Why is our schedule so unbalanced?

by SackMan on Jul 17, 2008 10:56 AM CDT Comment 91 comments

So, I'm taking a look ahead at the rest of the schedule for the 2nd half of the season. Before I looked, I though to myself, "alright, we've been in St. Louis twice already this year and they haven't come to Chicago yet... perfect."

Then, I take a look at the schedule, and although we've played our first 6 games vs the Cards in St. Louis, we have 9 more to go... 6 at home (evening things out), but then the Cards get an advantageous 3 game set at home. Who the hell came up with that?

They couldn't at least make one of our home series a 4 game set, and reduce one in St Louis to a two game set... evening it out somewhat 8 games to 7? An extra 3 games is a big deal. What a bunch of BS.

Whatever happened to the days of the balanced schedule? For the last 5 years, our schedule vs the Cards has been uneven every year but one (2005).

2007, we went 11-5 vs the Cards, 7 at home and 9 in St. Louis
2006, we went 11-8 vs the Cards, 10 at home and 9 in St. Louis
2005, we went 10-6 vs the Cards, 8 at home and 8 in St. Louis
2004, we went 8-11 vs the Cards, 9 at home and 10 in St. Louis
2003, we went 8-9 vs the Cards, 10 at home and 7 in St. Louis

In 1996, the first full season after the strike, and the first full season after the re-alignment, we played 13 games a piece vs everyone in our division. At least we played the same number of games vs each division opponent, even though it was an odd number of games.

It used to be, in the days of the old NL East, that we would play 18 games a piece vs each of our division opponents. A perfectly even number, with no advantage.

The one to blame for this mess: Bud Selig. The man (who once tried to purchase the White Sox and move them to Milwaukee) becomes the commish... adds teams... re-aligns baseball... causes a strike... introduces interleague play and the unbalanced schedule... ignores steroids, and decides the all-star game should dictate home field advantage in the world series. Yeah... that's a great list you're building there.

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Every NL team has schedules like this.

Plius, I’m not sure how you see having six games vs. the Cardinals in Chicago and three in St. Louis an “advantage” for the Cardinals.

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by Al on Jul 17, 2008 11:00 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

He's saying we've already played 6 in St. Louis, so that will be 9 there and 6 at Wrigley.

by sackings108 on Jul 17, 2008 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, I see.

Well… the Cubs split 6 games in St. Louis so far this year, which is pretty good for a road team in 2008.

Next year there will be more Cardinal games in Chicago. It alternates.

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by Al on Jul 17, 2008 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Will there? Really?

Because the last 5 years shows it hasn’t “truly” alternated. The Cards had an extra 2 games last year.

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Updated on May 25, 2008

by SackMan on Jul 17, 2008 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Given that...

... I think the schedule makers will give the Cubs the extra games in 2009.

Of course, we’re talking about the people who gave the Cubs a Chicago-Denver-Washington-Chicago-Cincinnati-St. Louis-Chicago itinerary over 17 days, so maybe not.

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by Al on Jul 17, 2008 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Then of course....

The Chicago-Chicago(southside)-San Francisco-St. Louis-Chicago itinerary.

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Updated on May 25, 2008

by SackMan on Jul 17, 2008 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And...

the Tampa night game to Chicago day game blunder.

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 17, 2008 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Preceded by

the Toronto to Cooperstown to Tamp trip—all in one day,

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by JohnM on Jul 17, 2008 6:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And one year they had two series in AZ

Think it was ‘03. Six games in that occassionally-covered-up-sensory-overload-shit-hole.

Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.

by blackhawk24 on Jul 17, 2008 8:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

IIRC...

The Rays do that to quite a number of teams due to poor weekday attendance during the day.

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by NotSure on Jul 18, 2008 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

Good teams don’t cry like babies about the schedule. Good teams shut up and go out to get the job done. Thankfully I have heard not one peep of whining out of the Cubs about the schedule. It is what it is. Just like the AL winning homefield advantage in the World Series is what it is. Shut up and take care of business.

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by MDBNIU on Jul 17, 2008 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Spending a lot of time in the Clubhouse or something?

by princefieldersdiet on Jul 17, 2008 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He played ball in College supposedly

which makes him attune to all things baseball in every way, shape and form. He knows more than you, just live with it.

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by DTJchris on Jul 17, 2008 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

he didnt play college ball

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by Hammer on Jul 17, 2008 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

one peep of whining?

like you’re close enough to hear their voices…

"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08

by drewishdrewid on Jul 17, 2008 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe he's one of the infamous Wrigley Field rats.

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by dat cubfan daver on Jul 17, 2008 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rats can type?

Calm down.

by Kinky Reggae on Jul 18, 2008 8:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The answer to the unbalanced schedule is easy

Bud Selig is an idiot

by CHCOWNTHECENTRAL on Jul 17, 2008 11:04 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for a fresh take on things.

by princefieldersdiet on Jul 17, 2008 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just telling it how it is

by CHCOWNTHECENTRAL on Jul 17, 2008 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What's wrong with playing the teams in your division more, anyway?

I enjoy the games against the Cardinals or the Brewers. I think it’s more important to play them and really prove who deserves to win the division than to play the Nationals and Marlins 3 extra times a year.

by princefieldersdiet on Jul 17, 2008 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

We should be playing the same amount of even games vs each division opponent

Just like it used to be.

The way it is right now, would be the equivalent if the NFL decided to schedule the Bears vs Packers 3 times in one year, and have the Bears play the Vikings just once. That would be kind of stupid… wouldn’t it?

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Updated on May 25, 2008

by SackMan on Jul 17, 2008 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I agree with you, so relax.

I think the teams should have an equal number of games home/away, I just like the unbalanced schedule in terms of playing the teams of your division more.

by princefieldersdiet on Jul 17, 2008 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, they always used to play more division games anyway

In the 80’s, the Cubs played 18 games vs each opponent in the NL East. And then played 12 games vs each NL West team. That added up to 162.

Now, we don’t always get 18 games vs our division opponents. More often, we play less than 18… and occasionally (in the Cards case) we play 19.

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Updated on May 25, 2008

by SackMan on Jul 17, 2008 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The difference is...

... in the NFL, all the divisions have the same number of teams. That isn’t the case in baseball, which is why you wind up with these wacky schedules.

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by Al on Jul 17, 2008 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes...

And we’re the only division with 6 teams. But, I still think each division in baseball should be playing the same, even number of games vs each division opponent. That should be priority #1 on the schedule making. Then, sort out the rest as evenly as possible.

Smaller divisions could be playing 18 games vs division opponents. The NL Central could be playing 16 games… then set aside your small package of interleague games… then league play.

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Updated on May 25, 2008

by SackMan on Jul 17, 2008 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hard to compare the football schedule to baseball...

those pansies only play once a week.

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

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 17, 2008 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

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by wrigleyrocker12 on Jul 17, 2008 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Blame the computer.

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by dat cubfan daver on Jul 17, 2008 11:06 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

correct me if I’m wrong…but I swear that I read somewhere that an older-couple (husband and wife) employed by MLB make up the schedule each year.

again, this could be me confusing this with something else

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by IvyOnTheWall on Jul 17, 2008 11:37 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I thought this was the first year...

...that MLB used a computer, rather than human beings, to generate the schedule. Or did I dream this?

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by dat cubfan daver on Jul 17, 2008 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here’s a story about the couple who used to do the schedule.

I also direct you to this discussion here on BCB from April.

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by northsider on Jul 17, 2008 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Right.

Thanks for posting that link. The Stephensons did a FAR better job. Hopefully, they will let this contract back out and hire someone who does it by hand again. Computers can plug in team names but don’t understand that Denver and Washington should not be on the same road trip.

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by Al on Jul 17, 2008 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You'd think computers could be easily programmed to know that, though

''Listen, losing Soriano is no box of chocolates.'' ~Lou Piniella

by JohnM on Jul 17, 2008 6:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You'd think.

But, apparently not.

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by Al on Jul 17, 2008 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe we can program computers to

eliminate the DH and make all teams play the game of baseball.

Calm down.

by Kinky Reggae on Jul 18, 2008 8:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The robots took over

Just like in the Matrix.

by SuperContext on Jul 17, 2008 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It is the distant future...

...the Year 2000…the world is quite different ever since the robotic uprising of the late 90s.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Jul 17, 2008 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

MLB=no logic.....unbalanced leagues, division and schedules

MLB must expand (but the trouble is lacking in talent) to 32 teams….16 each, one each for each league, move a NL to the AL (probably AZ or CO)...

I would add a team PR and Monteray MX….then realign to 4 divisions 4 teams each.

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by Ivy Walls on Jul 17, 2008 11:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

It's no coincidence that

Bud Selig moved his Brewers to the NL… to take advantage of the Cubs fan base, generating more sell-outs in Milwaukee than they ever had before for a visiting team.

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Updated on May 25, 2008

by SackMan on Jul 17, 2008 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

While I like conspiracy theories...

the option to move to the NL was actually first offered to Kansas City. After they turned it down, it was offered to Milwaukee who took it.

by CubFan81 on Jul 17, 2008 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

that was a hollow offer, though

There was no question in MLB’s mind what was going to happen.

by Shanghai Badger on Jul 17, 2008 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No need to add anymore teams.

Send Colorado to the AL West… and move Houston the the NL West…

30 teams… and 6 divisions of 5 teams.

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Updated on May 25, 2008

by SackMan on Jul 17, 2008 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know why they didn"t keep Houston in the West to begin with

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by SackMan on Jul 17, 2008 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Didn't you read? "MLB must expand".

But seriously, I like your idea.

by northsider on Jul 17, 2008 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If the Rockies moved to the AL West

They would still play a “Los Angeles” based team… the Angels, and they would still play a “Bay area” based team… the A’s. That would keep them playing in their biggest TV markets.

Then, they would get to go to Seattle and Texas.

When they play interleague… they would have some built-in yearly matchups that actually make sense… anyone of their former division rivals.

Then, the Astros could move back to their original division… the NL West

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Updated on May 25, 2008

by SackMan on Jul 17, 2008 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Plus...their park is taylor made for a DH.

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

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 17, 2008 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If I'm ever commissioner, this will happen!

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by northsider on Jul 17, 2008 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And free beer for BCB'rs!!

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by Bump Bailey on Jul 17, 2008 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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by northsider on Jul 17, 2008 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The problem with 30 teams in two leagues

Is that makes for 15 teams in each league, an odd number. Everyday would require either one team having an off day or an interleague game every day.

The whole thing would work better with 16 teams in each league each with 4 divisions of 4 teams

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by El Borto on Jul 17, 2008 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Schedule interleague throughout...

And make more logical travel itineraries.

I don’t really see why all interleague games must take place during the same time. Plus, aside from the first “grand” weekend of interleague play… if they space out the interleague scheduling, they’ll get more prime games that don’t conflict with eachother.

For instance, currently, when the Yanks play the Mets… the Cubs are playing the Sox. If those series were taking place at different times, it would make for a better TV schedule.

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Updated on May 25, 2008

by SackMan on Jul 17, 2008 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

whoops -- I should have read before posting

by Shanghai Badger on Jul 17, 2008 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you do that

You have 15 teams in each league, which necessitates interleague play or an offday for someone EVERY DAY

by Shanghai Badger on Jul 17, 2008 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Unless there is unlimited number of interleague games

this cannot work since each league has an odd number teams. Except during interleague play, there would always be at least one team in each league not playing on a specific day; a mammoth scheduling logistics nightmare.

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by blackhawk24 on Jul 17, 2008 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

There are already too many teams

The talent level in this league is horribly watered down. The National League absolutely sucks right now.

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by MDBNIU on Jul 17, 2008 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

SWL, if you ever do a version 2.0 of the See 'n Say...

...you should definitely put “The National League sucks!” on it.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Jul 17, 2008 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

along with PITCHING IS KING! and WOOD'S ARM IS A TIMEBOMB!

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

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 17, 2008 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's "ticking timebomb"

good sir…

My timebomb TICKS.

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 17, 2008 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

you better hope it ticks...

because we obviously know what happens when it doesn’t.

by CubFan81 on Jul 17, 2008 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

it's tough to do so well

when you already have the best record in baseball.

Wait, what?

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 17, 2008 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Same NL that took the all star game into 15 against the ever powerful AL?

Just making sure.

Calm down.

by Kinky Reggae on Jul 18, 2008 8:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Puerto Rico & Mexico?

Not a chance. The economy in those places won’t support a major league team. Plus, YOU try getting English-speaking ballplayers to want to live in Mexico for six months during the baseball season. (Yes, I know it’d be easier for the Spanish-speakers, and that’s not a slam on Mexico, just being realistic).

There are virtually no cities left in North America that could support major league baseball that don’t already have a team.

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by Al on Jul 17, 2008 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What about Montreal?

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

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 17, 2008 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're joking, right?

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by Al on Jul 17, 2008 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or how about San Diego? They don't have a Major League team...

this year.

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

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 17, 2008 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

Calm down.

by Kinky Reggae on Jul 18, 2008 8:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

vegas?

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by jds2 on Jul 17, 2008 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

actually

I’ve always kind of wondered why there’s no big-league team in Indiana. Or, for that matter, something in Utah.

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 17, 2008 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Salt Lake City is too small.

Indianapolis is too close to both Chicago and Cincinnati and is filled with either Cubs fans or Reds fans.

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by Al on Jul 17, 2008 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Too close?

I get your point about the fans of Reds and Cubs (there’s a fair amount of Cards and Sox fans too). But, Indy to Chicago is 3.5 hours. Indy to Cinci is closer, at 2 hours. Besides, what did Washington do when the Nationals moved there? Everyone there was Oriole fans, right?

It might surprise some people, but Indianapolis is the 12th largest metro area in the nation. I think we could support a team here.

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by Bildo1805 on Jul 17, 2008 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

At what stadium?

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by Al on Jul 17, 2008 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

they're building a new football field, aren't they?

it’s a time-honored tradition.

Or, they could build up the very nice minor league stadium they have already, I guess. It’s right near the parking for the basketball arena, too.

"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08

by drewishdrewid on Jul 17, 2008 8:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Um...

Conseco Fieldhouse is on the other side of downtown from Victory Field. That said, it’s walkable.

Maybe it’s close in Chicago terms :)

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by Bildo1805 on Jul 18, 2008 8:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Build it and they will come.

Or, Victory Field (consistently rated the best minor league ballpark in America) could be vastly (remember, I said vastly) renovated.

No city that doesn’t have a team has a ML ready stadium.

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by Bildo1805 on Jul 18, 2008 8:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I understand what you mean

but they are able to sustain the Colts with the Bears and Bengals both that close and all 3 teams are able to survive despite the distance.

by CHCOWNTHECENTRAL on Jul 17, 2008 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The NFL and MLB are quite different in terms of who can and can't support a team.

The NFL is much less dependent on attendance.

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by Al on Jul 17, 2008 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

and MLB wouldn't be so dependant on attendance....

if they pulled their collective heads out and made their product available to everyone who was willing to pay for it (blackouts/exclusive deals).

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

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 17, 2008 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

dependEnt....

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

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 17, 2008 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Spelling or no, you have hit the nail on the head!

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by Al on Jul 17, 2008 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe, maybe not.

There are a few places that could probably do it but you’re right in that there are no major markets available. Charlotte, NC, would do alright but I’ve never heard of any interest in a team from that area. Salt Lake City will get to the point it can comfortably support a team within a decade or two. Those are probably the two best candidates in terms of raw demographics, before you get to the real important parts of making it a reality which are ownership groups and stadiums.

Vegas is interested but I can’t imagine MLB having the guts to move there, just because of reservations about scandals. Vegas will get a team in some sport, probably the NHL.

A third team around NYC, maybe in North Jersey, would be very well supported but the territorial restrictions on expansion/relocation make that impossible.

Where else?

We sell spatulas...and that's all.

by LaddieRenfroe on Jul 17, 2008 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

New Orleans

Perhaps Omaha…It’s small but baseball is fairly big there and if they could work on a deal with the college world series to help stadium costs

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by jds2 on Jul 17, 2008 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

How about we don't add anymore teams

We have enough already… and enough teams who already suck.

I'm not going to even bother trying to update this sig everyday anymore... that's what the standings column on ESPN is for.
Updated on May 25, 2008

by SackMan on Jul 17, 2008 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

yea...

addingflorida and colorado really messed mlb up…how many World series have they made it to by the way?

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by jds2 on Jul 17, 2008 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If that were true...

...which it might be (it’s been only seven or eight years since MLB wanted to contract), we’d still be having the same discussion. If there are too many teams, then there are franchises trapped in bad markets…so those teams should at least consider other options….who could move? Where could they go?

We sell spatulas...and that's all.

by LaddieRenfroe on Jul 17, 2008 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The problem with Monterrey is

The exchange rate/tax implications and it’s not a city with a large base of things to do—ie players may not want to live there.

by Shanghai Badger on Jul 17, 2008 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

3 points

Does it seem to anyone else that the cubs/cards series usually takes place on the same weekend as sox/yanks or that cubs/sox and mets/yanks usually occur @ the same time…I think it would make more sense for MLB to try to spread out the “premeir” matchups so there is more interest

Also, last year didn’t it seem like the cubs and brewers had similar schedules in that teams usually went to milwalkee then chicago or vice versa…that seems to make a lot of sense in that it cut down on travel leangth…maybe this is why the home/road split has been so big this year?

Well I like the cubs/sox every year i think it would be better just to rotate the leagues so that each division plays a different division every year in interleague play. This way the cubs and brewers don’t always have to play the sox and twins while the cardinals play the royals

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by jds2 on Jul 17, 2008 1:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The money that MLB and the City of Chicago makes...

...on the Cubs/Sox series every year would beg to differ.

By the way, you still need to fix the spelling of Prince Fielder’s name in your sig line and there are no periods in “CC”.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Jul 17, 2008 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't care about spelling everyone knows who I'm talking about

yes but the cubs don’t play the sox or yankees this year even though the NL central and AL east are matched up…that’s got to cost MLB as much if not more

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by jds2 on Jul 17, 2008 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hmm, I dunno...

I’d say it’s highly debatable whether a Cubs-Red Sox or Cubs-Yankees series would bring in more money than that generated by the now-traditional six-game Cubs-Sox showdown. I’m thinking about all the additional advertising that goes on around town during the Cubs-Sox series (e.g., the Lou/Ozzie Chevy commercials).

And, not to belabor the point, but you really should care about proper spelling because, well, doing it the other way kinda makes ya look bad.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Jul 17, 2008 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This happens often, who really cares

Balanced refers to number of games versus the different teams, not when.

What year was it when the Cubs were done playing the Cards like in early July or something like that? Lot’s of talk but who really cares.

The season is a 162-game marathon with maybe a short sprint at the last 10-20 games.

Back before the last expansion, the 12-team NL had 18 games against the division rivals and 12 against all the other teams in the opposite division. I thought that system was best. LA, SD, SF, Atl, Cin and Hou were the 12-gamers. NYM, Phi, Pgh, StL and Mtl were the 18-gamers.

Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.

by blackhawk24 on Jul 17, 2008 8:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs