TVs worst nightmare

[oujour76]

Oct 24, 2022 13:11:26 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

Oct 22, 2022 9:40:50 GMT -5 daleko said:

ok. please lead me to where the $5 beers are at progressive field, because those bastards keep hiding them from me.

Apparently they've seen you drink and don't want to lose money.

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Oct 20, 2022 17:38:12 GMT -5 Walter said:

Oct 20, 2022 17:10:23 GMT -5 daleko said:

I remember well '06 here in St L  the Cards (83-78) who went on to win it all. Maybe the reg season gives you the seedings and nothing more. While providing the necessary funding to pay for teams that are in the playoffs and not.

While it isn't a direct parallel. Think March Madness. I'm sure 'Cuse in '91, Meatchicken in '90, MSU in '16, Kantucky in '22, Georgetown in '13 and how about Virginia in '18, just to name a few of the many games that make it called March Madness, will all ask the same Q. And in their case it was a one and done. One and DONE. Some of the scrubs go on to fame by winning a couple/three more (St Peters comes to mind) but for some a win in that opening weekend becomes a story handed down forever.

You will always have instances where a Cinderella team wins it all. That's part of sports.
But you don't have to cater to the idea.
There are 750 people, roughly, playing MLB. All of them are uber-talented. Any one of them can go off and change the outcome of a series.
But if you're going to give average teams a shot at all the marbles, then hell, give the bad ones the same opportunity. Give the Nats a shot. Give the Royals a shot. Heck, the Pirates and Nats both swept 3 game series against the Dodgers in LA., so anything is possible.
OR......reward the best teams for grinding through 162 games and coming out on top.

late to this thread but i don't think you can call the players on san diego/philadelphia average.   both teams have lots of talent.  juan soto, manny machado, bryce harper, jt realmuto, etc.  phillies/padres top 2 starters are as good as any in mlb.  

phillies were 6 games under 500 and 12 games behind the division leader when they fired their manager around memorial day.  they lost the division by 14 games and finished 12 games above 500 so they have been playing pretty good baseball most of the season.  and they were w/o bryce harper for a majority of the season due to a thumb injury.  he just came back a few weeks before the end of the season.  

[mscott59]

Oct 24, 2022 14:45:00 GMT -5 Walter said:

Oct 24, 2022 13:08:51 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

thing is, you could argue that getting a week off after the regular season ends is not always a good thing, too. baseball players, more than any other pro sport, are creatures of daily habits in terms of playing.

Begs the Q: Game 1 of the WS isn't until Friday...WHY?

why? because tv doesn't observe sports; tv orchestrates sports. it had to be planned out over 2 weekends, as opposed to possibly moving other programming around if both lcs's ended early.