Comments on: Pulitzer-Worthy Investigative Reporting

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:47:00 +0000

The reason there for the 4 teams and 6 teams is to give both leagues an even number of teams, so that we don’t have an inter league series every week because its either that or have 1 NL team and 1 AL be inactive for 3 days waiting for all the other teams in their league to finish the series that they are currently in

By: Russell

Russell — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:24:20 +0000

EDIT I mean two in the AL, of course. Say, Carolina and Portland.

Here’s how they’d look:

AL WEST
Oakland
Portland
L.A. Angels
Seattle

AL CENTRAL
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland
Detroit
Minnesota

AL EAST
New York Yankees
Boston
Toronto
Baltimore

AL SOUTH
Texas
Tampa Bay
Carolina
Kansas City

NL WEST
San Diego
San Francisco
Los Angeles Dodgers
Colorado

NL CENTRAL
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Cincinnati

NL EAST
Philadelphia
New York Mets
Washington
Pittsburgh

NL SOUTH
Atlanta
Florida
Houston
Arizona

• The ALDS and NLDS would be played between the top four teams in each division, eliminating the wild card.

• All the big rivalries will be maintained: Yanks-Red Sox, Cubs-Cards, Dodgers-Giants, plus we may see new intra-division rivalries get off the ground (I’m thinking Philly-Pittsburgh).

I know Vegas was mentioned as a possible new city for a big-league team, but that won’t happen ’til the city outlaws gambling on major league games.

By: Russell

Russell — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:57:41 +0000

How about this: add two more teams, both in the NL.

Then create an extra division in each league called “South.”

Then we’d have four divisions of four teams each for both the AL and NL.

By: Justin H.

Justin H. — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:36:30 +0000

Short Soap Box: To beg the question is to use a circular argument. In recent years, however, it seems that to “beg the question” has replaced something accurate phrases such as “raises the question.”

*End Short Soap Box*

By: stewed

stewed — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:29:29 +0000

Selig’s original plan was to have Houston move to the AL with the last realignment. The folks in Houston caused a big enough stink about it that somehow it got shot down.

My father in law told me all about once but my eyes normally gloss over when he starts talking Astros baseball

By: CrankyShoulder

CrankyShoulder — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:34:32 +0000

I live in Anaheim and it kills me to have coworkers brag that “The Angels are in 1st”. There are 4 teams so shut up already.

But more importantly, 4 teams in a division means that you play 3 teams a LOT more than everyone else. But with Texas and Seattle being so bad for so long then you’ve essentially got 30 free wins a year. How is that fair?

By: Lou

Lou — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:52:02 +0000

It’s tough to know what to do. Forcing the AL to get rid of the DH is certainly the way to go.

How about…add a team in Vegas (for the AL West) and make the Brewers the AAA affiliate for the Twins?

By: Jody

Jody — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:20:51 +0000

Eliminate the DH, have everyone play everyone, and have 15 teams in each league, 5 per division.

By: Sheps

Sheps — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:17:53 +0000

Oh. Well, obviously I hadn’t thought of that…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:14:41 +0000

If there were five teams in each division, then there would be fifteen per league. That would mean that only fourteen teams in each league could play each other at a time since there is no inter league play on a daily basis. One team in each league would have to sit out for three days while the other fourteen play each other. With sixteen in the NL and fourteen in the AL, no teams have to sit out for such a long period of time.