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    Do you consider the one game wild card a playoff game?

    I don't

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    No it needs to be 3

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    Maybe they should make it a best of 3 series

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    it is like the last pick in the draft

    or the guy that has to beg for a spot at the bash

    MR. IRRELEVANT

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    YES

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    Quote Originally Posted by RudyRuetigger View Post
    it is like the last pick in the draft

    or the guy that has to beg for a spot at the bash

    MR. IRRELEVANT
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    Quote Originally Posted by lakerboy View Post
    I don't
    In reference to what?

    Like if you want to know a historical playoff stat, do you consider those games?

    Or is this more a subjective thing. I would think the teams involved view it as a playoff. The TV plays that game as well.


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    That's the MLB for you.

    The same sports sports league who alows their officials (umpires) to make up their own rules from game to game.

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    You can't say you made the playoffs unless you play in a series

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hman View Post
    That's the MLB for you.

    The same sports sports league who alows their officials (umpires) to make up their own rules from game to game.



    Not just the MLB hman, we've seen the definition of a catch be revised and a tuck rule just get created

    One rules TD, the other a touchback...


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    Quote Originally Posted by Hman View Post
    That's the MLB for you.

    The same sports sports league who alows their officials (umpires) to make up their own rules from game to game.


    If you take the human element out of any sport what do you have ?

    Hman how many times have you stood behind the dish and called balls & strikes with pitches coming at you at 100mpg from 60’6”

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    Quote Originally Posted by USCPHILLYGUY View Post


    If you take the human element out of any sport what do you have ?

    Hman how many times have you stood behind the dish and called balls & strikes with pitches coming at you at 100mpg from 60’6”




    Officials in other sports make mistakes.

    That's understandable.

    And that's very different.

    But the MLB blatantly turns their eyes on their umpires ignoring the rules of the game, and not only allows them to make up their own when it comes to the strike zone, but also changing it from game to game.

    It's the main reason I despise the game.

    Time to go to the electronic device calling balls & strikes & no reason they shouldn't have already made the change.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hman View Post
    Officials in other sports make mistakes.

    That's understandable.

    And that's very different.

    But the MLB blatantly turns their eyes on their umpires ignoring the rules of the game, and not only allows them to make up their own when it comes to the strike zone, but also changing it from game to game.

    It's the main reason I despise the game.

    Time to go to the electronic device calling balls & strikes & no reason they shouldn't have already made the change.
    So it’s different if a referee in the NFL misses a call that decides a game as opposed to an umpire who may have a slightly diff strike zone then the previous one but calls it consistent for both teams ? It’s part of the game. Good bad or indifferent

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    It’s a post season game period

    Use your heads

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    Quote Originally Posted by USCPHILLYGUY View Post
    So it’s different if a referee in the NFL misses a call that decides a game as opposed to an umpire who may have a slightly diff strike zone then the previous one but calls it consistent for both teams ? It’s part of the game. Good bad or indifferent
    I'm confused phllly.

    Of course it's different.

    I explained already that the NFL ref, for example, might miss a call.

    That's a mistake.

    Clearly & completely different than an umpire who totally IGNORES the rules & official strike zone, and creates his own.

    And the league has allowed this forever.

    Just makes no sense to me.

    It would be like an NBA ref ignoring the defensive 3-second rule inside the lane because in his mind he has moved it out farther to the 3pt line.
    Last edited by Hman; 08-18-18 at 04:31 PM.

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    I don’t believe it’s a cut and dry as you say. If you ever get the chance sit field level behind the plate at a Game. You’d be amazed

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    if is not a playoff game just like the play-in games are not part of the NCAA tournament

    it's a play-in game like when two teams tie for a playoff spot and have a one game playoff

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    hman do you job and give donk a time out

    this is too much

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    When it's all said and done it's just another game in the never ending rotation of sports.


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    1 extra game to bet on from each league.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KVB View Post
    When it's all said and done it's just another game in the never ending rotation of sports.

    wow

    another wise quote

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    My point is that if you play in this game you can't say you made the playoffs

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    It’s game 163.

    Its funny how teams celebrate clinching a spot in the wild card game and again if they win it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stealthyburrito View Post
    It’s game 163.

    Its funny how teams celebrate clinching a spot in the wild card game and again if they win it.
    Coming to the bash?

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    Quote Originally Posted by stealthyburrito View Post
    It’s game 163.

    Its funny how teams celebrate clinching a spot in the wild card game and again if they win it.
    Are they not supposed to celebrate?

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    The books do when betting "will they make the playoffs" futures

    Unless I'm mistaken
    Last edited by dlowilly; 08-18-18 at 05:56 PM.

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    Not really,its more like a game of second chance then anything.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dlowilly View Post
    The books do when betting "will they make the playoffs" futures

    Unless I'm mistaken

    Anybody know the answer for sure here?

    The teams consider it a playoff, they consider a deciding final season game or set of games a playoff, that's why they celebrate.

    But what about the books?

    What do they do?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RudyRuetigger View Post
    it is like the last pick in the draft

    or the guy that has to beg for a spot at the bash

    MR. IRRELEVANT
    I wanna say we have had multiple teams win the 1 game play in then go on to the WS havnt we? Hardly irrelevant, baseball all bout getting hot at the end, other than those 2 teams having to burn their best starter before next series they have every bit as good a chance to make a run as the division winners, the guy who gets picked last in draft can’t say he has as good a shot as guys going in 1st round.

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    Of course it counts.

    It's like when an NFL team plays a wildcard round.

    Same thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Giant View Post
    Of course it counts.

    It's like when an NFL team plays a wildcard round.

    Same thing.
    Nice try. NFL is not the same. All playoffs are one shot deals

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    Talk about irrelevant....Rudy posted 3 times in here and said nothing

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    It’s dumb. Either have a series or don’t. 162 game season with a 1 game playoffs. This is like the wild card teams in the NFL playing a 4 minute game to decide who advances.

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    Well it is OFFICIALLY a playoff game and stats count as playoff stats, so there is no debate.

    And game is far from irrelevant, just ask the Giants.

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    Quote Originally Posted by daneblazer View Post
    It’s dumb. Either have a series or don’t. 162 game season with a 1 game playoffs. This is like the wild card teams in the NFL playing a 4 minute game to decide who advances.
    Puts TON more weight on winning division, which I do not mind. Still, I'd prefer best of 3.

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