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Buck Showalter's MLB realignment idea
Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:16 am
Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:16 am
He says that they should take away the American League and National League and put them all under the same name, the MLB.
He says to contract two teams, so we would be down to 28. Then, every team would play ever other team three times at home and three times away.
He got rid of the Marlins and the Rays, and said a decision would have to be made on the DH, whether to keep it or not.
His divisions... four 7-team divisions
Orioles
Yankees
Red Sox
Mets
Phillies
Nationals
Blue Jays
Diamondbacks
Angels
Dodgers
Athletics
Padres
Giants
Mariners
Cubs
White Sox
Reds
Indians
Brewers
Twins
Pirates
Braves
Rockies
Tigers
Astros
Royals
Cardinals
Rangers
He says they would be regional divisions, which would make traveling easier. So it keeps the Rangers from having to be in the west even though they are in the central part of the US, and so on.
But this makes no sense because you are going to be playing all of the other teams the same amount of times. So I don't get it.
Terrible idea. You fail Buck.
He says to contract two teams, so we would be down to 28. Then, every team would play ever other team three times at home and three times away.
He got rid of the Marlins and the Rays, and said a decision would have to be made on the DH, whether to keep it or not.
His divisions... four 7-team divisions
Orioles
Yankees
Red Sox
Mets
Phillies
Nationals
Blue Jays
Diamondbacks
Angels
Dodgers
Athletics
Padres
Giants
Mariners
Cubs
White Sox
Reds
Indians
Brewers
Twins
Pirates
Braves
Rockies
Tigers
Astros
Royals
Cardinals
Rangers
He says they would be regional divisions, which would make traveling easier. So it keeps the Rangers from having to be in the west even though they are in the central part of the US, and so on.
But this makes no sense because you are going to be playing all of the other teams the same amount of times. So I don't get it.
Terrible idea. You fail Buck.
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Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:18 am to BayouBengals03
quote:
Cubs
White Sox
Reds
Indians
Brewers
Twins
Pirates
I'm all for this...what a shitty division.
Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:18 am to BayouBengals03
quote:
He got rid of the Marlins and the Rays
You know what? frick this guy.
Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:19 am to BayouBengals03
quote:
Braves
Rockies
Tigers
Astros
Royals
Cardinals
Rangers
shitty division imo
Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:21 am to BayouBengals03
i agree what a shitty idea. and why get rid of marlins and the rays. so shitty, they are two good teams. get rid of two teams that aren't worth a shite. why doesn't get rid of the pirates or the nationals. piece of shite.
Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:22 am to BayouBengals03
quote:
Braves
Rockies
Tigers
Astros
Royals
Cardinals
Rangers
I love it!!!!
Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:22 am to lsusportsman2
The A's and Rays should go IMO. But if you were going to take one from each league it should be the A's and Nationals.
Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:22 am to BayouBengals03
quote:
He says they would be regional divisions, which would make traveling easier. So it keeps the Rangers from having to be in the west even though they are in the central part of the US, and so on.
Yet, he puts the Rockies in a division with a bunch of teams from the central and eastern time zones.
This post was edited on 8/23/09 at 12:24 am
Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:23 am to rondo
quote:
shitty division imo
no it's not.
Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:23 am to BayouBengals03
I'm all for a realignment but don't think Florida should lose both teams. Plus the Cards should be in the same division with the White Sox and Cubs since STL is close to Chitown, good for the teams and fans. You can also throw the Royals, Twins and Brewers in that division.
Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:24 am to medtiger
quote:
Yet, he puts the Rockies in a division with a bunch of teams from the central and easter time zones.
The other three divisions are perfect. So I think it's obvious that he did the other three first, and then just had 7 teams left over and was like frick it.
Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:24 am to bayou2003
quote:
Plus the Cards should be in the same division with the White Sox and Cubs since STL is close to Chitown, good for the teams and fans.
But under this plan, each team plays every other team 6 times in a year, so it really doesn't matter.
quote:
The other three divisions are perfect. So I think it's obvious that he did the other three first, and then just had 7 teams left over and was like frick it.
Agreed, so to fix it, he should contract the Rays and A's, put the Rockies out west in the A's place, then put the Marlins in the East where the Rockies currently are.
This post was edited on 8/23/09 at 12:27 am
Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:25 am to medtiger
quote:
But under this plan, each team plays every other team 6 times in a year, so it really doesn't matter.
Exactly, so having fricking regional divisions makes no fricking difference anyway.
Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:26 am to BayouBengals03
So what about the all star game?
US vs. World?
US vs. World?
Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:29 am to lsu31always
Idk that would be sweet.
ETA: this was clearly just a filler on baseball tonight.
ETA: this was clearly just a filler on baseball tonight.
This post was edited on 8/23/09 at 12:30 am
Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:30 am to BayouBengals03
The unbalanced schedule is the only fair way to determine a division winner. Over the course of a baseball season, if you play a team 15-18 times, the better team will end up winning most of those games. But if you only play a team 6 times, the time of the year each team happens to play each other could make a big difference in the outcome. For example, team A could play team B 6 times in April when team A's best hitter and best pitcher are on the DL, but team C could play team A 6 times in September when those players are back healthy. If you play 18 times spread fairly evenly throughout the year, this can be avoided most of the time.
Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:32 am to lsu31always
World would own US in all-star game, I am not sure they have enough roster space for everyone one that could be on World team.
Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:32 am to lsu31always
quote:
So what about the all star game?
Oh shite, what would Bud Selig do about the home field advantage in the World Series??
Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:32 am to medtiger
quote:
For example, team A could play team B 6 times in April when team A's best hitter and best pitcher are on the DL, but team C could play team A 6 times in September when those players are back healthy.
Well, unless they are idiots two teams would never play each other within a 2 month span.
Posted on 8/23/09 at 12:33 am to medtiger
Showalter said best record would have home field.
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