ENOUGH!

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote:

> And they beat Sunderland.
>
> Who, by the way, scored in the Moor pit, or whatever the hell that pitch is
> called.
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> Something ManU was unable to accomplish.
>
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>>   Burnley beat Manchester United in their first home game in England's
>> top division in 33 years. It's the equivalent of some small college beating
>> Duke in the NCAA basketball tournament.
>>
>> --- On *Thu, 9/24/09, Beaudoin, John <[email protected]>* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Beaudoin, John <[email protected]>
>> Subject: RE: Winning the Wildcard
>> To: [email protected]
>> Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 2:10 PM
>>
>>
>>  Burnly just beat someone a week or so ago and it was fantastic.  They’d
>> gotten crushed the week before.  And their fans were crazy happy.  They’d
>> just come up this season.
>>
>>
>>
>> ****************************
>>
>> John Paul Beaudoin, Sr.
>>
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>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>> [email protected] ] *On Behalf Of *Matt & Olga McSorley
>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:40 PM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Re: Winning the Wildcard
>>
>>
>>
>> Relegation also takes away any incentive to lose, as teams have now with
>> the draft order inversely related to finish. I'd love to see that happen
>> here but there's no way in hell in will.
>>
>>
>>
>> As anyone who's seen European futbol knows, the best and most tense games
>> of the season are the ones between the relegation strugglers at the end.
>> Those games are truly life or death.
>>
>>
>>
>> -- Matt
>>
>> --- On *Thu, 9/24/09, Ray Salemi <[email protected]>* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Ray Salemi <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: Winning the Wildcard
>> To: [email protected]
>> Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 1:32 PM
>>
>> I say we make a new superleague.
>>
>> Yankees, Boston , LA , Mets, and a couple of other big markets.
>>
>> Then you get relegated out of that league down to regular MLB.
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Beaudoin, John 
>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> The whole relegation mantra is awesome.  I love it.  Then the AAA
>> affiliates would be privatized and have a chance to move up from time to
>> time as the KC’s and Expo’s of the world get relegated.
>>
>>
>>
>> Interleague play lost its gimmicky luster very quickly.  Get rid of it for
>> another generation and then maybe bring it back again.
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>>
>> *From:* 
>> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>[mailto:
>> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>]
>> *On Behalf Of *Ray Salemi
>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:15 PM
>>
>>
>> *To:* 
>> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: Winning the Wildcard
>>
>>
>>
>> Relegation is a hoot.
>>
>> That would be another interesting twist to MLB.  A six-team league with
>> the bottom team relegated to the regular pool.
>>
>> Let the revenue elephants fight it out.
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 1:12 PM, William Marino 
>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I don’t think its fewer interleague games, I think it would be better
>> interleague games.  Sox vs. Dodgers, Phillies, Cardinals, Cubbies, Mets,
>> etc, would all be great series.  Then, though, I guess it starts to look
>> like a premier league, like EU soccer.
>>
>>
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>>
>> *From:* 
>> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>[mailto:
>> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>]
>> *On Behalf Of *Tom Salemi
>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:05 PM
>>
>>
>> *To:* 
>> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: Winning the Wildcard
>>
>>
>>
>> Again, that's why I'd favor fewer interleague games. I could get amped up
>> with a home/away serise against the phillies (assuming the mets were the
>> regular rivals of the yanks)
>>
>>
>>
>> it's too random now to generate much excitement.
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:28 PM, William Marino 
>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I like interleague play for two reasons:  first, it creates new
>> opportunities for rivalries.  Some of them would be geographic, like the
>> Nats and O’s (of course, it would be helpful if the teams didn’t suck), and
>> others that seem like they just should happen—wouldn’t a Cubs- Red Sox
>> rivalry be interesting?  Admittedly, this has not gotten as much traction as
>> I would have thought.  The second reason is that it provides so much data
>> about how much better the American League is than the National League.  That
>> needs to be addressed for the long-term health of the game, and interleague
>> play stats make that point.
>>
>>
>>
>> Btw, not sure wild card winners would fair as well as division champs in
>> the WS.  Wild card teams have only one 4 out of 28 times (including both
>> leagues).  How do the division champions stats look, anyone know?
>>
>>
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>>
>> *From:* 
>> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>[mailto:
>> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>]
>> *On Behalf Of *tomsalemi
>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:17 PM
>> *To:* 
>> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: Winning the Wildcard
>>
>>
>>
>> not sure about the tournament, but i agree with interleague play. or at
>> least limit it to one or two series.
>>
>>
>>
>> plus, since the NHL is so keen on playing hockey in baseball stadiums. I
>> think MLB should schedule some games on a hockey rink. Think of the hijinks!
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:06 PM, rdsalemi 
>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> 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]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[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.
>>
>>
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>>
>> *From:* 
>> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>[mailto:
>> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>]
>> *On Behalf Of *Steve Gendron
>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:29 AM
>> *To:* 
>> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[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?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> *From:* 
>> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>[mailto:
>> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>]
>> *On Behalf Of *Ray Salemi
>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:08 AM
>> *To:* 
>> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[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
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