I'm sorry, even though I am a Brewers fan, no one from the NL deserves to go. just take a second wildcard. You should have to finish at least ten above .500
2007-09-28 05:22:48 · 15 answers · asked by brewers07 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
I'm assuming you meant no one from the NL Central. If you win your decision you win the right to represent in the playoffs, some years its gonna happen even tho you are right and it does suck. The team most affected this year will be whoever doesn't win the wildcard because they will have a better record than the NL Central winner. What was the Cardinals record last season? and they won it all. I wish there was something else that could be done.
2007-09-28 05:29:26 · answer #1 · answered by whoppy_24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad idea. There is a lot of parity in Baseball, and an 86 win season is not bad at all. There has always been talk that eventually someone will win a division with a sub .500 record, but that hasnt happened yet and whea and if it does it will be a rarity. The current system isnt bad. This isnt the NBA or the NHL. You still have 4 races even at this late date in the NL and the scramble for best record in the AL is still a race...Things are fine the way it is
2007-09-28 15:29:33 · answer #2 · answered by allenmontana 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No i don't think there should be. How can you say no one from the NL deserves to go? St. Louis won the whole thing last year after barely finishing with a winning record. I think when teams do that it makes October and the playoffs more special. It shows that once you make it to the playoffs, the regular season doesn't mean a thing. In football, they often say anyone can beat anyone on any given sunday. I think last year St. Louis showed that baseball is becoming that way too.
2007-09-28 14:04:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's a terrible idea. Theoretically every team could end up with a .500 record, then what? You have a playoff system to enter a playoff system? Either way it's possible that no team would end up 10 games over .500, so under this requirement there'd be no playoffs. I know the scenario is unlikely to happen, but the fact that it could and then you'd have a year without playoffs is enough to justify the current way teams get into the playoffs. I also agree with the other answerers who cited the '06 Cardinals and their regular season record.
2007-09-28 13:28:25 · answer #4 · answered by mplsundin 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Have to agree with the others. The Cardinals were 83-78 last year and ended up winning it all. Just because a team is not built for the regular season doesn't mean it is also not built for the playoffs. I think the fact that the best regular season team doesn't always win makes the playoffs a lot more entertaining.
2007-09-28 12:35:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to say that it is a bad idea.
1) As noted, why is 86 the cut-off? That's not so hot, either. But if you made it 100, NOBODY would advance this year.
2) It's set up that if you win you are in. Maybe that takes 82 games, maybe 112.
3) If they really don't "deserve" to go, they'll lose quickly...don't tell last year's Cardinals or the 87 Twins.
2007-09-28 13:28:01 · answer #6 · answered by Bucky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well we all the NL central sucks. I dont think the playoffs should be changed at all. I do think they need to take someone out of the NL central and put them in the AL west. Maybe say Houston or even St. Louis. Its just weird to have 6 in one and 4 in the other.
2007-09-28 13:51:54 · answer #7 · answered by josh_huth 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think MLB should adapt a playoff system similiar to the NBA and NHL.
Since baseball sends 4 teams per league, I say you just send the four best teams from each side, seed them 1-4 based on record. The first round would feature NL1 vs NL4 and NL2 vs NL3. Same on the AL side. The eventual NL winner plays the eventual AL winner for the World Series.
2007-09-28 12:34:48 · answer #8 · answered by r u serious? 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
st louis won the world series last year with bearly a winning regular season record so no i dont think there should be any requirement if the best cant get it in gear for the playoffs they deserve to lose
2007-09-28 12:29:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not a good idea, and what is so magical about finishing ten above .500? Why not eight above or twelve above?
2007-09-28 12:59:29 · answer #10 · answered by Frizzer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋