Well, placement in the standings does account for something in baseball although homefield advantage simply doesn't mean as much. (And Tampa Bay was playing meaningful games in September along with Texas.)
But we're migrating into larger structural shortcomings (or differences) between baseball and football. A salary cap isn't going to make June games any more or less meaningful for lousy or underperforming games. Baseball simply isn't designed to put as much emphasis on individual games. It's always been more about the bigger picture. On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the bigger question is not how many teams make the playoffs, but > how many teams are playing meaningful games throughout the season. > > The NFL has handled this by making the regular season record the key to > placement in the playoffs. Our recent debacle against the Colts made it > likely that the Pats will not be hosting the AFC championship game. There > are meaningful games in the NFL all the way up until week 17. > > On the other hand, I would argue that Baltimore, Toronto, and Tampa Bay > will probably not even have meaningful games in April. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
