On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Brad Beam <[email protected]> wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Hass" <[email protected]> > > > Just to agree with this wholeheartedly: I think this is the first change >> to a postseason by *any* of the big four leagues to improve both the >> postseason *and* the regular season. The NHL and NBA have pointless regular >> seasons; the NFL has suddenly had low-seeded teams that win the Super Bowl. >> > > And even better, last night we learned that the infield-fly rule applies > to outfielders as well.... > I can sympathize - though as a cold hearted outsider I also have to point out that this is the price teams will now play for only being a wild card, and not a division winner. If the Braves had won their division, then they could not have been kicked out of the post-season on the basis of a single bad call or break; they would be in a 5 game series, where bad calls and bad breaks have a better chance of evening out. This is a good thing - in baseball, if you want to have the best chance to get to the World Series, you have to win your division. As to Terry's point (not captured above, but in the original) I do see the attractions of inter-league play (one of my dirtiest pleasures is that I usually go to at least one Bay-Bridge regular season series game each year, and I do get a kick out of seeing the Giants play the Yankees). But this is part of what is wrong with inter-league play; we (fans) should not just get what we want, have our desires pandered too. If you are a Royals fan you might really want to see your team play the Cardinals - but the only way to see that should be (short of perhaps some spring training promotion) should be for their team to get good enough to get to the World Series. That is the discipline of the game. As Tom Hanks famous said (in one of the great lines from any movie): "It's supposed to be hard; if it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it...great!" Baseball celebrates and teaches us patience and discipline - not short cuts to getting what makes us feel good. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" 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/tvornottv?hl=en
