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The silence is deafening. I thought the one-game wildcard was genius: season ends and we get to watch immediately two win-or-go-home games. Now, the season ends (and for us and most fans, our team is done for the year), and we are expected to wait a week before we get to see the best teams play? Who cares? I realize MLB loves 'more playoff games'. But after a 162 games season, most fans have had enough of watching mediocre teams.

 

Any solutions?

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The silence is deafening. I thought the one-game wildcard was genius: season ends and we get to watch immediately two win-or-go-home games. Now, the season ends (and for us and most fans, our team is done for the year), and we are expected to wait a week before we get to see the best teams play? Who cares? I realize MLB loves 'more playoff games'. But after a 162 games season, most fans have had enough of watching mediocre teams.

 

Any solutions?

 

I hated the game playoff. 162 games and then one anti-climactic game and suddenly it’s just over. I like the new format much better..

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Frankly I thought when 8 teams got in it was fine. And they could have bumped that to all 7 game series.

 

The new system with 12 teams getting in obviously magnifies the crapshootery.

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Frankly I thought when 8 teams got in it was fine. And they could have bumped that to all 7 game series.

 

The new system with 12 teams getting in obviously magnifies the crapshootery.

 

To fans of the underdog teams, they love crapshootery.

 

At least we've proven once and for all, more days off hurt a team.

 

(Are you listening, Cora?)

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To fans of the underdog teams, they love crapshootery.

 

At least we've proven once and for all, more days off hurt a team.

 

(Are you listening, Cora?)

 

The Braves just proved that rest days help. Their bats looked a tick slow. :D

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The Braves just proved that rest days help. Their bats looked a tick slow. :D

 

They played great, all year on almost no rest. Then, they get a few days off and sucked.

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They played great, all year on almost no rest. Then, they get a few days off and sucked.

 

The days off reminded them how tired they were. :cool:

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How bout that Dombrowski hey pink hats?

 

You still don’t even know what the pink hats issue is? You’ve been called out for this repeatedly.

 

I curse Bill Gates and Microsoft for making computers so simple even hapless morons can post on the internet….

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How bout that Dombrowski hey pink hats?

 

Go root for the Phillies. You certainly could play the part well of a Philadelphia sports fan.

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I see that the playoffs are so exciting in this new format that no one here has bothered to comment and last night's game didn't even get a headline on ESPN or Yahoo sports. Go ... (remind me who's playing?) !
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The silence is deafening. I thought the one-game wildcard was genius: season ends and we get to watch immediately two win-or-go-home games. Now, the season ends (and for us and most fans, our team is done for the year), and we are expected to wait a week before we get to see the best teams play? Who cares? I realize MLB loves 'more playoff games'. But after a 162 games season, most fans have had enough of watching mediocre teams.

 

Any solutions?

 

I greatly dislike any addition to the number of teams making the playoffs. The talent and as a result the game becomes a diluted version of what it once was. Just making the playoffs becomes the ultimate goal of many ml teams.

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Personally, I love the new format. The changes the made to the game overall in 2023 have been terrific. 2 hour games, more teams, more cities in it. Baseball well into the fall. The only thing that sucks is the Boston Red Sox.

 

...

 

For now.

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My bad! I looked for this, but it doesn't show up on my feed. Sorry about that. Oh well, why should I complain, since I don't even know what teams are playing.

 

You have to select the general baseball forum to get there.

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You have to select the general baseball forum to get there.

 

Thanks. (If anyone knows how to delete this thread, which I now realize is redundant, please go ahead).

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Thanks. (If anyone knows how to delete this thread, which I now realize is redundant, please go ahead).

 

Unless the mods move or delete it, it will stay forever... Forever... For....ever...

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I'm glad Kimbrall is in the Red Sox past. He seems to struggle when he closes games. Tonight was another example.

 

Kimbrel had a clear pattern with Boston. Lights out until June/July. Slowly get less effective through August/September. Very hittable in October…

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Kimbrel had a clear pattern with Boston. Lights out until June/July. Slowly get less effective through August/September. Very hittable in October…

 

... and very vulnerable when not pitching in a save situation.

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These playoffs have been quite boring very lopsided series so far.

 

I mean 2-2 and 2-1, It literally can't be anymore even at this point in time.

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... and very vulnerable when not pitching in a save situation.

 

Always the worst excuse for poor closer performance…

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Always the worst excuse for poor closer performance…

 

In the postgame, Pedro Martinez said some closers struggle in non-save situations (what a poor excuse-maker).

 

Even if a closer can't close a tie game. Papelbon was similar, and even admitted it in the booth this summer.

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In the postgame, Pedro Martinez said some closers struggle in non-save situations (what a poor excuse-maker).

 

Even if a closer can't close a tie game. Papelbon was similar, and even admitted it in the booth this summer.

 

How does one close a tie game?

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