Scott Boras

[cubbieblue12]

Has proposed having the World Series be a best of nine, with the first two games at neutral sites... http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/06/30/bc.bbo.nine.gameseries.ap/index.html

 

He will probably negotiate with the commish for the right to hear his idea.

[Omar]

Yup. I heard about this on the radio. I also heard Selig strongly favors the idea.

 

BAD.

[Mizzou]

9 games? No way.

 

I do like the idea of having an awards show though.

[FergieJ31]

Has proposed having the World Series be a best of nine, with the first two games at neutral sites... http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/06/30/bc.bbo.nine.gameseries.ap/index.html

 

He will probably negotiate with the commish for the right to hear his idea.

 

The World Series, of all events in sports, doesn't need gimmicks. Dumb idea. Stupid. Don't mess with the classic 7-game series format. Doesn't surprise me that Bud likes the idea.

[Amazing_Grace]

Well, for Selig it's a way to get the MLB central administration more money. Two games at "neutral" sites would presumably see a majority of the gate receipts going to MLB, rather than to the WS teams.

 

I don't really see why Boras would care. Giving MLB central more money doesn't help him in any way because the teams are the ones that pay his clients. It would shorten the period between the end of the WS and arbritration/FA type decisions, but that would really only affect two teams per year and a shortened period doesn't necessarily favor players anyway. There must be some angle he's playing, but I don't see what it is.

[CubColtPacer]

Does anybody know why they settled on 7 games to begin with? I know the first World series was a best of 9, and then they went to 7 games, and then they went back to 9 games for 3 years (including the Sox scandal year) and then back to 7. I would think they would have liked 9 better.

[soccer10k]

Can Bud Selig just retire already? I can't believe he's really considering this.

 

I take that back. I do see why he's considering this. He's an idiot.

[seanimal]

I don't really understand the crotchety/undefined flat-out rejections to this pretty good idea.

[Derwood]

HOW BOUT MORE WORLD SERIES DAY GAMES, BUD? MMMMMMMMMMMMMMKAY?

[Sarcastic]

I don't really understand the crotchety/undefined flat-out rejections to this pretty good idea.

 

I'd like to hear any arguments in favor. At the moment, I can't think of any.

 

I'd hate to see baseball end up in the same mess as the NBA, with a postseason lasting months on end, so that by the time the championship series has started, I have all but completely lost interest.

[bhogg]

Just play freaking baseball.

 

I'm sick and damned tired of all the BS with baseball.

 

 

A baseball broadcast needs just a few things:

 

1) 2 teams

2) a couple of guys in the booth that aren't complete bafoons

3) natural grass

4) hot dogs

5) beer

6) 9 innings

 

 

Nothing else is really needed.

 

If I recall, the 7 game series has worked well. Don't screw with a streak, meat.

[B]

I don't really understand the crotchety/undefined flat-out rejections to this pretty good idea.

 

I'd like to hear any arguments in favor. At the moment, I can't think of any.

 

I'd hate to see baseball end up in the same mess as the NBA, with a postseason lasting months on end, so that by the time the championship series has started, I have all but completely lost interest.

 

It takes you that long to lose interest in the NBA?

[Coach C]

This is a bad bad bad idea. I liked the way MLB have created the oppiturnity for the 3 divisions and the WC. I think it generated more interest that way instead of just 2 divisions and just playing the league championship.

 

There's no logical explaination for a 9 game series with 2 being on a neutral site. It's a waste of time, waste of money, and more importantly, a waste of effort, IMHO.

 

There is nothing wrong with baseball right now, other than the fact that the MLB Commish really needs to hand over the reign to someone who can and will make baseball a better sport in the future.

 

I mean, MLB have so much potentional, but as long as Bud is running the show, MLB will never reach it's potentional.

[radarluv1]

if anything, it would lessen the importance of home field and his really dumb idea of the A.S game deciding it.

[soccer10k]

I don't really understand the crotchety/undefined flat-out rejections to this pretty good idea.

 

I'd like to hear any arguments in favor. At the moment, I can't think of any.

 

I'd hate to see baseball end up in the same mess as the NBA, with a postseason lasting months on end, so that by the time the championship series has started, I have all but completely lost interest.

 

Agreed. That's the one thing I hate about the NBA is how the postseason is essentially a second season. Soooooooo long.

[chuckywang]

if anything, it would lessen the importance of home field and his really dumb idea of the A.S game deciding it.

 

Anything that can lessen the effects of the result of the All Star game is fine with me.

 

I kinda like the idea. There is precedence for a best of 9 series, but it won't be like the Super Bowl.....cause at the end of the Super Bowl a champion is crowned. At the end of this World Series Weekend, or whatever you want to call it, NOTHING will have been decided.

[erik316wttn]

Seven games is just fine.

 

Baseball should never be played in November. The only time it was ok was in 2001 when the World Series got pushed back a week because of 9-11. Other than that, it should never ever happen.

[Drew Doughty]

Seven games is just fine.

 

Baseball should never be played in November. The only time it was ok was in 2001 when the World Series got pushed back a week because of 9-11. Other than that, it should never ever happen.

 

i'm pretty sure it's happening this year.

[NCCubFan]

Seven games is just fine.

 

Baseball should never be played in November. The only time it was ok was in 2001 when the World Series got pushed back a week because of 9-11. Other than that, it should never ever happen.

 

i'm pretty sure it's happening this year.

It is (or at least has the potential to); the start of the Series is being pushed back because of low ratings during the weekend.

[Balsa]

They should shorten the season, not add more games on at the end.

[Amazing_Grace]

I don't really understand the crotchety/undefined flat-out rejections to this pretty good idea.

 

I'd like to hear any arguments in favor. At the moment, I can't think of any.

 

I'd hate to see baseball end up in the same mess as the NBA, with a postseason lasting months on end, so that by the time the championship series has started, I have all but completely lost interest.

 

Agreed. That's the one thing I hate about the NBA is how the postseason is essentially a second season. Soooooooo long.

 

The reason the NBA is like that isn't because of the number of games though. It's because they try to televise almost every single game, sometimes taking 2 or even 3 day gaps between games. They never have back to back games either. Baseball should avoid this at all costs. Dragging the playoffs out just to televise every game of the first 2 rounds pretty much guarantees people will lose interest if their particular team is eliminated.

[Amazing_Grace]

Seven games is just fine.

 

Baseball should never be played in November. The only time it was ok was in 2001 when the World Series got pushed back a week because of 9-11. Other than that, it should never ever happen.

 

i'm pretty sure it's happening this year.

It is (or at least has the potential to); the start of the Series is being pushed back because of low ratings during the weekend.

 

Making decisions based on TV ratings is not good business for professional sports, IMHO. The longer the season gets, the more people will lose interest, especially if the team they follow is out. If you must fret about TV ratings, put the games in the afternoon against lower quality regular programming. Don't throw in an artificial gap of several days which will cause pretty much everybody to forget the baseball playoffs are going on. You're trading the long-term health and popularity of the sport and the integrity of it's playoff system for a few million dollars in this season.

[SaorsaDaonnan]

A longer series reduces, to some extent, the ability of an inferior team to win just because of a hot streak. I don't know whether the change would be satistically significant, but if it were I would favor it. I do not like seeing (comparatively) crappy teams win on the strength of luck.

[cubbieblue12]

A longer series reduces, to some extent, the ability of an inferior team to win just because of a hot streak. I don't know whether the change would be satistically significant, but if it were I would favor it. I do not like seeing (comparatively) crappy teams win on the strength of luck.

 

 

*cough* 2006 cardinals *cough cough*

[BigbadB]

The reason the NBA is like that isn't because of the number of games though. It's because they try to televise almost every single game, sometimes taking 2 or even 3 day gaps between games. They never have back to back games either. Baseball should avoid this at all costs. Dragging the playoffs out just to televise every game of the first 2 rounds pretty much guarantees people will lose interest if their particular team is eliminated.

 

I sorta always thought that the NBA had more time off between games because it's a much more energy draining sport and needs more time between games for rest.

 

I doubt anyone takes issue with the length of the NBA regular season. It's when they extended playoffs and nearly half the field qualifies to play in the post season that people lost interest.

 

That and Michael Jordan retiring from the Bulls, which was my reason for giving it up. :D