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Who knows if it's a trend or a fluke, but since 2009, the team to clinch the pennant first is 4-12 in the World Series.
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Ok so... Florida 52, Ole Miss 28 Missouri 45, Florida 17 Ole Miss 31, Missouri 3 Makes total sense.
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Miami probably will be because they're undefeated, but out of the two, I'd give it to Ohio St. They've played 3 ranked teams and their only loss is by a point on the road.
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So 5 of the top 7 lose and of the two that didn't, one went to overtime at home against an unranked team and the other only won because they faced another top-7 team.
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Give me all of the chaos please.
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So 1, 5, 6 and 7 have all lost and we still have 2v8 coming up. Got to be close to a record of top 10 teams to lose on the same day.
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I'm already looking forward to Texas going 9-3, getting left out of the playoff, and hearing Sark complain about their tough schedule when they couldn't beat mediocre Oklahoma and blew a 14 point lead while allowing 24 straight points at home to Florida. Only reason they still have a chance is Ohio State choked away an even bigger lead to Texas.
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As for the upcoming World Series, my response to anyone who makes a comment about the inevitable low ratings: i love that we've already got one team in there that's never won and the AL representative either hasn't won a WS or hasn't won in almost 80 years. If I'm home, I'm watching every game. As opposed to Yankees-Dodgers in 2024, which I didn't watch a minute of.
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When we're talking about how a sport functions, how many players and how much some of those players can affect a game or a season absolutely matters. I'm not moving the goal posts. You're the one who compared the Dodgers to the Patriots and Chiefs. If you have peak LeBron James and you try in any way, there's a pretty high floor to how good your team will be (assuming health of course). If you have peak Tom Brady, the same holds true. Like can you imagine either of those players making the playoffs once over an 8 year peak? Over 17 seasons, Brady won 12+ games 13 times. The other four he won 10, 11, 11 and got hurt one year. LeBron was a lock for 50+ wins for a decade plus. Meanwhile Mike Trout won 90+ games once. So in football, if you luck into Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady or Peyton Manning, you're a dynasty in the making. In the NBA, if you luck into Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan or LeBron James, you're a dynasty in the making. But in baseball if you luck into Mike Trout, well, not so much. Because you can't just let Mike Trout take 40% of the PA's. Or you can't let a pitcher face 40% of the batters every game. The sports are fundamentally different, which is why it's wrong to compare them.
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In reality it would probably do both. Some teams would absolutely extend younger players while others wouldn’t. And veteran players would also make more money as well as teams make sure they reach the floor.
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If you curb spending for the top few teams (LA, NYM, NYY, Phi and Tor were all over $300M) but you make 10-12 teams spend more (I see 14 teams under $200M, just to pick a round number) how exactly would that not increase overall money going to the players? Comparing MLB to the NFL (where a star QB can by themselves make a team relevant) or the NBA (only 5 players on the court at a time so one guy can have an outsized impact) is dumb and irrelevant. One player can only do so much due to the nature of baseball, as the Angles proved with Trout. The Patriots won because they had arguably the greatest coach and greatest QB for 20 years. The Chiefs as well. OKC is great because they made one incredibly good trade and have drafted really well (Chet was their only top-5 pick). Those teams didn’t win because they outspent everyone (and doing so with both legal and not legal means that other teams can’t or won’t do), so it’s not remotely the same thing.
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A salary cap in baseball likely would increase parity especially if it comes with a salary floor. Force the cheap teams to spend and they’ll be more likely to keep good young players rather than trading them after 3-4 years so they don’t lose them for nothing in free agency. Putting in a high enough salary floor and you’re going to increase the overall money paid out to players.
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The last 8 World Series champions all ranked in the top 10 for payroll. Last one who didn't was Houston in 2017 because they tanked for a few years and had a ton of cheap players.
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Oh I totally agree with you. Just wonder if Roberts was thinking "well maybe we can just get sac fly. Don't agree with it. Also, man I've got some PTSD to the last week of the season and WC round for the Cubs with these RISP failures.
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Wonder if it was a bad overreaction to their RISP struggles in the postseason. Non-Pages guys I think have 2 hits with RISP.
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Been doing it for probably a decade or so.
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The one closer to the field (I think) is Marlins Man who has been doing this for a while. Guessing the other is just imitating him.
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People don't want a salary cap because the Dodgers win. The Dodgers win as a result of the reason that people want a salary cap (and, in my case, a high floor), which is that they can basically spend whatever they want for a few different reasons without basically any consequences if they F up on a contract. There's no such thing as an albatross to them because they have so much money. Pay Treinen, Yates and Scott a combined $33M in 2025 to get ERAs of 4.74, 5.23 and 5.40? No big deal, we'll sign Edwin Diaz to a contract worth $23M over 3 years. The Kyle Tucker deal should be a disaster that hamstrings them but it won't if they don't want it to. Bring in a salary cap and high floor and make any deferred money count toward the salary cap over the length of the contract effectively immediately.
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Hope the Brewers close it out in 4, then get rusty sitting around for a week waiting for the AL winner.
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Bauers demolished that ball.
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Uribe just didn't have it today. Surprised they let him face Smith. Walked 3 guys and would have walked Muncy if he just didn't swing.
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Rams should have gone for 2 at the end of the game. You've put up 33 already, just go for the win. Now you're letting Josh Allen get another possession. I know you get one also, but you might end up going for 2 in OT anyway.
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I approve of this slate of games. Hopefully the games deliver.
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They have the names on offense but the production isn't there. Ohtani is hurt. .889 OPS for the year but .772 in the second half. Freeman had a .792 OPS this year. Betts had a .780 OPS this year. Tucker had a .715 OPS this year. In years past you'd look at starting with Ohtani-Betts-Freeman and it's daunting. Then you have the rest of the guys after who were decent. But now, they've got a bunch of fine hitters, but nobody that terrifies you. They're not a bad offense by any means. But there's a drop off for sure. Basic measurement but, 906 runs in 2023, 842 in 2024, 825 in 2025, 801 in 2026.
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I understand why the balk rule exists, but the nitpicky parts like "oh he flinched the tiniest bit" need to go away. Maybe I don't fully understand the rule (so correct me if I'm wrong) but I didn't see anything on the Mis balk call. EDIT: Especially when lefties get away with so much worse, like Vesia just did.
