Another season

by wild bill on Oct 16, 2008 10:19 PM CDT

Well Cub fans, another season is over. Once again we are left with anger and emptyness. Will we lose interest in our Cubs? Will we lose interest in major league baseball altogether?

Coming from a pure feeling from my heart, I must use this forum to express my thoughts. Maybe not just the ending of what was a wonderful season, this might be the ending of any interest in MBL I might have.

Has MBL become too diluted? When teams that are battling for a division title are nothing more than a .500 team, that to me is boring. Repeatily we have seen sub par teams compete for a division title, only because they are surrounded by the same sub par teams.

We currently at only four teams in some divisions. How many teams are there now? Last I looked (if my memory serves me correctly), there were 32 teams. All these teams are spread out over six divisions. After reviewing this, I have a thought.

What if we pare this down to four divisions? Four divisions of eight teams each. Maybe this will weed out the sub par teams that finds magic in Sept as well as Oct. Get it down to four playoff teams. Maybe this way baseball will not be ending its season at the end of Oct.

And the competition might be that much better. But the catch in all of this, you know, is money. Major League Baseball would not even consider the shear thought of losing money with less of a schedule come playoff time. In my opinion, this would be a short sided view. Because fans like myself are becoming less interested, maybe not just in their home team, but with the game itself.

If this trend (atleast for myself) continues, MLB might find that come the end of Oct. just maybe no one will be watching. The season is just way elongated, diluted.

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Holy crap dude. 30 teams in baseball.

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by dtpollitt on Oct 16, 2008 11:43 PM CDT reply actions

The use of italics in this fanpost...

makes it seem as if you were actually trying to make sense.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 17, 2008 1:03 AM CDT reply actions

Emphasis his.

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by daver on Oct 17, 2008 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions

MBL

The Major Baseball League.

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by Brett Taylor on Oct 17, 2008 6:42 AM CDT reply actions

What if we pare this down to four divisions? Four divisions of eight teams each. Maybe this will weed out the sub par teams that finds magic in Sept as well as Oct. Get it down to four playoff teams. Maybe this way baseball will not be ending its season at the end of Oct.

or what if we pare it down to just one division made up of just the Cubs?

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by RynoHoF on Oct 17, 2008 9:10 AM CDT reply actions

To make it four divisions of eight teams each...

… would require adding two teams. I don’t think there’s a single baseball fan who’d be in favor of that.

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by Al Yellon on Oct 17, 2008 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions

cubs

really empty without the cubs in the postseason.here in tampa and i cant get excited about the rays even though i do like the team.thought it would be the year of the cub with all the great things that happened. looks like it will be vthe year of the ray.and you know who,ll pay for that?cub,yankee,and sox fans from all the arrogant ray fans.like i,ve said before enjoy it dont flaunt it.

by NOMAR on Oct 18, 2008 3:58 AM CDT reply actions