nenad 358 Posted October 2, 2018 #51 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Pretty stupid rule that after 162 reg season games you don't have some tibreaker rules and you have to play one additional match just for seeding purposes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,852 Posted October 2, 2018 #52 Share Posted October 2, 2018 22 minuti fa, nenad ha scritto: Pretty stupid rule that after 162 reg season games you don't have some tibreaker rules and you have to play one additional match just for seeding purposes no, that's a great rule...this is the best way to create hype to the post-season... and it's always better to have a real game than using some unfair criteria (considered the fact that all the teams don't play the same number of games against each other during the RS)... as it is for the wild card games...they are highly unfair (a single elimination match after 162/163 RS games), but they are at the same time the most exciting moment of the playoffs (apart from possible games 5/7 in the division/league/world series)... by the way, October to me is one of the most beautiful months of the year...MLB playoffs + NHL start of the season...I just couldn't ask for more (only for what concerns my sports obsession, of course)... Topicmaster1010 and dcro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted October 2, 2018 #53 Share Posted October 2, 2018 3 minutes ago, phelps said: no, that's a great rule...this is the best way to create hype to the post-season... and it's always better to have a real game than using some unfair criteria (considered the fact that all the teams don't play the same number of games against each other during the RS)... That is stupid If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nenad 358 Posted October 2, 2018 #54 Share Posted October 2, 2018 1 hour ago, phelps said: no, that's a great rule...this is the best way to create hype to the post-season... and it's always better to have a real game than using some unfair criteria (considered the fact that all the teams don't play the same number of games against each other during the RS)... as it is for the wild card games...they are highly unfair (a single elimination match after 162/163 RS games), but they are at the same time the most exciting moment of the playoffs (apart from possible games 5/7 in the division/league/world series)... by the way, October to me is one of the most beautiful months of the year...MLB playoffs + NHL start of the season...I just couldn't ask for more (only for what concerns my sports obsession, of course)... I disagree, h2h record should decide, I mean they played like 20gms against each other and they need one more.. Wc gms also, Oakland have to fly all the way to NYC for a single elimination game.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,235 Posted October 2, 2018 #55 Share Posted October 2, 2018 3 hours ago, heywoodu said: That is stupid That's how it is in all of the Big 4 leagues in North America... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted October 2, 2018 #56 Share Posted October 2, 2018 1 hour ago, intoronto said: That's how it is in all of the Big 4 leagues in North America... I am aware of that. Doesn't make it any less stupid If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted October 2, 2018 #57 Share Posted October 2, 2018 1 minute ago, heywoodu said: I am aware of that. Doesn't make it any less stupid It's really not necessary for everything to be completely equal with 162 games... Same as in chess, where in those 200-player tournaments nobody plays everyone. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted October 2, 2018 #58 Share Posted October 2, 2018 (edited) 27 minutes ago, dcro said: It's really not necessary for everything to be completely equal with 162 games... Same as in chess, where in those 200-player tournaments nobody plays everyone. So have less games Come on, it can't be that difficult to make sure at least the handful of teams in division X have the same opponents, so they don't need some extra game because they can't break a tie after a ridiculous amount of games. Besides, like @nenad said, Cubs/Brewers and Dodgers/Rockies played each other 20 times this season. Surely there is a possiblity to break a tie there? Edited October 2, 2018 by heywoodu If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topicmaster1010 2,372 Posted October 2, 2018 #59 Share Posted October 2, 2018 (edited) Here's a breakdown of all the teams that were playing yesterday with a head to head comparison of their schedules. Team H2H ARI ATL CIN COL LAD MIA NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH CHW CLE DET KCR MIN Other Chicago Cubs 20 7 6 19 6 7 7 7 6 19 7 6 19 7 6 4 4 3 3 0 Milwaukee 20 6 7 19 7 7 7 7 6 19 6 7 19 6 3 4 3 4 6 0 The only significant difference is that the Cubs play the Chicago White Sox three more times that Milwaukee while Milwaukee plays Minnesota 3 more times. However, both are teams that weren't close to making the playoffs so they shouldn't affect their record too much. Every other opponent is either the same number of games or give or take one. Let's look at the other matchup. Team H2H ARI ATL CHC CIN MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH HOU LAA OAK SEA TEX Other Colorado 20 19 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 19 19 7 7 4 4 3 6 3 0 LA Dodgers 20 19 7 7 7 6 7 6 7 6 19 19 7 6 3 6 4 3 4 0 Once again, not so much of a difference between the schedules. I think in this case, having a tie-breaker game is justified. Yes, they could just use head to head records as a tie breaker but it would most surely get criticism from fans of the team who lost the head to head series and other baseball fans. A head to head record would ensure it would be more fair and besides, head to head record was used to determine the home team. Edited October 2, 2018 by Topicmaster1010 dcro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted October 2, 2018 #60 Share Posted October 2, 2018 7 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said: So I think in this case, having a tie-breaker game is justified. Yes, they could just use head to head records as a tie breaker but it would most surely get criticism from fans of the team who lost the head to head series and other baseball fans. A head to head record would ensure it would be more fair and besides, head to head record was used to determine the home team. Which I can imagine would get a lot of criticism from the 'losing' team of course Nobody wants a fair way to decide it if that means it ends up the wrong way for them If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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