Friday, October 10, 2003
I Forgot To Mention
I was in the middle of an anti-wild-card rant during my Giants-lost rant, but decided that it didn't fit into that particular entry, so I'll bring it back up here...
The Braves and Giants each won 100 games this season. The Marlins won 91, and the Cubs won 88. Out of those four teams, the Marlins and Cubs are playing for the N.L. championship. My question is:
Is this good for baseball?
Forget the teams involved. I know the Cubs have a huge impassioned following, and the "lovable loser" deal or the Curse plays a big part in the drama this postseason.
What if it had been the Brewers? Or the Astros? Or the Phillies? Or the Diamondbacks?
Would it be so great?
This is not sour grapes after the fact of the Giants' collapse against a second-place team. I've ranted about this for years, actually.
I found a new site, featuring rants by someone named Sam Hutcheson, an entertaining site. And in the comments section, someone wrote that he doesn't think the two best teams in the league should play for the league championship. Huh? I wonder about thoughts like this. Are they followed by, "I really don't think there's any problem with using this hairdryer in the shower"? Is there any sense involved here?
Is it good for Major League Baseball, and baseball fans, and the game of baseball, that the NLCS matchup features teams with win totals of 91 and 88 (again, that's 88)?
(It must be said here that under the divisional format prior to 1994, Florida would have won the East, while either the Braves or the Giants would have won the West, so the matchup would have been between teams with 91 wins and 101 or 102 wins).
Is it good?
The Braves and Giants each won 100 games this season. The Marlins won 91, and the Cubs won 88. Out of those four teams, the Marlins and Cubs are playing for the N.L. championship. My question is:
Is this good for baseball?
Forget the teams involved. I know the Cubs have a huge impassioned following, and the "lovable loser" deal or the Curse plays a big part in the drama this postseason.
What if it had been the Brewers? Or the Astros? Or the Phillies? Or the Diamondbacks?
Would it be so great?
This is not sour grapes after the fact of the Giants' collapse against a second-place team. I've ranted about this for years, actually.
I found a new site, featuring rants by someone named Sam Hutcheson, an entertaining site. And in the comments section, someone wrote that he doesn't think the two best teams in the league should play for the league championship. Huh? I wonder about thoughts like this. Are they followed by, "I really don't think there's any problem with using this hairdryer in the shower"? Is there any sense involved here?
Is it good for Major League Baseball, and baseball fans, and the game of baseball, that the NLCS matchup features teams with win totals of 91 and 88 (again, that's 88)?
(It must be said here that under the divisional format prior to 1994, Florida would have won the East, while either the Braves or the Giants would have won the West, so the matchup would have been between teams with 91 wins and 101 or 102 wins).
Is it good?
