A modest proposal for re-alignment of MLB

I've seen a lot of terrible plans for re-alignment, so I decided to publish a better one. I think the best way to get a system that works well for players, owners and fans is to return to two divisions per league, with three playoff teams from each division.

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We should eat the players of the worst teams in the leagues.

by Natto on Jun 20, 2011 12:08 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs

You know I really really don’t like to be rude or dismissive of anybody’s hard work, but I honestly have to say that I hate this proposal virulently. I almost think it could kill off my desire to follow the baseball season if it were enacted. Just for one thing, I greatly dislike the move to 10 playoff teams (even for a one game play in, which I assume would soon become a series), so fo rme, leaping to 12 postseason, teams is just the stake through the heart of any purpose or meaning that the regular season could possibly have. And if the regular season has no meaning, then I lose any passion for following the post-season. So yeah, you’ve got one extremely strong No vote, here.

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by Roger on Jun 20, 2011 2:57 PM PDT reply actions

What he said.

by KrazyKrabMeat on Jun 20, 2011 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions

It’s cool, Roger. I don’t see anything rude or dismissive in your reply. I agree that baseball’s regular season is diminished by additional playoff teams. I would like my proposal more if there were two playoff teams from each of my four divisions, and I would really love my proposal if only the division winners made the playoffs.

I was operating under the premise that MLB WILL expand the number of playoff teams in the next couple of years, and a proposal that killed unbalanced scheduling for division rivals was being considered. My post is more of a reaction to those scenarios (which I truly despise) and I was trying to imagine a scenario where winning the division was still meaningful with expanded playoffs.

As for the hard work that went into the page I linked to, well let’s just say I haven’t had this much of a summer vacation for a while and I’m still coming to grips with how I’ll use it. An hour spent on Sunday night writing up an idea that I drafted in a fit of procrastination last week doesn’t carry too much emotional investment. In hindsight, if I really did intend to end a year and a half of lurking on MCC and start contributing something, I could have made an effort to come up with something that would be more relevant to what Giants fans have control over and care about.

Love that this team won the world series, but favorite Giants team of all time is still the '93 team.

by drg137 on Jun 20, 2011 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions

I think I'm at the point

where the “back to the future” idea of just ditching divisions entirely and going back to “leagues”. Then they can monkey around with letting as many .500 ballclubs into the playoffs as they want, at least until total irrelevancy is achieved.

But at least it will return some semblance of league play to the proceedings, rather than 500 games against NL West teams and more games (or equal games) against the stupid A’s as against NL teams.

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by natteringnabob on Jun 21, 2011 6:00 AM PDT reply actions