I would still like to get rid of interleague play, and have a set of midseason regional round-robin tournaments instead. It would give folks two championships to shoot for.
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Beaudoin, John <[email protected]>wrote: > Let’s not forget the 1987 Twins winning it all with a regular season > record of 85-77, 52 losses on the road, 25 losses at home. No wild card > back then, but still a .525 team won it all. Compare that to the Sox record > of 98-64 in 2004. 13 games different in the regular season. > > > > Let’s face it. The Wild Card was really the only way to go when the league > expanded beyond 14 teams. Sure there’s more revenue in the extended > play-off rounds, but it just had to happen after 14 teams anyway. It was > the right thing to do. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Steve Gendron > *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:29 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: Winning the Wildcard > > > > I know baseball purists hate it, but I really like the wildcard system, and > I think it is good for baseball. It keeps many more teams engaged as the > season winds down, and as you suggest, the second place team in a strong > division is often a better playoff contender than division winners. How > many wildcard entries have won the world series? Angels back in 2002 (I > think), Sox in 2004. Have there been others? > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ray Salemi > *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:08 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Winning the Wildcard > > There has always been part of me that says, "Ho hum, another wildcard. I > guess it will have to do." > > Then I realized that the wildcard race is actually quite difficult to win. > It hearkens back to the days of old when you were competing against the > entire league in the standings, and you could not hide behind a weak > division. > > -- > Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity in > Just 12 Weeks" > www.leadingafteralayoff.com > > > <BR > > > > > -- Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity in Just 12 Weeks" www.leadingafteralayoff.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
