how come there are no breaks between games 4 & 5 (1 Viewer)

[belljr]

How come there is no break this year? Even though its a 2-3-2 format they still typically gave a day bewtween games 4 and 5. Is it because its a late finish to the regular season? Just curious.

 

[dennis.moore]

NLCS and ALCS last year started October 15th and 16th respectively.

 

[belljr]

NLCS and ALCS last year started October 15th and 16th respectively.

Ok, so are youj saying they don't have enough time this year for a day off?

 

[dennis.moore]

NLCS and ALCS last year started October 15th and 16th respectively.

Ok, so are youj saying they don't have enough time this year for a day off?

I don't know why they are not having the day off (which I am glad that they are doing the off days on travel days only), I was just proving you wrong that the start dates for the LCS were the same as last year.

 

[belljr]

Um I never claimed such a thing

 

[the moops]

There should be zero days off from the start of the playoffs until the end (with the obvious days off when one series has ended before the other).

 

[Hammered Finz]

There should be zero days off from the start of the playoffs until the end (with the obvious days off when one series has ended before the other).

Playoffs should mimic the regular season..

 

[Wooderson]

There should be zero days off from the start of the playoffs until the end (with the obvious days off when one series has ended before the other).

Playoffs should mimic the regular season..

I'll give a day off for travel maybe that's it. It's not right that a team can use only 3 starting pitchers.

 

[shadyridr]

cuz the Yankees abused the system last yr

 

[Short Corner]

How many off days do they need?

 

[Disco Stu]

There should be zero days off from the start of the playoffs until the end (with the obvious days off when one series has ended before the other).

Playoffs should mimic the regular season..

I'll give a day off for travel maybe that's it. It's not right that a team can use only 3 starting pitchers.

Yep. If you have a three game series during the regular season, you're not going to randomly have a day off in there. Shouldn't be any different in the playoffs.One day off for travel makes sense though. Have to allow for (potentially) long trips.

 

[belljr]

I'm in agreement that there should be no days off.

I was just wondering if anyone knew if it was because of what happened last year, a bit later start to the playoffs etc.

 

[Eephus]

I think the answer starts with "T" and ends with "V"

 

[Please See Mine]

I think the answer starts with "T" and ends with "V"

Yeah, looking at last year's schedule the NLCS was:10/1510/1610/1810/1910/21And the ALCS was10/1610/1710/1910/2010/2210/25So if the NLCS went to 7, it would have been 10/23 and 10/24, with a max of 2 days that had 2 games played.This year, they have a max of 4 days with 2 games played, meaning less total prime time. But I guess they figured out that that was the best way to maximize revenue.

 

[Please See Mine]

Also, was the ALCS (or NLCS) on TBS last year? I remember the Divisional series being on TBS.

 

[curta269]

There should be zero days off from the start of the playoffs until the end (with the obvious days off when one series has ended before the other).

Playoffs should mimic the regular season..

I'll give a day off for travel maybe that's it. It's not right that a team can use only 3 starting pitchers.

Yep. If you have a three game series during the regular season, you're not going to randomly have a day off in there. Shouldn't be any different in the playoffs.One day off for travel makes sense though. Have to allow for (potentially) long trips.

 

[Flash]

Pretty soon there will be a WS game on Thanksgiving Day to go along with the football games.

Sheeesh.