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Jaxbuck said:
He actively bet on games he played in/managed.

His ban isn't "disproportionate". Nothing the Astros did goes to the heart of the game's integrity more than gambling on the outcome that you can affect.

Pete is like the '72 Dolphins to me at this point. Just shut the fuck up already.
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I dont really care one way or another but there is a world of difference (in my mind) in integrity betting on your team to win vs actively cheating and as a result of that winning the world series....
 
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Jaxbuck said:
IF you believe he only bet on them to win, yeah I could see that.
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Even if he did only bet on the Reds to win, as he claims now (after making false statements for years saying he never bet at all), it’s been pretty much proven that he didn’t bet on every game. So, did he save relievers for the days he bet? Rest regulars only on days he didn’t bet? Just betting on the Reds to win now and again doesn’t mean he didn’t manipulate outcomes.
 
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Sources: MLB weighing major changes to postseason, including growing number of teams to 14

Major League Baseball is mulling significant changes to its postseason, including increasing the number of teams from 10 to 14 and adding a reality-TV-type format to determine which teams play each other in an expanded wild-card round, sources told ESPN.

MLB is considering a move in which each league would have three division winners and four wild-card teams making the postseason starting in 2022, sources said. The best team in the league would receive a bye into the division series. The two remaining division winners and the wild-card team with the best record of the four would each host all games of a best-of-three series in the opening round.

The potential changes were first reported by the New York Post.

Once the teams clinch and the regular season ends, the plan gets congested:
  • The division winner with the second-best record would select its wild-card opponent from the three wild-card winners not hosting a series.

  • The division winner with the worst record would then choose its opponent from the remaining two wild-card teams.

  • The final matchup would pit the wild-card winner with the best record against the wild-card team not yet chosen.
All of the selections, sources said, would be unveiled live on television the Sunday night of the final regular-season games.

Entire article: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...s-postseason-including-growing-number-teams-1
 
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ScriptOhio said:
Sources: MLB weighing major changes to postseason, including growing number of teams to 14

Major League Baseball is mulling significant changes to its postseason, including increasing the number of teams from 10 to 14 and adding a reality-TV-type format to determine which teams play each other in an expanded wild-card round, sources told ESPN.

MLB is considering a move in which each league would have three division winners and four wild-card teams making the postseason starting in 2022, sources said. The best team in the league would receive a bye into the division series. The two remaining division winners and the wild-card team with the best record of the four would each host all games of a best-of-three series in the opening round.

The potential changes were first reported by the New York Post.

Once the teams clinch and the regular season ends, the plan gets congested:
  • The division winner with the second-best record would select its wild-card opponent from the three wild-card winners not hosting a series.

  • The division winner with the worst record would then choose its opponent from the remaining two wild-card teams.

  • The final matchup would pit the wild-card winner with the best record against the wild-card team not yet chosen.
All of the selections, sources said, would be unveiled live on television the Sunday night of the final regular-season games.

Entire article: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...s-postseason-including-growing-number-teams-1
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DUMB
 
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