you would not guess from their payrolls)

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    Quote Originally Posted by House View Post
    Thats what happens when you pick the Yanks and Pirates to win and they both lose lol Who needs to lose two extra games in a week lol Just stop betting if you're gonna complain every time you lose, just keep firing and moving forward LB .... Who do you got tonight ?
    Show me where I posted I bet on yankees?

    It's a stupid format.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ratzz View Post
    they need the Wildcard... because they have to make sure that the better of the two non-Division winners
    gets to the actual playoffs.. not just the better record..

    Yankees played terrible and limited opponents in the 1st Half of the season
    their record was inflated as a result.

    AL West was much stronger in the 1st Half of the season... better for the Astros to be in there

    ASTROS are the far superior team (though you would not guess from their payrolls)

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    Keuchel 2015 Salary ............. $524,000 (Cy Young candidate)
    You truly hate the Yankees. Btw the season is based on what is done throughout not only first or 2nd half. That's why it's 162 games. I believe the yanks had a better record than the astros over those 162 games. By your logic we can assume the payroll is the best way to assign teams.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lakerboy View Post
    You truly hate the Yankees. Btw the season is based on what is done throughout not only first or 2nd half. That's why it's 162 games. I believe the yanks had a better record than the astros over those 162 games. By your logic we can assume the payroll is the best way to assign teams.
    Astros are better. MUCH BETTER. That's why they are in the Playoffs and the Yankees are not.

    AL EAST was weak in 1st Half...

    Boston, totally new squad. need half season to fig it out.
    Tampa, lost half team, plus best manager in Division, lost best GM in baseball
    Toronto lost Stroman to ACL
    Baltimore lost huge bat, Cruz to Free Agency and killer closer to much more money (Yankees)

    the Head-to-Head record for HOUSTON vs. NY YANKEES

    is HOUSTON 5-3


    Total Runs scored

    HOUSTON 43 - Yankees 17

    the Yankees are garbage.
    The Wildcard game exists to keep garbage teams OUT of the Playoffs. (as it should be)

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    it should be best of 3 in 3 days

    game 1 at pitt
    game 2 at pitt -early afternoon
    game 3 at chi
    Last edited by Scorpion; 10-08-15 at 11:34 AM.

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    And then have the other 6 teams sit for 1.5 weeks on the bench without playing a game waiting for these games to play out? Fu.ck that. It's fine how it is. It's great how it is actually. Stop whining. The playoffs are made to eliminate teams and that's what it does.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gregmav1 View Post
    And then have the other 6 teams sit for 1.5 weeks on the bench without playing a game waiting for these games to play out? Fu.ck that. It's fine how it is. It's great how it is actually. Stop whining. The playoffs are made to eliminate teams and that's what it does.
    I thought a 162 game season would eliminate teams.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lakerboy View Post
    I thought a 162 game season would eliminate teams.
    it's like repetitions in weight-lifting

    a guy that does 162 Reps of dumbell curls with 20 lbs,
    is much stronger than a guy that does the same amount of Repetitions with 5 lb. dumbells.

    if the spread the schedule so that there is less intra-Division play.. fine.

    but if teams have to play inside their division twice and many games, then it is unfair
    to teams in stronger divisions.

    but look, the yankees just do not belong in the playoffs. When you pair them
    against a strong team like Toronto, they get killed

    TORONTO won Head-to-Head 13-6

    Yanklebergs were creamed by Houston..
    the reason it is necessary, is that the Yankees make a habit of poaching away
    players from within their Division to make sure they win it the next year.

    BOSTON won the World Series.. Yanks sign Red Sox leadoff player for $153M (Ellsbury)
    ORIOLES win the Division... Yanks sign Oriole closer for $39M (Miller)

    the new Wildcard game is "Checks and Balances" to make sure wuss tactics like this don't pan out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lakerboy View Post
    Jays won't go win the world series.
    Put ur money where ur mouth is

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    "get rid of wild card"

    Why bc you can't win

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    I think baseball changes something in off season
    Are Cubs really better than Pitt?
    After 163 games they had the same record. In h2h the Cubs had a better record - so yes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lakerboy View Post
    Shittier team not needed. Waste of time. Stupid format$
    So in 2011 the Cubs would not have made the playoffs with 97 wins. The wildcard game is needed, just not sure it should be 1 game

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    WC absolutely great for the game, no question

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    Everybody are cry babies now. When I was a teenager 4 baseball teams out of 26 then out of 28 went to the playoffs. Sometimes one division's like 4th place team would have a better record than the other division's winner. They played a balanced schedule too and guess what no one clomplained. Now 1/3 of the league makes the playoffs and everybody cries. It's in the rules before the season starts. Just go back to 4 divisions and 4 teams in playoffs but guess what you guys would all still cry about that.

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    Maybe it wasn't quite balanced but nothing like the 18-6(or 7-9) breakdown you see today.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scorpion View Post
    it should be best of 3 in 3 days

    game 1 at pitt
    game 2 at pitt -early afternoon
    game 3 at chi
    or just go back to 4 divisions and 4 teams making the playoffs since all you guys do is cry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lt profits View Post
    yes. Lol

    not enough pitching and even bullpen not as good as last year.
    lolol

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