Something Weird

[PWNdroia]

The Twins and Tigers have a playoff game tonight, but this website has already decided the Tigers as a winner in the standings...

 

http://www.shrpsports.com/mlb/stand/2009finaldiv.htm

 

Why is this?

[RWTP24]

Because they played the game on the PS3 and the Tigers won.

 

Haha, I am sure it just a mistake.

[yeszir]

The fix is in

[msubulldogs21]

The fix is in

 

The game was actually played right after the Vikings game last night.

 

Today is just the tape delay version. I won't spoil the winner...

[PWNdroia]

It really does make me wonder whether baseball is legit in that aspect... guess we won't even tell after tonight. The Tigers lose, no way. The Twins lose, there's speculation, but again nothing to back it up, yet I will dawn on this website.

[Cocos Disciples]

I wouldn't take that much stock into it. It's a random website that made a mistake.

[redsoxrules]

I dont understand why they do this 1 playoff game crap

 

if you're tied for the division , it should be decided by the head 2 head over the year

and if that's a tie then their division record

[BigPapiEnFuego]

I dont understand why they do this 1 playoff game crap

 

if you're tied for the division , it should be decided by the head 2 head over the year

and if that's a tie then their division record

 

This is what I always thought they should do. This 1 game playoff is pointless.

[msubulldogs21]

I dont understand why they do this 1 playoff game crap

 

if you're tied for the division , it should be decided by the head 2 head over the year

 

Yeah, but what would be the fun in that when you can have a 1 game playoff?

[Cocos Disciples]

How awful would it be to lose out on a playoff spot to a team with the same record because of a series in April? I'm with the one game playoff.

[msubulldogs21]

How awful would it be to lose out on a playoff spot to a team with the same record because of a series in April? I'm with the one game playoff.

 

Same here. Plus, it's really exciting.

[redsoxrules]

How awful would it be to lose out on a playoff spot to a team with the same record because of a series in April? I'm with the one game playoff.

 

April games dont count?

 

It wouldn't be awfull at all

what would be awfull is if you went 12-5 VS a team all year and you had to play them again to decide who gets in

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Yeah' date=' but what would be the fun in that when you can have a 1 game playoff?[/quote']

Fun and fair are not synonyms.

 

The exciting route isn't the logical route.

[Cocos Disciples]

April games dont count?

 

It wouldn't be awfull at all

what would be awfull is if you went 12-5 VS a team all year and you had to play them again to decide who gets in

 

April games do count, sure. But I don't really see the problem with a one game playoff to determine a playoff spot.

[Spudboy]

Same here. Plus' date=' it's really exciting.[/quote']

 

Dito.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

April games do count' date=' sure. But I don't really see the problem with a one game playoff to determine a playoff spot.[/quote']

If one team in the playoff won the season series against the other team 12-6, you'd be okay with a random winner-take-all game, as opposed to giving the title to the head-to-head winner?

 

This one game playoff is just another thing baseball does that makes zero sense and is completely FUBAR.

[Cocos Disciples]

If one team in the playoff won the season series against the other team 12-6, you'd be okay with a random winner-take-all game, as opposed to giving the title to the head-to-head winner?

 

This one game playoff is just another thing baseball does that makes zero sense and is completely FUBAR.

Maybe I'm selfish and just want more baseball.

[Spudboy]

Fun and fair are not synonyms.

 

The exciting route isn't the logical route.

 

Very true.

 

But the object is not fairness.

 

It is to make money. That is logical.

[Spudboy]

Maybe I'm selfish and just want more baseball.

 

Precisely.

 

And that is why MLB and all concerned will make more money.

[redsoxrules]

Min leads the season series 11-7

 

I also think there the better team

 

Detroits run diferential at -1 awfull

 

Min at +51

[Youk Of The Nation]

Minnesota's pitching will not hold up in a 5-game series against New York. Detroit's might.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Very true.

 

But the object is not fairness.

 

It is to make money. That is logical.

Let me rephrase that.

 

 

Potentially shafting one team that is the rightful winner of a division to make another buck may be wallet-logical, but it is complete robbery and outright offensive to the team on the receiving end of MLB's idiocy.

 

 

If they want more money, widen the playoff picture.

[Emmz]

It's nothing but an error. Baseball sure as s*** wouldn't fix a game between teams like the Twins and Tigers.

[Emmz]

Let me rephrase that.

 

 

Potentially shafting one team that is the rightful winner of a division to make another buck may be wallet-logical, but it is complete robbery and outright offensive to the team on the receiving end of MLB's idiocy.

 

 

If they want more money, widen the playoff picture.

 

In my opinion, if you win 90 games (Example) and your division rival wins 90 games, you should play a one-game playoff. It's your fault you didn't win 91 to put you over the top. If you think it's offensive, then stop s***ing the bed, simple as that.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

In my opinion' date=' if you win 90 games (Example) and your division rival wins 90 games, you should play a one-game playoff. It's your fault you didn't win 91 to put you over the top. If you think it's offensive, then stop s***ing the bed, simple as that.[/quote']

 

Really? What if team X gets screwed out of one game due to s*****(er than usual) umpiring, won the season series, is forced into a playoff, and loses it?

 

Meanwhile, teams that don't deserve extra chances are getting them.

[Emmz]

Really? What if team X gets screwed out of one game due to s*****(er than usual) umpiring, won the season series, is forced into a playoff, and loses it?

 

Meanwhile, teams that don't deserve extra chances are getting them.

 

So what? Umpiring can only do so much damage. The Umps don't usually conspire to make a team lose a game, and there's still other games that they probably should have won, that they didn't. They always have control of your record.

 

They don't deserve extra chances, but they have the same record as the other team? They still won the same amount of game, and if you get into qualifying each and every one of their wins, it becomes a helluva lot more complicated. If the better team plays the lesser team, they should be able to win. It's all in the hands of the teams.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

So what? Umpiring can only do so much damage. The Umps don't usually conspire to make a team lose a game' date=' and there's still other games that they probably should have won, that they didn't. They always have control of your record.[/quote']

 

Blown calls?

 

One blown call can equal a loss. Exactly the problem, baseball has too much of a 's*** happens' mentality.

 

They don't deserve extra chances, but they have the same record as the other team? They still won the same amount of game, and if you get into qualifying each and every one of their wins, it becomes a helluva lot more complicated. If the better team plays the lesser team, they should be able to win. It's all in the hands of the teams.

 

Team A got the best of Team B during the regular season, so Team B should get another chance anyway? Mmmkay.

 

s***, why don't we just have a wild card qualifying in each league every year? No matter what your record, the two top non-division winners get to play for the wild card on the last day of the season. $$$ machine!

[Spudboy]

How do you do that with three teams?

 

Never mind.

 

I saw that you said two.

[Emmz]

Blown calls?

 

One blown call can equal a loss. Exactly the problem, baseball has too much of a 's*** happens' mentality.

 

And some people have too much of a mollycoddle the team that really deserves it mentality. Honestly? The team doesn't lose a game on a blown call, it's their fault that they allow it to happen. Because someone's out at that plate, but the call is blown, sure, it's a loss. But it's still their fault that they allowed the runner to make it as close as he did. They still lost the game, the umps may have aided to the loss, but you don't blame it on them, it's probably due to a games-worth of mistakes.

 

Team A got the best of Team B during the regular season, so Team B should get another chance anyway? Mmmkay.

 

Team B should get another chance because they most likely got the best of a team that Team A didn't get the best of, and that's why they have equal records.

 

s***, why don't we just have a wild card qualifying in each league every year? No matter what your record, the two top non-division winners get to play for the wild card on the last day of the season. $$$ machine!

 

Enough with the arrogant condescending s***, okay?

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

And some people have too much of a mollycoddle the team that really deserves it mentality. Honestly? The team doesn't lose a game on a blown call' date=' it's their fault that they allow it to happen. Because someone's out at that plate, but the call is blown, sure, it's a loss. But it's still their fault that they allowed the runner to make it as close as he did. They still lost the game, the umps may have aided to the loss, but you don't blame it on them, it's probably due to a games-worth of mistakes.[/quote']

 

Proved my point.

 

Close games happen, that's not an excuse for s***** umpiring. This 'aww s*** happens better luck next yur' thing is ridiculous. Fair is fair, and shafting a team that won the season series against another because you insist on a one-game playoff as opposed to secondary W/L stats (like every other sport!!) is not fair.

 

Team B should get another chance because they most likely got the best of a team that Team A didn't get the best of, and that's why they have equal records.

 

In the head-to-head matchup, team A proved to be the better of the two teams. Thus, team A should get the nod based on their advantage against team B. Again, this is the case in every other sport (but then again, every other sport has uniformly constructed fields of play, so what do they know?).