2024 Postseason Thread

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12:36p, 10/10/24
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This new playoff format favors the WC teams and penalizes the division winners in two ways:

1. It forces the lowest-seeded division winner to play a short 3-game series where anything can happen.
2. The rest for the top seeds in each league is nice BUT it takes them out of rhythm.

There is no respect given to winning divisions. It used to be a major, major feat. Now with the expanded playoffs, it means very little.

Baseball is a rhythm and repetition game. The byes seem to penalize the top teams because it breaks their rhythm. It breaks the repetition.

MLB needs to fix it.

Here's what I would suggest to MLB (not that they would give a ****):

4 WC teams and 3 division winners per league make the playoffs.

The 4 WC teams would play each other in one game WC games to determine the 4th team in the actual playoffs. So, in the AL this year the seeding would be BAL (1), KC (2), DET (3) and SEA (4).

Under the system after the season:

Travel Day
BAL (1) vs SEA (4) in a one-game playoff.
KC (2) vs DET (6) in a one-game playoff.
Travel Day
WC winners play one-game playoff to determine 4th seed of overall league playoffs. Say BAL and KC won their games, they'd play each other in one-game. The winner would play the highest-seeded division winner.
Travel Day

So, under the system, the ALDS would have been:

(1) NYY vs (4) BAL/KC/DET/or SEA
(2)CLE vs (3) HOU

The layoff would be five days for the division winners -- similar to the All-Star Break.

Also, expand the LDS to 7 games. That way the division winners can get an additional opportunity to get back into rhythm.

This system basically gets you three Game 7s BEFORE the real playoffs start.




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12:49p, 10/10/24
Agree!

It all depends if the purpose of the playoffs is to determine who is the best team.....or if you're trying to identify the most entertainment value and profit.

In my mind, if a wild card team win 10 fewer games in the regular season than division winners, then we don't need them in the playoffs because they weren't really that good.

Just keep throwing more layers and rounds and the best teams will stumble eventually
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6:42p, 10/10/24
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At Kaufman tonight!!!

Let's go Royals!!!
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7:16p, 10/10/24
Not a good start for Wacha tonight. But Judge helps with a double dip followed by a soft liner to get out of the T1 down only by a run.
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In reply to jkag89 • 7:31p, 10/10/24
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jkag89 said:
Not a good start for Wacha tonight. But Judge helps with a double dip followed by a soft liner to get out of the T1 down only by a run.
. 3 pitches, a double a single and a run…no not a good start.

I'll be surprised if Wacha makes 5 innings
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In reply to agracer • 7:33p, 10/10/24
I'm sure with this being a must win for the Royals a quick hook will be in order. Still he did a good job not letting it snowball into a big inning.
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8:16p, 10/10/24
The Guardians even the series with a 5-4 W.
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In reply to agracer • 8:20p, 10/10/24
In the long run you were correct. Wacha lifted after 4 2/3 after giving up a second run in the T5.

Damn Yankees 2
Royals 0
M5
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8:47p, 10/10/24
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LMBO at Cole getting in the middle of that. Ain't nobody scared of Kermit
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8:48p, 10/10/24
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Damn I hate the smug Yankees.
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8:48p, 10/10/24
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Cole is such a blow hard.

Sit down bus driver!
TO THE DROP ZONE!!!
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8:52p, 10/10/24
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There's one. C'mon Royals. Chase Cole here and it's a new game.
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8:54p, 10/10/24
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Everyone loves Salvy but you knew he was going to swing no matter what and he was going to get crap pitches…

At least they showed some life.
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In reply to jkag89 • 9:01p, 10/10/24
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jkag89 said:
The Guardians even the series with a 5-4 W.
David Fry following up his go ahead 2 run HR with that safety squeeze bunt was brilliant...I think.
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9:16p, 10/10/24
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3 pitches to the last two batters called balls that pitch track shows were strikes
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9:46p, 10/10/24
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Yuli w the last out.
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9:56p, 10/10/24
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We're going to have a Subway Series

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In reply to E • 6:47a, 10/11/24
E said:
We're going to have a Subway Series

Better than a NYY/LAD sereis.
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6:49a, 10/11/24
Only the one game tonight
Final: Friars 0 - Effin' Dodgers 2 (LAD take the series 3-2)
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8:21a, 10/11/24
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Everyone that hates the Astros, I hope y'all enjoy NYY/LAD.
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In reply to Kashchei • 9:28a, 10/11/24
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Kashchei said:
Everyone that hates the Astros, I hope y'all enjoy NYY/LAD.


It would be a fun series. The games will be great, but the promos and announcing will be insufferable.

Still pulling for the Pahds to somehow pull it off tonight.
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10:18a, 10/11/24
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Bummed the Royals season is over. They didn't play very good baseball over the last six weeks or so, which is a shame. They were a better team most of this season then they were at the end.
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In reply to dabo man • 11:11a, 10/11/24
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I'm bummed Will Smith's streak came to an end.
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11:19a, 10/11/24
Only possible good from the Yankees advancing is getting to see the continued post-season futility of Aaron Judge.

He continues his torrid playoff pace with a 2-13 performance (.154 BA) and a .620 OPS.
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In reply to dabo man • 11:41a, 10/11/24
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dabo man said:
Bummed the Royals season is over. They didn't play very good baseball over the last six weeks or so, which is a shame. They were a better team most of this season then they were at the end.


Vinny getting hurt really killed the offense.

Royals need to find a left fielder. Melendez is a phenomenal athlete they moved from catcher to LF, but his defense isn't good enough to overcome his terrible hitting. I don't recall him throwing out a single runner all season.

Season exceeded everyone's expectations so can't complain to much except losing to the Yankees.
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7:41p, 10/11/24
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What kind of weird bump stuff did that LA guy just do? That looked a gay
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8:17p, 10/11/24
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21 straight scoreless innings for the Padres. Simply incredible.
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8:54p, 10/11/24
Padres are puckering up. They're not having near as much fun as they did earlier in the series.
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9:02p, 10/11/24
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San Diego bats went ice cold at the wrong time
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In reply to tjack16 • 9:18p, 10/11/24
Seems like we've experienced that ourselves.
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9:20p, 10/11/24
I thought the Effin' Dodgers might be able to hit well enough to take this series but it has been the pitching in these last two games. Very surprised.
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9:35p, 10/11/24
Detroit is the only remaining team that I don't want to break off and fall into the ocean
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9:37p, 10/11/24
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Yankees vs Dodgers World Series incoming
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9:39p, 10/11/24
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Holy f bomb from Hernandez
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In reply to AgRyan04 • 9:42p, 10/11/24
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AgRyan04 said:
Detroit is the only remaining team that I don't want to break off and fall into the ocean


Detroit

(Big gap)

Cleveland

(Really big gap)
Mets


(7th Circle of Hell)
freakin' Dodgers
damn Yankees
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