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Unpopular opinion? I liked the wild card more when it was one game. I don't need a three-game series. Don't want a one-and-done scenario? Then win enough games that you're not in one. It's also not really an advantage for the higher seeds to have almost a week off. This isn't football. Baseball players are used to playing 6-7 days a week for months. Now you're off for 6 days and trying to get your timing back.

Turns out one game would've produced the same results this year, but only half the revenues.
 
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I don't mind the format, I think the games just sucked.

If we had 4 games a day for 3 straight days with a winner take all Thursday this week everyone would be talking about how great the new format is.

It's just the random variance of baseball. I'll pay the price for a few 2 game snoozers over time for all the extra excitement in the regular season it creates with the extra wild card slot.
 
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Rays are also looking to upgrade their stadium. They will do so by attaching their new stadium to a mall and have the fewest available seats of any team in MLB. About 30k.

The outfield will be almost entirely club seating and entertainment areas.



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BigWoof31 said:
Rays are also looking to upgrade their stadium. They will do so by attaching their new stadium to a mall and have the fewest available seats of any team in MLB. About 30k.

The outfield will be almost entirely club seating and entertainment areas.



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Looks nice but people still have to be willing to drive to get to that mall and all the entertainment areas. That seems to be the sticking point they missed last time.
 
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Who even goes to malls anymore? Hot bed for scumbags and overpriced shit I don't need. No thank you to the Rays and any other team mixing my sports with other bullshit.

Can't we just go back to the 80's pre sports strikes for everything? Damn
 
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Jaxbuck said:
I don't mind the format, I think the games just sucked.

If we had 4 games a day for 3 straight days with a winner take all Thursday this week everyone would be talking about how great the new format is.
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Nah, I never liked wild card series for reasons stated in my previous post. I didn't even want it the two times the Pirates lost wild card games. Fans were crying it should be a series and my response was win the division and you won't have to worry about it.

Now even a division winner gets sucked into a wild card series. I know why they did it - the same reason every sport expands their playoffs - I just don't like it. Winning your division should be more of an advantage than it is now.
 
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Jake said:
Nah, I never liked wild card series for reasons stated in my previous post. I didn't even want it the two times the Pirates lost wild card games. Fans were crying it should be a series and my response was win the division and you won't have to worry about it.

Now even a division winner gets sucked into a wild card series. I know why they did it - the same reason every sport expands their playoffs - I just don't like it. Winning your division should be more of an advantage than it is now.
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100% As much as I hate the Brewers, they got screwed on this one. Winning the Central this year was more competitive than the other races in the NL and just like that, they're gone. Brutal
 
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