Rest Of Baseball - 2011

Started by ice grillin you, March 31, 2011, 01:40:58 PM

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MDS

phillies want the dbacks so thats just terrific news
Zero hour, Michael. It's the end of the line. I'm the firstborn. I'm sick of playing second fiddle. I'm always third in line for everything. I'm tired of finishing fourth. Being the fifth wheel. There are six things I'm mad about, and I'm taking over.

PhillyPhreak54

QuoteAccording to the Associated Press, Leo Nunez was sent back to the Dominican Republic this week because he was found to have been using a fake identity.

Nunez was placed on the restricted list Thursday and is not expected to return to the major leagues this season. According go the AP's sources, the right-hander's real name is Juan Carlos Oviedo and he's actually a year older than his listed age of 28. The Marlins have reportedly known about the issue for several months, but it's not yet clear how they plan to resolve it.

lol

ice grillin you

Negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement for major league baseball are moving at a fast pace and one issue the sides have all but agreed upon is adding two wild-card teams and holding one-game playoffs in each league to determine which of the wild cards advances, The Post has learned.

One person involved in the talks described that scenario as a done deal and another hedged a little by saying it is likely to play out that way, but nothing will be finalized until an entire CBA is inked.

Both sources said because there would be just a one-game playoff added, the second wild-card team could be installed as early as next year, but the new system will go into effect no later than 2013.


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There also is a lot of work being done on creating two 15-team leagues, which is tied up with the sale of the Astros because Houston is the club most likely to be moved from the NL to the AL to even the number of clubs in each league.

This group felt it would be particularly unfair if, for example, one wild-card team won significantly more games than another and was ousted in a one-game playoff.

That is one reason why the sides want to go to two 15-team leagues. Because it likely would mean clubs from different divisions would play more similar schedules, thus, making the competition for wild cards across divisions fairer. Also, there would be six five-team divisions, which would mean all clubs would be competing against the same number of opponents within their division to make the playoffs.

Both sides agree, by adding a second wild card in each league they are bolstering the importance of winning divisions because no club would want to settle for being a wild card and have to play an extra round of playoffs; especially a one-game playoff.
i can take a phrase thats rarely heard...flip it....now its a daily word

igy gettin it done like warrick

im the board pharmacist....always one step above yous

QB Eagles

Quote from: ice grillin you on September 24, 2011, 08:23:54 PM
Both sides agree, by adding a second wild card in each league they are bolstering the importance of winning divisions because no club would want to settle for being a wild card and have to play an extra round of playoffs; especially a one-game playoff. [/i]

Seeing as how there is roughly a 50% chance of the better team winning a one-game playoff, they could same themselves the hassle of the extra game and just flip a coin.

MDS

wait the division woulds shake out like this

im not writing the whole thing...essentially houston goes from nl central to al west.

that means the yanks or sox will only have a 50% of making the playoffs. hmmmm. what.
Zero hour, Michael. It's the end of the line. I'm the firstborn. I'm sick of playing second fiddle. I'm always third in line for everything. I'm tired of finishing fourth. Being the fifth wheel. There are six things I'm mad about, and I'm taking over.

Geowhizzer

#875
Braves' lead down to 1 over St. Louis going into final series.
Braves vs. Phils
Cards vs. Houston
Maybe this is what Igy said by the Braves bein' creepin'?

Red Sox lead down to ½ over Tampa (Sox still play tonight with Yankees).  Red Sox relying on Lackey and his 6.49 ERA to keep them ahead going into the final series.
Red Sox vs. Baltimore
Tampa vs. Yankees
Angels still creepin - 2.5 out going into today (could be 1 out going into last series).

MDS

the red sox choke is almost too good to be true

Zero hour, Michael. It's the end of the line. I'm the firstborn. I'm sick of playing second fiddle. I'm always third in line for everything. I'm tired of finishing fourth. Being the fifth wheel. There are six things I'm mad about, and I'm taking over.

Geowhizzer

Sox already down 3-0 in the first inning.

ice grillin you

Quote from: MDS on September 25, 2011, 04:55:52 PM
the red sox choke is almost too good to be true

better than the dream team not even making the ws?
i can take a phrase thats rarely heard...flip it....now its a daily word

igy gettin it done like warrick

im the board pharmacist....always one step above yous

Eagles_Legendz

one is currently happening.  the other will probably happen later, but no reason to get preemptive bitching in about it.  plenty of time to complain in a few weeks.

MDS

Quote from: ice grillin you on September 25, 2011, 11:51:55 PM
Quote from: MDS on September 25, 2011, 04:55:52 PM
the red sox choke is almost too good to be true

better than the dream team not even making the ws?

actually they are as close as there is to a lock to win the world series

Zero hour, Michael. It's the end of the line. I'm the firstborn. I'm sick of playing second fiddle. I'm always third in line for everything. I'm tired of finishing fourth. Being the fifth wheel. There are six things I'm mad about, and I'm taking over.

Don Ho

Quote from: MDS on September 25, 2011, 04:55:52 PM
the red sox choke is almost too good to be true

One of the few times in my life I cheered for the Yankees.
"Well where does Jack Lord live, or Don Ho?  That's got to be a nice neighborhood"  Jack Singer(Nicholas Cage) in Honeymoon in Vegas.

Geowhizzer

Red Sox managed to come back and win the nightcap.  1 up with 3 to go over the Rays.

BigEd76


MDS

so he pitches his best game of the year the day he rids himself of his cancer stricken wife

god certainly exists, doesnt he?
Zero hour, Michael. It's the end of the line. I'm the firstborn. I'm sick of playing second fiddle. I'm always third in line for everything. I'm tired of finishing fourth. Being the fifth wheel. There are six things I'm mad about, and I'm taking over.