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11-16-2011, 05:07 PM
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| | VOLS Butch!
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| The Marlins have offered Pujols 9 years at almost 200 million...From what they say the Cards are not even close to that...But then again he may resign out of loyality | 
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11-16-2011, 05:38 PM
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| The Astros are moving to the American League in a couple of years. The move will make each league have an odd number of teams (15) and therefore likely create an interleague game each night.
What are your thoughts on their move to the AL West?
Do you think a nightly interleague game will take away from the World Series? | |
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11-16-2011, 08:35 PM
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| | VOLS Butch!
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| Good question...Not sure how I feel about that kind of set up...I think it would take away some of the excitement of playing a team you normally wouldn't play....Should be interesting to see where everybody ends up. | |
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11-16-2011, 08:53 PM
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| They should just expand to 16 teams in each league and go to 4 teams in 4 divisions in each league. I think Charlotte could support a team but who else? Maybe Portland or Indianapolis with a smaller stadium closer to 30,000 seats.
I don't see MLB expanding in the near future though. I love baseball but apparently a lot of other people don't by looking at their TV ratings. | |
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11-16-2011, 10:02 PM
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| I believe contraction would be better than expansion, but the union will never go for it. I also loathe the idea of interleague play every night, simply because I loathe the idea of the DH. | |
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11-16-2011, 10:15 PM
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| | VOLS Butch!
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| I agree, I hate the DH...The lazy mans spot | |
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11-17-2011, 12:23 PM
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| So will there be 2 new spots for each division or 2 in all, for playoffs? Will it be an NFL playoff format? I'm excited to hear of this. | |
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11-17-2011, 12:45 PM
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| If they are going to play interleague every night, then they are going to have to do something with the DH.
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11-17-2011, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by zjcvols If they are going to play interleague every night, then they are going to have to do something with the DH. | No they're not. It would just remain the same way it's always been based on the home team being National or American League. | |
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11-17-2011, 01:02 PM
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| MLB should go to 2 16-team leagues and institute a hard salary cap. It would spread the talent around the league and increase TV ratings in cities that now feel like they don't ever have a chance to win. Why is the NFL huge? Because it's designed to not have organizations like the Yankees and the Red Sox. | |
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11-17-2011, 01:48 PM
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| Dale Sveum, former Brewers hitting coach, named Cubs manager.
Really surprised STL nor CHI picked up Francona. I'm guessing his asking price was just too high for either team to throw at him. | |
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11-17-2011, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Sith Vol Dale Sveum, former Brewers hitting coach, named Cubs manager.
Really surprised STL nor CHI picked up Francona. I'm guessing his asking price was just too high for either team to throw at him. | I'm thinking it was other factors.... | 
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11-17-2011, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by VOLinthaATL MLB should go to 2 16-team leagues and institute a hard salary cap. It would spread the talent around the league and increase TV ratings in cities that now feel like they don't ever have a chance to win. Why is the NFL huge? Because it's designed to not have organizations like the Yankees and the Red Sox. | I'm thinking the NFL is huge because football is huge, but what do I know.. | |
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11-17-2011, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by TBrown I'm thinking the NFL is huge because football is huge, but what do I know.. | That has something to do with as well. Nice work with the what do I know comment.  I love baseball more than anything but I would have a hard time convincing anyone that baseball is better to watch on tv or in person than football.
That said, the NFL is designed for the worst team to be able to rebound in as quickly as one year. That'll never be the case in baseball unless there is a salary cap. | |
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11-17-2011, 02:45 PM
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| Great hire for the Cubs. Im really excited about what this team will look like 2-3 years down the road.
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