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On this day in sorts history in...

... 1947 - Jackie Robinson played his first major league baseball game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Previously he had only appeared in exhibition games.


http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/jrd/

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Wow - 6 years since this stupid conversation?

Anyway, a friend of mine found this:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=290412129&prov=ap

Trailing 1-0 in the second, Los Angeles had Andre Ethier on third base and Juan Pierre on second with one out when Wolf hit a line drive that was caught by Arizona starter Dan Haren (0-2). He wheeled and threw to second baseman Felipe Lopez, who tagged Pierre a few feet off second base for an inning-ending double play.
Ethier was running on contact, and he crossed the plate before Pierre was tagged out. The Diamondbacks left the field, apparently thinking the run didn?t count.
But the umpires said it did after meeting with Dodgers manager Joe Torre and Arizona manager Bob Melvin?and by then it was too late for the Diamondbacks to appeal that Ethier had failed to tag up. Had they done so, they would have recorded a fourth out and erased the run.
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Bucklion;2038395; said:
There will also apparently be 10 playoff teams now, though I'm not sure how that's going to work unless there is a Wild Card round I guess.
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Yep, the only way I can see five teams from each league making the playoffs is for the two wildcard teams in each league having a 3-5 series, with the winners moving to the divisional series against the division winner with the best record.
 
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Love it. Great move for baseball. What I'd like to see now is one interleague series a week or so. With 15 teams in each league you could always have 7 intraleague series' and one interleague series. I mean hell, you already have to beat the best team from the other league to win the whole thing, why not take it to the regular season? I understand the logistics are obviously more delicate than that, but the point is to create more interesting match-ups and have the best team in baseball be rewarded. Disclaimer: I love interleague baseball and would love to see more of it. Outside of the DH rule, it's the same sport in both leagues.
 
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Purists hate interleague play...I am somewhat of a purist, but I also know it is here to stay, and I like the Reds/Indians series every year, so...let's take advantage of it. Schedule like the NFL does with opposite conferences or something, either keeping a "rivalry" matchup every year...or just scheduling opposite divisions for regional interest (i.e. AL East plays NL East, etc., which would always get Yankees/Mets, Rays/Marlins, Indians/Reds, Giants/As, etc.)...and take the ridiculous All Star game home field advantage bullshit and stick it straight up Selig's ass...and replace it with the league winning the overall interleague title getting home field advantage. That would make it a more fair assessment across hundreds of games and all the teams.
 
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I still won't be too interested in it unless the Reds are in the hunt like two seasons ago. Until they adjust the payrolls I have no interest in watching 1,345 games or whatever they play these days. Plus, 5 playoff teams per is not making sense to me. But I went to Wilmington so what do I know.
 
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stowfan;2038440; said:
So this means the World Series will now be played in December:(
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Well, in Selig's defense, since he can't bring himself to do something smart like ending baseball season before football starts, he wants to now get to where they wait and play the WS after the Super Bowl.
 
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The same number of teams in each league and each division? What a concept.

Baseball is ridiculous for having that inequity for so many years.

Now if they get rid of the DH and add a salary gap, I might pretend to care a little more.
 
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muffler dragon;2038576; said:
WGAF. Didn't even know MLB still existed. :p

If I were still a Dodgers fan, then I'd be pleased about Kershaw (and possibly Kemp).
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That fact that you know who Kershaw & Kemp are means you know more than most Dodger fans. The fact that you used to be a Dodgers fan means you used to be a c*ckh*le. The fact that you aren't a Dodgers fans anymore doesn't mean you aren't still a c*ckh*le.

Dick.
 
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Bucky Katt;2038586; said:
That fact that you know who Kershaw & Kemp are means you know more than most Dodger fans. The fact that you used to be a Dodgers fan means you used to be a c*ckh*le. The fact that you aren't a Dodgers fans anymore doesn't mean you aren't still a c*ckh*le.

Dick.
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I'm glad to see that you've taken up the same habit as other posters who put their names at the end of their posts.

Badsumamabitch.
 
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