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Disclaimer: Agree wholeheartedly and would love to see the spending window narrowed in MLB (ie 70-120MM) and the playing field leveled somewhat.Reality: Dont you want the best teams competing in the playoffs?
I think that is it exactly. I can't see the smaller market teams wanting this to happen but all five AL East teams would vote yes.
Even for baseball, and that's saying A LOT.
What Im saying is, right now every team plays 6 interleague series or 18 interleague games. With 15 teams in each league, that would require an interleague game every day. I would think that would mean more than 18 interleague games per team per year but havent done the math.'Doctor Detroit said:'shadyridr said:
54 series of 3 games each... if they would play 15 series (one against each team in the other league) they would have 39 left... 2 series against each would leave 11 or 33 games remaining. Split that up to make 28 games or 2 game series' with the same conference... leaves 5 games remaining. If they wanted to be sensible about it... the season would now be 157 games long... if they add a best of 5 game playoff series into the mix that will make up for those missing 5 games (the time for games, not the games themselves). So, each team will play each team in the other conference 3 games (one year at their ballpark, the next year at the other). That would also have the teams play each conference opponent 8 times during the season. If they give the top team a bye, which could be up to a week of rest (unless they made the first round a best of 3 series (doubtful) that first playoff series would take us up to what is now the regular season end. Then, the top four teams in each conference play best of 7, best of 7 then the World Series. Total time frame would not change, games would unless you make the playoffs. Took me 5 minutes to figure this out so I doubt this is the way they would split it up.What Im saying is, right now every team plays 6 interleague series or 18 interleague games. With 15 teams in each league, that would require an interleague game every day. I would think that would mean more than 18 interleague games per team per year but havent done the math.'Doctor Detroit said:'shadyridr said:
Oh I see. No I think that you'd actually play less interleague games in that format. You'd really only have to play around 16 interleague games per year on the rotation of 7v7+1 (five series if we assume 54 3-gam series in a 162 game schedule). You could increase the frequency by adding periods where we have three interleague series going on certain weekends, that still might only raise it to 20 games per team. Right now each team plays 18 interleague games, so it is actually possible for them to play less interleague games if that is what they choose.I don't like having just two flat leagues with this many teams, but having 15 teams in each league is something I think they should definitely do.What Im saying is, right now every team plays 6 interleague series or 18 interleague games. With 15 teams in each league, that would require an interleague game every day. I would think that would mean more than 18 interleague games per team per year but havent done the math.'Doctor Detroit said:'shadyridr said:
Jesus Christ that was confusing54 series of 3 games each... if they would play 15 series (one against each team in the other league) they would have 39 left... 2 series against each would leave 11 or 33 games remaining. Split that up to make 28 games or 2 game series' with the same conference... leaves 5 games remaining. If they wanted to be sensible about it... the season would now be 157 games long... if they add a best of 5 game playoff series into the mix that will make up for those missing 5 games (the time for games, not the games themselves). So, each team will play each team in the other conference 3 games (one year at their ballpark, the next year at the other). That would also have the teams play each conference opponent 8 times during the season. If they give the top team a bye, which could be up to a week of rest (unless they made the first round a best of 3 series (doubtful) that first playoff series would take us up to what is now the regular season end. Then, the top four teams in each conference play best of 7, best of 7 then the World Series. Total time frame would not change, games would unless you make the playoffs. Took me 5 minutes to figure this out so I doubt this is the way they would split it up.What Im saying is, right now every team plays 6 interleague series or 18 interleague games. With 15 teams in each league, that would require an interleague game every day. I would think that would mean more than 18 interleague games per team per year but havent done the math.'Doctor Detroit said:'shadyridr said:
Well if thats true, I stand correctedOh I see. No I think that you'd actually play less interleague games in that format. You'd really only have to play around 16 interleague games per year on the rotation of 7v7+1 (five series if we assume 54 3-gam series in a 162 game schedule). You could increase the frequency by adding periods where we have three interleague series going on certain weekends, that still might only raise it to 20 games per team. Right now each team plays 18 interleague games, so it is actually possible for them to play less interleague games if that is what they choose.I don't like having just two flat leagues with this many teams, but having 15 teams in each league is something I think they should definitely do.What Im saying is, right now every team plays 6 interleague series or 18 interleague games. With 15 teams in each league, that would require an interleague game every day. I would think that would mean more than 18 interleague games per team per year but havent done the math.'Doctor Detroit said:'shadyridr said:
There plenty of reasons to go to 2 15 team Leagues, with no divisions. (I assume you aren't being serious suggest doing away with Leagues altogether).When you play 162 games, I really don't see the point in having divisions with as few as 4 or 5 teams.What's the point of two, 15 team divisions? The DH?? Just go ahead and make one 30 team division, all DH or no DH.
This is the only way this 2x15 system works ok I think.
This is a very Yankee fan post, in that you completely ignore the perspective of every team in the league other than the Yanks and Red Sox. You show a little kindness for the Pirates and Royals I guess, but I guarantee you at least the Pirates would want this from a competition standpoint. The Pirates lose a team from the NL that they compete with for a playoff spot. Having the Yankees and Red Sox in the same division screws the Jays, Rays and Orioles big-time and the rest of the AL to some degree as well, since most years the $200 million Al East team that doesn't win the division takes the only wild card spot available. How is it a bad thing to even out the playing field for the rest of the AL East and to a lesser extent the entire AL? And even if you think it's ridiculous, is it less ridiculous than forcing the NL Central teams to compete with five others in their division while the AL West teams only have to overcome three division rivals? That's a pretty fundamental flaw. I don't know of any other sports league that has anything remotely close to that unfair and just plain stupid built into its competition format.
huh? wasnt tthat his point?
No, not at all. He's said it's an asinine idea because it virtually locks the Yanks and Red Sox into the playoffs. I'm saying it's no less asinine than virtually locking the Jays, Rays and Os out of the playoffs, and certainly far less asinine than having one division with six teams and another with four.Look at his examples of teams that benefit under the current structure. The Pirates? I have almost zero doubt that they'd accept this structure, to get out from having to compete with five other teams for a single division winner playoff spot and with eleven other teams for a single wildcard. The Royals? Maybe, but in their current scenario they basically have to win the AL Central to make the playoffs, and a team good enough to do that will claim one of the five spots virtually every year regardless. This frees up more playoff opportunities for them IMO.
Good article here on whether or not the Jays would be in favour of realignment.http://blogs.thescore.com/mlb/2011/06/13/would-the-toronto-blue-jays-want-to-realign/#more-13272'TobiasFunke said:
Those teams are practically done now. The exception continues to be Minnesota, no?
Jesus Christ that was confusing54 series of 3 games each... if they would play 15 series (one against each team in the other league) they would have 39 left... 2 series against each would leave 11 or 33 games remaining. Split that up to make 28 games or 2 game series' with the same conference... leaves 5 games remaining. If they wanted to be sensible about it... the season would now be 157 games long... if they add a best of 5 game playoff series into the mix that will make up for those missing 5 games (the time for games, not the games themselves). So, each team will play each team in the other conference 3 games (one year at their ballpark, the next year at the other). That would also have the teams play each conference opponent 8 times during the season. If they give the top team a bye, which could be up to a week of rest (unless they made the first round a best of 3 series (doubtful) that first playoff series would take us up to what is now the regular season end. Then, the top four teams in each conference play best of 7, best of 7 then the World Series. Total time frame would not change, games would unless you make the playoffs. Took me 5 minutes to figure this out so I doubt this is the way they would split it up.What Im saying is, right now every team plays 6 interleague series or 18 interleague games. With 15 teams in each league, that would require an interleague game every day. I would think that would mean more than 18 interleague games per team per year but havent done the math.
I hope that guy doesn't have to explain things for a living.
Sadly, you don't understand much.Jesus Christ that was confusing54 series of 3 games each... if they would play 15 series (one against each team in the other league) they would have 39 left... 2 series against each would leave 11 or 33 games remaining. Split that up to make 28 games or 2 game series' with the same conference... leaves 5 games remaining. If they wanted to be sensible about it... the season would now be 157 games long... if they add a best of 5 game playoff series into the mix that will make up for those missing 5 games (the time for games, not the games themselves). So, each team will play each team in the other conference 3 games (one year at their ballpark, the next year at the other). That would also have the teams play each conference opponent 8 times during the season. If they give the top team a bye, which could be up to a week of rest (unless they made the first round a best of 3 series (doubtful) that first playoff series would take us up to what is now the regular season end. Then, the top four teams in each conference play best of 7, best of 7 then the World Series. Total time frame would not change, games would unless you make the playoffs. Took me 5 minutes to figure this out so I doubt this is the way they would split it up.What Im saying is, right now every team plays 6 interleague series or 18 interleague games. With 15 teams in each league, that would require an interleague game every day. I would think that would mean more than 18 interleague games per team per year but havent done the math.
