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Norris wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:
numbers wrote:
Can someone refresh me on the new playoff format?
3 division winners and 3 wild cards. In the WC round, Division Winner #3 plays WC #3, WC #1 and WC #2 play, and the two division winners with the best record get a bye to the divisional round.
The WC round is a best-of-3 series. I honestly don't know if the divisional round is still best of 5 or best of 7; I assume it's the former.
Also, no more play-in games for any position--if teams are tied, they go to tiebreakers (head-to-head, common opponents, etc.).
What a dumb system.
when they go to extra innings does the guy who gets put as a runner on 2nd base run in his socks or is he barefoot?
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:44 pm Posts: 9185 Location: Franklin, MA
Simple Torture wrote:
numbers wrote:
Can someone refresh me on the new playoff format?
3 division winners and 3 wild cards. In the WC round, Division Winner #3 plays WC #3, WC #1 and WC #2 play, and the two division winners with the best record get a bye to the divisional round.
The WC round is a best-of-3 series. I honestly don't know if the divisional round is still best of 5 or best of 7; I assume it's the former.
Also, no more play-in games for any position--if teams are tied, they go to tiebreakers (head-to-head, common opponents, etc.).
Can the wild cards all come from the same division? Or is just the top 2 teams in each division?
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19720 Location: Cumberland, RI
numbers wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:
numbers wrote:
Can someone refresh me on the new playoff format?
3 division winners and 3 wild cards. In the WC round, Division Winner #3 plays WC #3, WC #1 and WC #2 play, and the two division winners with the best record get a bye to the divisional round.
The WC round is a best-of-3 series. I honestly don't know if the divisional round is still best of 5 or best of 7; I assume it's the former.
Also, no more play-in games for any position--if teams are tied, they go to tiebreakers (head-to-head, common opponents, etc.).
Can the wild cards all come from the same division? Or is just the top 2 teams in each division?
Yes, the wild cards can all come from the same division. I think I mean to add that.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:44 pm Posts: 9185 Location: Franklin, MA
I'm glad that it will be easier for the Red Sox to make the playoffs now, but I hate this. If this many teams make the playoffs, why are we still playing 162 games?
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:44 pm Posts: 9185 Location: Franklin, MA
Yeah, don’t understand the need to play this many games now. When 4 teams made the playoffs it made perfect sense, now that it’s 12, you are getting into the same territory as the meaningless NBA regular season.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19720 Location: Cumberland, RI
Also, let's keep our eyes on Ceddanne Rafaela. Everything I had heard coming into this year was that he was a glove-first prospect who could use it as a carrying tool. This year, split between Greenville and Portland, he has the most extra-base hits in professional baseball.
Also, let's keep our eyes on Ceddanne Rafaela. Everything I had heard coming into this year was that he was a glove-first prospect who could use it as a carrying tool. This year, split between Greenville and Portland, he has the most extra-base hits in professional baseball.
I had to google him and found this, looks like he is here to stay:
The 5-foot-8 utility man is slashing .324/.360/.981 with 14 home runs and 50 runs batted in across 60 games this season. He is eligible for the Rule 5 draft this Dec. if the Red Sox decide not to add him to the 40-man roster, something that is becoming ever-more unlikely.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19720 Location: Cumberland, RI
Hype train. Clemens recently gushed about him. I guess his innings count might be an issue (most he's thrown in a year is 117, and he's already at 85 this year).
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:44 pm Posts: 9185 Location: Franklin, MA
I am once again asking Chaim Bloom to set aside his pride and acquire an actual major league first baseman that can catch the balls that are thrown to him.
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