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Post by 2mileshighillini on Oct 13, 2023 8:07:55 GMT -5
Home RunsOlson 54/ 0Acuna 41/ 0Ozuna 40/ 0Riley 37/2 Albies 33/ 0Murphy 21/ 0Rosario 21/ 0
Harris 18/ 0d'Arnuad 17/1 Castellanos 4 Harper 3 Realmuto 2 Turner 2 Marsh 1 Stott 1 Phillies 13 Braves 3
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Post by 2mileshighillini on Oct 13, 2023 8:44:05 GMT -5
Cubs (20-24) vs teams eliminated in Playoffs ( 1-5 Final Week). Cubs ( 4-16) vs teams still in Playoffs. ( 1-6 Final Month) 2-11 Final Month vs Playoff Teams.
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Post by lajoiesghost on Oct 13, 2023 8:50:24 GMT -5
I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the time off. This year was kind of an anomaly with most of the top teams getting bounced. Although I always believed there was something to having too many off days in a row and getting stale, I'd still rather be able to rest and set up the rotation. Once again, it comes down to getting hot at the right time. Which is why I scoff at the fans who say a team that barely makes the playoffs is a disappointment because they aren't good enough to win. If the Cubs got the last WC spot and played like they did coming out of the AS break, they easily could have won it all.
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Post by rvn11 on Oct 13, 2023 9:00:34 GMT -5
The regular season rewards health, depth and consistency. In a 5 game series anything can happen.
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Post by trav768 on Oct 13, 2023 9:09:23 GMT -5
During the four-division era from 1969-1993, which covers 25 seasons, the team with the best regular-season record only won the World Series eight times. Here are those squads that did it. 1970 Orioles (108-54) 1975 Reds (108-54) 1976 Reds (102-60) 1978 Yankees (100-63) 1983 Orioles (98-64) 1984 Tigers (104-58) 1986 Mets (108-54) 1989 Athletics (99-63)
since the birth of the wild card in 1995, 7 times has the best regular season record go on to win it all. 1998 Yankees (114-48) 2007 Red Sox (96-66, tied for the best record with Cleveland) 2009 Yankees (103-59) 2013 Red Sox (97-65, tied for the best record with St. Louis) 2016 Cubs (103-58) 2018 Red Sox (108-54) 2020 Dodgers (43-17 in the Covid year)
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Post by 2mileshighillini on Oct 13, 2023 9:38:53 GMT -5
Since the 6 team format was introduced last year (Which gives the top 2 teams a week off) 0 NL Division Winners have played in the NLCS. 3 of 6 AL Division Winners (Astros - Yankees / Astros) have made the ALCS 5 Wild Card Teams 3 Division Winners 6 of 7 (100 Win) Teams failed to play in their LCS.
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Post by batman66 on Oct 13, 2023 10:22:26 GMT -5
Since the 6 team format was introduced last year (Which gives the top 2 teams a week off) 0 NL Division Winners have played in the NLCS. 3 of 6 AL Division Winners (Astros - Yankees / Astros) have made the ALCS 5 Wild Card Teams 3 Division Winners 6 of 7 (100 Win) Teams failed to play in their LCS. What they should do is shorten the season and expand the playoffs. I hate the best of three series because that can often quickly knock out a top team just having a bad game or two . Shorten it to around 150 and have the first playoff round atleast a 5 game series or hell, even make them all 7 games . The division winners each face a wild card team and the division winners get a 5-2 home field advantage first 3 in their park , next 2 on the road and last 2 back in their park. That way rewarding division winners really means something and gives them an advantage they should have for winning the division.
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Post by skokiejoe on Oct 13, 2023 10:34:11 GMT -5
My idea. The three division winners get byes.
Tuesday WC6 @ WC5 Wednesday Winner of Tuesdays game plays @ WC4 Thursday DIV # 3 @ DIV # 2 Best of 7 series starts Friday WC @ DIV # 1 Best of 7 series starts
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Post by 2mileshighillini on Oct 13, 2023 10:39:04 GMT -5
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Post by batman66 on Oct 13, 2023 10:41:41 GMT -5
My idea. The three division winners get byes. Tuesday WC6 @ WC5 Wednesday Winner of Tuesdays game plays @ WC4 Thursday DIV # 3 @ DIV # 2 Best of 7 series starts Friday WC @ DIV # 1 Best of 7 series starts Thats not bad , I like that.
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Post by kfidd on Oct 13, 2023 10:43:44 GMT -5
The two most common complaints I’ve ever heard from my non-baseball friends about the game are A) the games are way too long and B) they play way too many games. They’ve done great work on A, time to work on B.
I like bat’s idea, shorten the regular season and turn the division series back into a best of 7. MLB wins with more playoff revenue, the players win with a shorter regular season (of which they will not accept lower pay), and the fans win with more meaningful games to watch and less burnout for the players before the postseason.
I also like the idea of going back to the wild card format of 2015 where we saw Arrieta pitch an incredibly high stress game in Pittsburgh and we were all watching from the edge of our seats. If you didn’t win the division you don’t deserve multiple chances to make the postseason. Wild card teams play one sudden death match, win or go home. More incentive to actually win the division meaning more impactful regular season performance and the division winners aren’t stuck waiting around for multiple days for the wild card series to resolve, risking getting cold and out of their rhythm.
As long as they keep improving the sport in meaningful ways I’m happy. Nothing is perfect, can’t expect it all. But I do agree that the regular season is too long and the wild card format needs work.
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Post by batman66 on Oct 13, 2023 10:44:38 GMT -5
At first I thought he just might be playing around because what grown man does that gesture after age 5 , but when Acuna tries to get him to stop I guess he wasn't . Phillies fans can be complete A-holes and hard to ignore I guess.
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Post by Clark Street on Oct 13, 2023 13:42:04 GMT -5
How sad. The 5 MLB teams with the best regular season records have all been eliminated from this 12-team postseason tournament, including 3 with 100 or more wins. 90 wins is now tops for the survivors. Oh. for the days when the World Series was the only postseason series. What's the plan for coming years? No regular season, instead a 30-team elimination tournament?
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Post by addisondad on Oct 13, 2023 17:28:18 GMT -5
It's the same old story for the Braves. Never a bride, always a bridesmaid. No matter how pretty they are. Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh they won the world series in 2021 Yes they did and they won in 1995 too, so I was wrong saying what I did. But considering they have 23 division titles in 54 years and gone on to win just 2 world series would definitely indicate they have had a rough time getting all the way to the finish.
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Post by batman66 on Oct 13, 2023 18:57:54 GMT -5
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh they won the world series in 2021 Yes they did and they won in 1995 too, so I was wrong saying what I did. But considering they have 23 division titles in 54 years and gone on to win just 2 world series would definitely indicate they have had a rough time getting all the way to the finish. They aren't alone , LA Dodgers since 2004 , have made the playoffs 15 times , and only won the Covid world Series LA Dodgers have won the division 10 of the last 11 years , and only won a Covid WS And they've spent a shit ton of money trying. Since 2013 these are their payraolls 243 278 298 253 254 195 205 205 286 294 268
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Post by addisondad on Oct 13, 2023 20:32:38 GMT -5
Yes they did and they won in 1995 too, so I was wrong saying what I did. But considering they have 23 division titles in 54 years and gone on to win just 2 world series would definitely indicate they have had a rough time getting all the way to the finish. They aren't alone , LA Dodgers since 2004 , have made the playoffs 15 times , and only won the Covid world Series LA Dodgers have won the division 10 of the last 11 years , and only won a Covid WS And they've spent a shit ton of money trying. Since 2013 these are their payraolls 243 278 298 253 254 195 205 205 286 294 268 Yeah, it's definitely a flawed system adding so many teams to the playoffs that makes the season basically unnecessary until the last few weeks of August and September. But you have to admit that last nights game was electric and the showdown between Kimbrel and Acuna jr with the bases loaded and the hit into the wall was truly an amazing piece of baseball that makes the whole crazy flawed system work. Sad to say but I am convinced the Cubs did not belong in these playoffs the way they finished. And that even the very good teams were eliminated quickly. Right now the Phillies look unbeatable but that could realistically change in the next couple days.
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Post by batman66 on Oct 14, 2023 8:57:44 GMT -5
They aren't alone , LA Dodgers since 2004 , have made the playoffs 15 times , and only won the Covid world Series LA Dodgers have won the division 10 of the last 11 years , and only won a Covid WS And they've spent a shit ton of money trying. Since 2013 these are their payraolls 243 278 298 253 254 195 205 205 286 294 268 Yeah, it's definitely a flawed system adding so many teams to the playoffs that makes the season basically unnecessary until the last few weeks of August and September. But you have to admit that last nights game was electric and the showdown between Kimbrel and Acuna jr with the bases loaded and the hit into the wall was truly an amazing piece of baseball that makes the whole crazy flawed system work. Sad to say but I am convinced the Cubs did not belong in these playoffs the way they finished. And that even the very good teams were eliminated quickly. Right now the Phillies look unbeatable but that could realistically change in the next couple days. The way the Cubs finished, no they didn't belong in theory because they were currently playing like shit , but in reality a team that had only 1 more win than they did could be on their way to the WS.
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Post by bryzzobrist on Oct 14, 2023 22:00:35 GMT -5
Why aren't we playing the phillies tomorrow 😫
I may have found a solution for cubs fans. After they get eliminated they make an AI version of the postseason that shows the cubs winning it all. Im not pro-skynet or anything so dont blame me if it all goes south and we gotta run for it.
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