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Oct 6, 2021
12:40:42pm

freekarl All-American

NGL the Scranton Stranglers would have a shot at most FAs these days

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freekarl

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The baseball season is a slog and no longer relevant in modern sports.

byujacob

10/6/21 12:17pm

Would you play every other day or just make it a 3 month season?

10/6/21 12:20pm

I fully disagree. Last year the 60 games were not enough. I don't mind if they

10/6/21 12:21pm

You want Gerrit Gole, deGrom, Bieber, etc to only play 10 games per year? Hard pass.

scootsy

10/6/21 12:22pm

MLB brings in more money currently than the NBA. Let’s end that. Great idea!

TCuz

10/6/21 12:22pm

They play twice as many games. Of course it brings in more money.

byujacob

10/6/21 12:25pm

Exactly. Their big advantage is a huge inventory of local tv options.

TCuz

10/6/21 12:30pm

My favorite is that basketball is too long(but thats a whole other thing) but lets make the baseball season into the

RoaroftheCougartails

10/6/21 12:26pm

This is the type of quality thinking we've come to know and expect from all Yankee fans.

scootsy

10/6/21 12:26pm

This happens the day after your team loses out in a "fluke" one game WC play in.

RoaroftheCougartails

10/6/21 12:27pm

Relegation is not and will never be the solution to any perceived shortcoming

neboutefan

10/6/21 12:28pm

Literally nobody has agreed w you yet.

ditch

10/6/21 12:28pm

baseball is the perfect summertime sport. Go Dodgers!

aplusfan

10/6/21 12:28pm

Sounds like the opinion of a fan of a team who's done for the season.

whirl

10/6/21 12:28pm

The only thing I agree with here is the need for promotion/relegation

Gorgias

10/6/21 12:29pm

Players want to get paid. To get paid, they need games. They don't need a

Cougarmayn

10/6/21 12:30pm

So wait, you'd have a AAA team, which consists of players affiliated with an MLB

Scratch

10/6/21 12:31pm

I think his idea is to make Toledo and Scranton independent franchises competing with Los Angeles and New York for FAs.

TCuz

10/6/21 12:34pm

NGL the Scranton Stranglers would have a shot at most FAs these days

freekarl

10/6/21 12:40pm

I'm aware of how the farm system and minor league system works.

byujacob

10/6/21 1:16pm

Where would developmental players play?

Alpi Gusto

10/6/21 1:34pm

You just adjust AA and the As to develop and slowly turn the AAA into the

byujacob

10/6/21 1:38pm

So you'd have superstars playing minor league baseball? Do their stats still

Scratch

10/6/21 1:37pm

Baseball bigger issue is the bally sports disaster

JOPE

10/6/21 12:37pm

This is true; I can watch any game I want as an MLB.tv subscriber, EXCEPT we

Zooropa

10/6/21 12:40pm

MLB has the second most revenue of any sports league in the world.

ReyOso

10/6/21 12:42pm

Especially considering how many more MLB players there are than NBA players

Revolution

10/6/21 12:53pm

Whatever the change, a one game play-in game to move on is maybe the dumbest

pink22

10/6/21 12:47pm

The alternative is to slim it down to 1 WC team. It could all change soon though so we'll see.

shimmy

10/6/21 1:40pm

Fine with me. That’s way better. One game is so stupid.

pink22

10/6/21 6:21pm

I actually like how it has put a premium on winning the division. I didn't think

Loon to the Moon

10/6/21 8:08pm

Agree with 162 is way too many games. I’d be in favor of 115-120 games.

Kugmo

10/6/21 12:47pm

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