MLB World Series 2018: Eh. Dodgers/Boston. Eh.
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Damn, it sounds like I'm missing a great Dodgers/Brewers game. I still don't have power because of Hurricane Michael. 
One is the same reason we haven't gotten to 8 playoff teams in college football, resistance to change. Also there's tradition of short playoffs and needing to win your division to get in, and I think the MLB knows that statistically, there would be a whole lot of 8 over 1 upsets if that happened, because (In most seasons, not this one) the difference in win percentage between a 1 and 8 seed is the same as the difference between a 1 and 3 seed in other sports.
Five thirty eight uses the same rating system for baseball, basketball and football. In each of these, 1500 is defined as the average team, and the same point difference makes the odds of winning in a matchup.
Top team in baseball: 1609
Top team in football at the end of last season: 1724
Top team in basketball at end of last season: 1783
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To be fair, basketball & hockey are indoor sports that let, what, 16 total teams (some sub-500) into the playoffs?
Even now, baseball runs too far into cold weather to get through the post-season we have. More teams would mean a shorter regular season or pushing into mid to late November.
I'd rather have a best of 3 wild card than more playoff teams.
I'd just like to see someone other than Boston, Yankees or Dodgers.
So? If you want other teams in the playoffs, let them get better first.
The more teams you have in the posteason, the more diluted it gets.
In baseball the more teams you have in the postseason, the more it turns into a spitball. 
More playoff teams isn't the answer. NFL-style revenue sharing is.
The Mets seem to be a bit of a dumpster fire, with no real plan or idea of what they want in their next GM. Apparently, there is some internal disagreement with Fred Wilpon wanting a "baseball man" and Jeff (his son) wanting someone analytics inclined. There is also a sense that no one is sure if the new GM will even have full control of baseball decisions.
Because baseball is historically up its own ass regarding "transition" and is generally resistant to change.
As it is, I think the current system is perfect. I love the WC1 / WC2 play-in games, because they give a chance to a team that might have just so happened to have a historic season like the 2001 Mariners, so why should they be denied a chance to have a postseason chance just because they happened to play in the same division?
The MLBPA floats a shorter season every time the CBA gets re-opened, and the league's response is the same every single time: "Sure, we'd love to play a shorter season! But it would mean across-the-board cuts in salaries and benefits, so those contracts you all have would suddenly mean spit."
Or just let the big spenders keep buying players.
Revenue sharing might work, but the current system of "penalizing" high spenders with a luxury tax doesn't dissuade them from doing it.
Um, what exactly determines which pitcher gets the win?
I always thought if was whichever pitcher was omin the game when the team went ahead for the last time. But if that were true Price would have his first postseason win. What exactly are the rules?
Wins might be MLB’s most meaningless stat.
I always thought if was whichever pitcher was omin the game when the team went ahead for the last time. But if that were true Price would have his first postseason win. What exactly are the rules?
Wins might be MLB’s most meaningless stat.
The starting pitcher is required to pitch five full innings in order to eligible for the win, even if the lead doesn't change after he leaves the game. Price only pitched 4.2 innings, so he just missed the mark. Barnes was the next pitcher in the game and the lead didn't change, so he got the win. Dumb, I agree, but those are the rules.
And yes, along with losses, wins are the most meaningless stat and I really, really, really wish people stopped relying on them.
And yes, along with losses, wins are the most meaningless stat and I really, really, really wish people stopped relying on them.
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