Am I the only person who likes the wild card game

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Am I the only person who likes the wild card game 

Post#1 » by Yankeeknickfan » Wed Oct 1, 2014 8:54 pm

It makes winning your division more important and has more teams playing meaningful games in September
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Re: Am I the only person who likes the wild card game 

Post#2 » by Quake Griffin » Thu Oct 2, 2014 4:00 am

no. you're not.

1) makes winning you're division more important.
2) as a part of number 1, being a WC doesnt come with the same privileges as winning the division like it used to.

in football u play an extra game. i see no problem with it here and to make them play 2 out of 3 for the wild card isn't feasible to me.
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Re: Am I the only person who likes the wild card game 

Post#3 » by Rafael122 » Thu Oct 2, 2014 1:38 pm

It depends on what side of the coin you're on. If you're a team like the Pirates who were ahead of the Giants in the wild card and lost, then you're gonna say "well, if this were the old way, they would be in LA right now getting ready." I like it, but I could see why fans would hate it.
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Re: Am I the only person who likes the wild card game 

Post#4 » by High 5 » Thu Oct 2, 2014 3:50 pm

It adds some excitement to the sport (so would setting the ball on fire), but I still think it's stupid to have 162 games come down to one between two teams with different records.
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Re: Am I the only person who likes the wild card game 

Post#5 » by Quake Griffin » Thu Oct 2, 2014 3:52 pm

High 5 wrote:It adds some excitement to the sport (so would setting the ball on fire), but I still think it's stupid to have 162 games come down to one between two teams with different records.

what about the Giants last night?

3 years ago it would have come down to nothing for them. They would have just been at home.
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Re: Am I the only person who likes the wild card game 

Post#6 » by High 5 » Thu Oct 2, 2014 3:59 pm

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High 5 wrote:It adds some excitement to the sport (so would setting the ball on fire), but I still think it's stupid to have 162 games come down to one between two teams with different records.

what about the Giants last night?

3 years ago it would have come down to nothing for them. They would have just been at home.


And no one would have given it a second thought because they only won 88 games.
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Post#7 » by El Turco » Thu Oct 2, 2014 5:43 pm

uhh giants and pirates would've played an elimination game 3 years ago as well
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Re: Am I the only person who likes the wild card game 

Post#8 » by Higga » Thu Oct 2, 2014 6:09 pm

I like it. I think it'd be even better if it were a 3 game series that took place immediately after the regular season ended. Then make the NLDS and NLCS best of 7.
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Re: Am I the only person who likes the wild card game 

Post#9 » by Yankeeknickfan » Thu Oct 2, 2014 8:07 pm

Higga wrote:I like it. I think it'd be even better if it were a 3 game series that took place immediately after the regular season ended. Then make the NLDS and NLCS best of 7.

Wouldn't mind a best of 7 alds and cs
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Post#10 » by Geddy » Fri Oct 3, 2014 5:41 am

The wild card should be a best of 3 and the rest of the rounds should stay the same.
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Re: Am I the only person who likes the wild card game 

Post#11 » by Stanford » Fri Oct 3, 2014 3:20 pm

I hated it at first. I thought it would dilute the post season and bring it ever closer to basketball's mess of a playoffs. I also didn't like the fact that a superior team could lose out because of one bad game. It felt cheap.

But... I love it. It doesn't dilute the pool of teams at all, and gives September a playoff atmosphere throughout.

I'm gladly admitting I was wrong on this one.
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Post#12 » by Yankeeknickfan » Fri Oct 3, 2014 7:11 pm

Stanford wrote:I hated it at first. I thought it would dilute the post season and bring it ever closer to basketball's mess of a playoffs. I also didn't like the fact that a superior team could lose out because of one bad game. It felt cheap.

But... I love it. It doesn't dilute the pool of teams at all, and gives September a playoff atmosphere throughout.

I'm gladly admitting I was wrong on this one.

Let me guess you started liking it when the Giants won the game on Wednesday
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Re: Am I the only person who likes the wild card game 

Post#13 » by Stanford » Fri Oct 3, 2014 7:57 pm

Yankeeknickfan wrote:Let me guess


No. I won't let you guess anything.
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Re: Am I the only person who likes the wild card game 

Post#14 » by studcrackers » Fri Oct 3, 2014 8:29 pm

He's not wrong
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Re: Am I the only person who likes the wild card game 

Post#15 » by El Turco » Fri Oct 3, 2014 8:36 pm

Rafael122 wrote:It depends on what side of the coin you're on. If you're a team like the Pirates who were ahead of the Giants in the wild card and lost, then you're gonna say "well, if this were the old way, they would be in LA right now getting ready." I like it, but I could see why fans would hate it.


http://espn.go.com/mlb/standings/_/type/wild-card

am i reading these standings wrong? pirates and giants had the same record.
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Re: Am I the only person who likes the wild card game 

Post#16 » by Rafael122 » Fri Oct 3, 2014 8:40 pm

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Rafael122 wrote:It depends on what side of the coin you're on. If you're a team like the Pirates who were ahead of the Giants in the wild card and lost, then you're gonna say "well, if this were the old way, they would be in LA right now getting ready." I like it, but I could see why fans would hate it.


http://espn.go.com/mlb/standings/_/type/wild-card

am i reading these standings wrong? pirates and giants had the same record.


If I'm not mistaken, there wouldn't be a 1 game playoff, Pirates would advance through tiebreakers.
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Re: Am I the only person who likes the wild card game 

Post#17 » by El Turco » Fri Oct 3, 2014 8:47 pm

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Re: Am I the only person who likes the wild card game 

Post#18 » by TheKingofSting » Wed Oct 8, 2014 2:44 am

I love it bro!
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