Darunia's Baseball Discussion Thread

[Weltall]

When you play sixteen games, each one counts for a lot. It means that a good team has to put forth great effort each and every week if they want to reach the post-season. Yes, it means a losing streak can doom your season quickly... only 3 NFL teams that started with an 0-3 record have reached the playoffs in the last fifteen years. That's a good thing. It means players can't sit around and lose six meaningless games without major consequence, thus leading to a far more competitive nature and a much more intense game.

There are a lot of reasons baseball is no longer America's pasttime. That's one. The total lack of parity is another. It's almost always the same damn teams in the postseason every year. Small-market teams have too little chance to improve themselves. A salary-cap is so needed in baseball. Fans of the Braves, Red Sox, Yankees, they're all happy every year because their teams can afford a lot of talent. Small-market teams can't, and I'm amazed any of them still have fanbases.