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29th September 2005, 2:05 PM

Quote: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.

That's one way to spin it, but I think what I said is far more accurate... yes, it puts more emphasis on each game in a short season, but as I said, it greatly enhances the impact of luck in who wins. Anyone can win a game or five, but only a good team is going to be consistent over 162...

Quote: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.

It's not as bad as you think. Eight teams get into the postseason each year (there's another good thing, not as much postseason bloat like basketball and hockey have), and the last three winners have been the wildcard team... it's not always the biggest teams that win. Midmarket teams like Florida have won recently, and the Angels, and Toronto and Minnesota won in the early '90s... Arizona... etc... yes, there are a few teams that are consistently bad, but just look at this season -- who in their right mind could possibly have predicted this finish? I mean, yes, Red Sox, Yankees, Braves, Cardinals... okay. But the White Sox winnin the AL Central? CLEVELAND in the running for the wild card with three games left? San Diego winning the NL West... likely with a losing record? Yeah, didn't think so... so no, it's not nearly as predictable as you imply. Hey, even Milwaukee managed to finish around (above, currently, but there are four more games...) .500 this year... you never quite know.

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Darunia's Baseball Discussion Thread - by Darunia - 19th April 2005, 7:50 PM

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Darunia's Baseball Discussion Thread - by A Black Falcon - 28th September 2005, 12:30 PM

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Darunia's Baseball Discussion Thread - by Darunia - 28th September 2005, 2:08 PM

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Darunia's Baseball Discussion Thread - by A Black Falcon - 28th September 2005, 3:53 PM

Darunia's Baseball Discussion Thread - by Darunia - 28th September 2005, 6:14 PM

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