So the MLB team with the Best record is on it's way Out of the Playoffs. Good or Bad for Baseball ?

[Betallsports]

LAA might even lose 3 games straight and will be Knocked out

Good or Bad for Baseball ??

 

[JustinCruise]

Definitely Bad.

What makes the baseball playoffs better than, say NBA, is also what makes it bad.

In NBA 2 or 3 teams can win the champtionship.

In MLB literally anyone can win the world series once they get in.

I say that it's a bad thing because it's not exactly fair for the team that was the best over a very long season.

 

[HarryCaray]

They're letting too many teams in the MLB playoffs these days.

You have a 162 game season. Do we really need to determine who is the best out of TEN teams remaining?

Go back to 2 divisions in each league and let in the 4 division winners, all 7 game series.

To play fourteen DOZEN regular season games and then decide who is moving on with a one game playoff is kind of absurd to me.

 

[JustinCruise]

Also in terms of flat out ratings this is very bad for baseball

The general public wants to see guys like Mike Trout, Jared Weaver, Albert Pujols, and Josh Hamilton in the world series. Not a bunch of guys they can't name.

 

[NickPappagiorgio]

I personally wouldnt mind seeing another St Louis/KC World Series. Having KC win would be great for baseball, they have been down for so long it would generate more interest than most people think.

 

[slapshot]

Not good really Baseball only has 1 night left and that's Tuesday with NHL starting Wednesday

 

[DrunkenHorseplayer]

Irrelevant, other than the fact they're in a major media market.

 

[VIEJODINOSAUR]

Also in terms of flat out ratings this is very bad for baseball

The general public wants to see guys like Mike Trout, Jared Weaver, Albert Pujols, and Josh Hamilton in the world series. Not a bunch of guys they can't name.

No they don't......

If you don't perform in October, you don't deserve to be there.....

 

[REDEYE]

great for baseball.. Why give anything to the Angels just because they were hot in August & Sept. ? this is when it counts.. Some last year were proclaiming the Dodgers after there hot summer as the 27 Yankees...look what happened...teams like the Angels & Dodgers don't have enough grinders to win in postseason...

 

[JustinCruise]

No they don't......

If you don't perform in October, you don't deserve to be there.....

That's how informed sports fans see it.

But the general public, the casual fan, those are the people who ONLY watch baseball in the world series. And those people want to see stars

 

[REDEYE]

That's how informed sports fans see it.

But the general public, the casual fan, those are the people who ONLY watch baseball in the world series. And those people want to see stars

got a news flash for you, nobody is huddled around the tv set to see Jared Weaver, Albert Pujols, and Josh Hamilton ...... your dreaming...maybe you're not as informed as you thought

 

[JimmyVegas]

Screw the angels...........the O's are going to the world series!!!

 

[Gravy]

I love it when the high payroll teams lose

 

[KingofNicotine]

I hope the Dodgers lose. They're so overrated during the regular season but suck when it counts. Kershaw sucks major cock. The guy can get you to the playoffs but not the World Series.

 

[JustinCruise]

got a news flash for you, nobody is huddled around the tv set to see Jared Weaver, Albert Pujols, and Josh Hamilton ...... your dreaming...maybe you're not as informed as you thought

I just want to make sure I have this straight.

You are saying that more would tune in for Kansas City in the world series than Los Angeles correct?

 

[REDEYE]

I just want to make sure I have this straight.

You are saying that more would tune in for Kansas City in the world series than Los Angeles correct?

there are more people in LA then the Midwest..so more would tune in to see the ANGELS, because its there team.. Has nothing to do with Weaver,etc. KC is still a lot better baseball story for us that are informed...

 

[VIEJODINOSAUR]

That's how informed sports fans see it.

But the general public, the casual fan, those are the people who ONLY watch baseball in the world series. And those people want to see stars

Screw the casual fan....and the people who only watch the world series have no idea who the players are who you are talking about....

 

[CHOPTALK]

Definitely Bad.

What makes the baseball playoffs better than, say NBA, is also what makes it bad.

In NBA 2 or 3 teams can win the champtionship.

In MLB literally anyone can win the world series once they get in.

I say that it's a bad thing because it's not exactly fair for the team that was the best over a very long season.

This is makes no sense.

 

[Shub]

I tell you what's bad for baseball

1. 162 regular season games (should be around 100)
2. 5 games series to determine a winner (should be 7, nba learned that 5 wasn't cutting it.)
3. Allstar game decides home field for the World Series ( should obviously be best record)
4. DH in only one league(should be in both leagues or not at all)
5. Playoffs start during NCAA football and the nfl(if the season was shorter the playoffs would be on during that dead time in the summer)

baseball is a game of numbers and history so I doubt anything will be done

 

[dirtymoose]

I tell you what's bad for baseball

1. 162 regular season games (should be around 100)
2. 5 games series to determine a winner (should be 7, nba learned that 5 wasn't cutting it.)
3. Allstar game decides home field for the World Series ( should obviously be best record)
4. DH in only one league(should be in both leagues or not at all)
5. Playoffs start during NCAA football and the nfl(if the season was shorter the playoffs would be on during that dead time in the summer)

baseball is a game of numbers and history so I doubt anything will be done

1) Agreed
2) Agreed
3) The idea that an exhibition game should decide anything is the single worst idea in baseball in the last few years.
4) No DH, why can't pitchers hit for themselves? I never understood this....
5) They are supposed to be the boys of summer. They looked cold already there in Washington....

Baseball could do so much better for itself.....