get rid of wild card game

**jjgold** · 10-07-15, 08:22 PM

make it 2 out of 3 or remove it

**daneblazer** · 10-07-15, 08:42 PM

Dumbest idea in all of sports.

It'd be like the NFL having a 1 quarter long wildcard playoff game. Ridiculous

**t-wizzle** · 10-07-15, 09:20 PM

You hate the Cubs? Pirates wouldn't have done shit bro. Team has no guts.

**d2bets** · 10-07-15, 09:31 PM

So the team with the 2nd and 3rd best records in all of MLB don't belong in the playoffs? Weird. No other sport does anything close to that. If you get rid of WC then just eliminate divisions. Top 4 teams in each league.

**afgballer56** · 10-07-15, 09:35 PM

Yeak take out the wild card game because you lost money on both
Whatta clown general

**pimike** · 10-07-15, 09:53 PM

No, he is right. It's stupid and not fare. Pirates won the wildcard and should be in a series playoff. Not a B's 1 game play.

**bballs84** · 10-07-15, 10:12 PM

Prob would have lost a best of 3 too.. Lester would have shoved.. Coming from an As fan here.. Pitt reminded me a lot of them in these situations unfortunately

**ThaTopMoron** · 10-07-15, 10:16 PM

not happening, 1 more game as a playoff game = more $$$$ for MLB

if NFL shortens the preseason they will expand the playoffs

**MoneyLineDawg** · 10-07-15, 10:23 PM

Best 2 of 3 is a good compromise

**Ghenghis Kahn** · 10-07-15, 10:27 PM

i actually agree but this was probably implemented so teams have something to play for at the end of the season.

2 out of 3 sounds fair.

**Jeep_Life 42** · 10-07-15, 10:30 PM

Can't stand the wild card format they have now! It pretty much ruined the game I believe!

**gregmav1** · 10-07-15, 10:38 PM

It has done everything the MLB wanted it to do. For 2 or 3 days, MLB owns the sporting news while the wild card games are going on. NFL was barely talked about the last 2 days.

It makes teams actually fight to win the divisoin, something that wasn't there before as long as you had the wild card locked up.

It gets 10 teams to the "postseason", and makes much more fanbases super excited as the season nears the end as their team has a shot.

It definitely sucks for the team that gets knocked out, but that's life. If the Cubs got left out this year despite having the 3rd best record in all of MLB, they would have been pissed too.

**packerd_00** · 10-07-15, 10:43 PM

The WC game is a crock of shit

**LT Profits** · 10-07-15, 10:45 PM

That "shitty" added team won the World Series last year. And I would not be surprised to see the "shitty" Astros at least reach the World Series this year.

**TheMoneyShot** · 10-07-15, 10:48 PM

It's sad that these athletes bust their asses all year.... (yes, and paid plenty of money for it...) but... to lose a 1 game roll off so to speak??? That has to absolutely suck for a few hours psychologically and emotionally.

A 98 win season... and that team is going home? (practically didn't have to go to far)

You can't make this sh#$ up.

MLB = business as usual.

**Jeep_Life 42** · 10-07-15, 10:48 PM

Originally posted by packerd_00

The WC game is a crock of shit

**afgballer56** · 10-07-15, 10:49 PM

The astros are not beating the jays
I dont care if your system says so

**DrunkHorseplayer** · 10-07-15, 10:51 PM

Wild cards should be eliminated from playoffs in all the sports.

**lakerboy** · 10-07-15, 10:58 PM

Originally posted by afgballer56

The astros are not beating the jays
I dont care if your system says so

Jays won't go win the world series.

**LT Profits** · 10-07-15, 11:05 PM

Originally posted by afgballer56

The astros are not beating the jays
I dont care if your system says so

Could easily happen, Houston has the better starting pitching. That is crucial in a short series.

**gregmav1** · 10-07-15, 11:08 PM

With Strohman pitching as well as he is I would say Astros don't really have much an edge in the pitching department anymore. Price obviously a beast, I personally would put him ahead of Keuchel. Kazmir has not been good with Astros at all, and Dickey has suddenly become a beast in the last month or two

**LT Profits** · 10-07-15, 11:13 PM

Originally posted by gregmav1

With Strohman pitching as well as he is I would say Astros don't really have much an edge in the pitching department anymore. Price obviously a beast, I personally would put him ahead of Keuchel. Kazmir has not been good with Astros at all, and Dickey has suddenly become a beast in the last month or two

Dickey and Estrada are not much and Stroman had too limited a sampling. Agree that Kazmir is garbage but rest of Houston starters are fine. Astros edge in Games 3-4 should be bigger than edge Price has on Keuchel.

**LT Profits** · 10-07-15, 11:15 PM

Originally posted by LT Profits

Dickey and Estrada are not much and Stroman had too limited a sampling. Agree that Kazmir is garbage but rest of Houston starters are fine. Astros edge in Games 3-4 should be bigger than edge Price has on Keuchel.

Or Game 2 and Game 4, the two games where Kazmir is not pitching. And if Kazmir goes Game 3, closer to a wash vs. Dickey in Houston.

**Art Vandelay** · 10-07-15, 11:18 PM

Originally posted by TheMoneyShot

It's sad that these athletes bust their asses all year.... (yes, and paid plenty of money for it...) but... to lose a 1 game roll off so to speak??? That has to absolutely suck for a few hours psychologically and emotionally.

A 98 win season... and that team is going home? (practically didn't have to go to far)

You can't make this sh#$ up.

MLB = business as usual.

Quick and painless... just like last year. They better find a way to dethrone that "evil empire" in St. Louis.

**goduke** · 10-07-15, 11:32 PM

All this talk about the Astros against jays. Are you guys just assuming the royals are going to lose?

**LT Profits** · 10-07-15, 11:40 PM

Originally posted by goduke

All this talk about the Astros against jays. Are you guys just assuming the royals are going to lose?

YES. lol

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

**eidolon** · 10-07-15, 11:47 PM

Make it 8 teams instead of 4, and have the first round be a 5 game series.
I would like to see an extra week of playoff baseball

Or just make it top 4 teams from each league, and get rid of divisions.

**jjgold** · 10-08-15, 01:16 AM

I think baseball changes something in off season
Are Cubs really better than Pitt?

**cankid** · 10-08-15, 01:45 AM

Needs to be a best of 3

**floridagolfer** · 10-08-15, 05:58 AM

It is an idiotic idea that a team's 162-game season gets erased in two and a half hours. This playoff format is ridiculous, always has been.

**House** · 10-08-15, 06:58 AM

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 ?

**44 Mag** · 10-08-15, 07:05 AM

Originally posted by goduke

All this talk about the Astros against jays. Are you guys just assuming the royals are going to lose?

No, they assuming Texas and KC are going to lose. Pretty bold of them considering not one game has been played.

**LT Profits** · 10-08-15, 07:33 AM

Originally posted by 44 Mag

No, they assuming Texas and KC are going to lose. Pretty bold of them considering not one game has been played.

That's why they are called predictions.

Toronto in 4, Houston in 4
Mets in 5, Cubs in 3 (that's right!)

**d2bets** · 10-08-15, 07:41 AM

[QUOTE=jjgold;24611899]I think baseball changes something in off season
Are Cubs really better than Pitt?[/QUOTE]

Pretty equal overall, but better ace.