tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post2388810048902225131..comments2023-10-31T06:31:41.395-04:00Comments on Bottom of the Barrel: Jerry Green Longs for YesterdayBengoodfellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-22566804917943692122012-08-15T15:10:59.721-04:002012-08-15T15:10:59.721-04:00Jack, tiebreakers are awesome, but I feel like the...Jack, tiebreakers are awesome, but I feel like the entire season of 162 games doesn't need an additional game to decide a Wild Card winner. That being said, I'm resigned to it and won't complain in this space about the one game Wild Card. Unless the Braves lose in the one game Wild Card, then I may complain some. It seems needless to me, but there is no fighting it. <br /><br />Anon, I would like to go 154 games and a 3 game WC at the very least. 5 games would be preferable to me, but the one game playoff does seem like "ace v. ace," which is exciting to watch, but if it is a 94-68 WC team against a 89-73 WC team it doesn't seem like a 94 win team got a fair shake. One game seems a bit too few games to play. <br /><br />I'm not against re-seeding in football, but I can see an argument for why the Steelers should have hosted that game. I feel the same way about playoff re-seeding in the NFL as I do the 1 game WC. Both aren't changing, so I better live with it. <br /><br />The MLB season is long as it is, but cutting the games by 8 and adding another 3-5 game series makes sense to me. Of course I'm not the one losing the revenue of 4 home games. It all comes down to money, but if I had my choice I would have a 3-5 game playoff between the two WC teams. Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-8917125807798684552012-08-15T14:18:25.368-04:002012-08-15T14:18:25.368-04:00In some ways I do like the additional WC as there ...In some ways I do like the additional WC as there were no real benefits to winning the division in the past. This is why I am opposed to re-seeding in football. I believe that the Broncos and Seattle SHOULD have hosted Pitt and NO, respectively. If you don't like going on the road, then get it done and win your division. I would, however, like to see the WC round in baseball be at least a 3-game series. The way it is constructed now is basically "let's see who has a better ace." I know that we don't want the playoffs extending into November, but if we're going to add this extra WC round, it should at least be a series (like are played in the regular season), rather than a one game crapshoot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-53598918861054134302012-08-15T13:05:45.903-04:002012-08-15T13:05:45.903-04:00I just hate how Selig is trying to manufacture the...I just hate how Selig is trying to manufacture the drama of a "Game 163" tiebreaker by shoehorning this one game playoff in there. I agree, tiebreakers are awesome. There have been some great ones over the years. But either let the regular season determine whether a one game playoff is necessary or actually implement an expansion of the playoff field. The method baseball has chose to employ seems half-assed and forced. jacktotheracknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-10857865989273061372012-08-15T11:37:49.501-04:002012-08-15T11:37:49.501-04:00Fred, that's a good point. That is the exact s...Fred, that's a good point. That is the exact same Bowie Kuhn. <br /><br />Jack, I don't know how he can believe trading older, more expensive players isn't in the best interests of the game either. The audacity of a team to try and improve!<br /><br />He's barely employed at this point. He writes a couple of articles a month from what I see. Either way, he doesn't mention the Marlins or the Mariners as teams who sell off players, probably because the Tigers benefited from that. <br /><br />I don't like the one game playoff either. I despised it and now I am resigned to it. I don't see how more game after a 162 game season makes a difference. It is happening, so I have to get used to it. I think the season should be 154 games and then have another Wild Card with a five game playoff. But you are right, the owners won't shorten the season and we are stuck with a one game playoff. It seems pointless to me after a 162 game season. I made myself not hate it. Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-72961466940703858582012-08-15T11:01:34.440-04:002012-08-15T11:01:34.440-04:00Jerry Green should stop watching baseball. This is...Jerry Green should stop watching baseball. This is his thought process: You mean to tell me there are teams who are all but mathematically eliminated who are willing to trade older, expensive vets in exchange for younger talent in the interest of building to the future? THOSE FUCKING ASSHOLES!!! How dare a team try to run their organization in a logical manner!?!? How dare a team which realizes that they have no chance of winning a championship try to build a foundation for winning a title in the future? THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE GAME!! <br /><br />I don't know how a paper can employ a man to write about sports who has opinions like this. And like you said, the outright hypocrisy of taking the Phillies to task for shipping off players while not even acknowledging how the Tigers benefitted from the Hindenberg that is the Marlins franchise is insulting to the audience. Eat shit Jerry Green.<br /><br />Side Note: I despise the 1 game playoff. To me it is fucking pointless to play a 162 game season and have your fate determined by 1 game. I wouldn't be opposed to adding the two additional playoff teams, but to do that you would probably have to shorten the season. And we know baseball would never do that because no sport in the world jacks off over the "sanctity" of their individual records like baseball does, nevermind the fact that some of those records have been rendered virtually meaningless because drug-addled mutants were allowed to slug 1000 HR's per season during the Steroid Era. jacktotheracknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-39032157264528756422012-08-14T22:51:50.030-04:002012-08-14T22:51:50.030-04:00I like how his example of a great commissioner is ...I like how his example of a great commissioner is Bowie Kuhn, the man who was constantly out smarted by Marvin Miller, and generally thought of as an idiot.Fred Triggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16980604002168881166noreply@blogger.com