Chef Jim Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I didn't want to put this in the baseball forum where it would get ignored. After 161 games the winner of the AL West will be decided by today's last game between the A's and the Rangers. The Rangers were up 5-1 going into the bottom of the 4th and emerged at the end of the 4th down 7-5! GO A's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 What makes you think it won't be ignored here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 What makes you think it won't be ignored here? Ignored was the wrong word. Seen is the word I probably should have used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 A sweep of the west for the Bay Area! Congrats to the Giants and A's!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomper Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Amazing job by the A's? Quick, name three of them, I thought not. Billy has to be Manager of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Amazing job by the A's? Quick, name three of them, I thought not. Billy has to be Manager of the year. Well I can seeing I live in Oakland but it was an amazing run in the second half. Down 13 games in June and down 5-1 in this game and come back and win it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Amazing job by the A's? Quick, name three of them, I thought not. Billy has to be Manager of the year. Bob Melvin might have something to say about that. Now if you're talking executive of the year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomper Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 duh...that's what I meant lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Just busting your balls. I'm a Yankees fan personally...would be an interesting ALCS between them and the Athletics. Gun to my head, I'd put Detroit and San Fran in the WS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomper Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Well I'm a Giants fan so that's where my heart is but I'd love to see another Bay bridge series. Love to see the O's go deep. Should be plenty of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 Just busting your balls. I'm a Yankees fan personally...would be an interesting ALCS between them and the Athletics. Gun to my head, I'd put Detroit and San Fran in the WS. The A's are on an incredible roll. Not just in the fact that they came from 13 down. That's from June....big deal. It's how they've won many of their games recently. Coming from behind on a regular basis. Being down 5-1 in the fourth and scoring 6 runs in the bottom of the inning is just incredible and then shutting out the Rangers the rest of the game is even more incredible. BTW can I mention here that the one game wild card playoff is a load of crap. What's the point? Yeah, yeah I know.....$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 I see it. Even I see it! Was on my way to post in Last Post Wins to report No HappyHump Day for me when I saw the thread. A Texas Toast to the A's. Big gamers!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 The A's are on an incredible roll. Not just in the fact that they came from 13 down. That's from June....big deal. It's how they've won many of their games recently. Coming from behind on a regular basis. Being down 5-1 in the fourth and scoring 6 runs in the bottom of the inning is just incredible and then shutting out the Rangers the rest of the game is even more incredible. BTW can I mention here that the one game wild card playoff is a load of crap. What's the point? Yeah, yeah I know.....$$ After a whopping 162 games, I think the regular season alone should decide each pennant winner. MAYBE have 4 playoff teams total. 10 is ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 After a whopping 162 games, I think the regular season alone should decide each pennant winner. MAYBE have 4 playoff teams total. 10 is ridiculous. So are you saying go back to two divisions or one division winner is out of the playoffs I'm good with 6 teams with the team with the best record in each league drawing a bye. Oh and having the all-star game decide home field in the Series?? Double load of crap. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Amazing job by the A's? Quick, name three of them, I thought not. Billy has to be Manager of the year. No way, Buck Showalter by a landslide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Speaking of baseball, congrats to Miggy Cabrera on his Triple Crown. How is this not a huge story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 Speaking of baseball, congrats to Miggy Cabrera on his Triple Crown. How is this not a huge story? Or Posey winning the NL batting title after blowing out his leg and missing almost the whole season last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomper Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Remember Cabrera's DUI last year when he got out of the car swigging Scotch? What a difference a year makes. It's an amazing thing. The playoffs are going to be insane. Posey MVP in my eyes (yes, i am a Giants fan but Chef is right. Not even the club knew if he would be the same. He wasn't. He was better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) So are you saying go back to two divisions or one division winner is out of the playoffs I'm good with 6 teams with the team with the best record in each league drawing a bye. Oh and having the all-star game decide home field in the Series?? Double load of crap. . I realize how the current playoff system makes things more exciting for the casual fan. I get it. It's just that I'm a stats nerd, so it bothers me how the long marathon schedule (in which the Law of Large Numbers actually has a chance to work) does such a great job of parsing the good teams from the superior teams...and then the BEST team can be eliminated from losing 3 games in a 5 game series. In the NFL, it's entirely possible that a 10-6 team is superior to a 12-4 team. Small sample size. In baseball, an 87-75 simply isn't the same as a 100-62 team. But they're given the chance now to win a single game and stand on equal ground. I like your idea of 6 teams with byes. I wonder what all that rest would do to the team with the bye, though. Edited October 4, 2012 by SageAgainstTheMachine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 I realize how the current playoff system makes things more exciting for the casual fan. I get it. It's just that I'm a stats nerd, so it bothers me how the long marathon schedule (in which the Law of Large Numbers actually has a chance to work) does such a great job of parsing the good teams from the superior teams...and then the BEST team can be eliminated from losing 3 games in a 5 game series. In the NFL, it's entirely possible that a 10-6 team is superior to a 12-4 team. Small sample size. In baseball, an 87-75 simply isn't the same as a 100-62 team. But they're given the chance now to win a single game and stand on equal ground. I like your idea of 6 teams with byes. I wonder what all that rest would do to the team with the bye, though. Good point on the rest. You know the last thing the A's want right now is a rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Amazing job by the A's? Quick, name three of them, I thought not. Billy has to be Manager of the year. Donaldson ( my maiden name..no relation that I know) Parker Balfour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 I realize how the current playoff system makes things more exciting for the casual fan. I get it. It's just that I'm a stats nerd, so it bothers me how the long marathon schedule (in which the Law of Large Numbers actually has a chance to work) does such a great job of parsing the good teams from the superior teams...and then the BEST team can be eliminated from losing 3 games in a 5 game series. In the NFL, it's entirely possible that a 10-6 team is superior to a 12-4 team. Small sample size. In baseball, an 87-75 simply isn't the same as a 100-62 team. But they're given the chance now to win a single game and stand on equal ground. I like your idea of 6 teams with byes. I wonder what all that rest would do to the team with the bye, though. I think a bye would be terrible in baseball. And IMO, the 2d WC is a silly gimmick. The best baseball playoff structure was the one that worked fine for years -- two divisions per league with the division winners playing 7 games for the pennant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 I think a bye would be terrible in baseball. And IMO, the 2d WC is a silly gimmick. The best baseball playoff structure was the one that worked fine for years -- two divisions per league with the division winners playing 7 games for the pennant. I disagree. That would be the worst thing for baseball. With only four teams making the playoffs it reduces the chance for tight races down the road like we had. That would probably have rendered yesterday's game between the Rangers and A's meaningless More teams chasing a playoff spot the better. I agree that my bye idea was not the best. Go back to the three divisional winners and one wild card. Once again a one game playoff is just dumb unless it's for a tiebreaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 The best news for the A's, Rangers, Angels and Mariners is that they get 18 games against the Astros next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 The best news for the A's, Rangers, Angels and Mariners is that they get 18 games against the Astros next season. 18?? WTF?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Speaking of baseball, congrats to Miggy Cabrera on his Triple Crown. How is this not a huge story? This is all I have heard and seen while watching the last 3 jays games this yearThey cut away and go split screen for each of his at bats this week.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 18?? WTF?? Yeah, teams play just under half their season within the division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 18?? WTF?? Astros are switching over to the AL and joinging the West, so they get 18 games against them As for the Extra Wild Card, its the reason why so many teams were still in the race this late, and why it was so close this year. Personally, I like the one game showdown to determin the wildcard team, division winners are automatically in, the wildcard is decided by the one game playoff. Maybe if you moved it to a best of 3 series, played at the home field of the higher ranked team so its similar to playing an extra series might be better (having it played in one location would allow them to keep it shortened to a weekend and eliminate travel days that would be a headache if it was between Oakland and Boston for example)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 I loved the new structure. Being a Yankee fan it was really the first time since the Wild Card came into play that I was really dialed into every game in September. Most years it's all locked up by then. I agree with KD - it seemed like the Triple Crown got little fanfare. I actually didn't even know he that it was in play until a few days ago! I would have thought if it ever happened in my lifetime, it would have been huge, like when Pete Rose had his hitting streak or McGuire going after Maris. Is it that news so splintered these days? I don't find out that say a well known football player from the '70s died until weeks later sometimes when I read my outdated SI issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 I loved the new structure. Being a Yankee fan it was really the first time since the Wild Card came into play that I was really dialed into every game in September. Most years it's all locked up by then. I agree with KD - it seemed like the Triple Crown got little fanfare. I actually didn't even know he that it was in play until a few days ago! I would have thought if it ever happened in my lifetime, it would have been huge, like when Pete Rose had his hitting streak or McGuire going after Maris. Is it that news so splintered these days? I don't find out that say a well known football player from the '70s died until weeks later sometimes when I read my outdated SI issue. For being a pretty important sports town, it seems Detroit athletics are treated with relative ambivalence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 The best news for the A's, Rangers, Angels and Mariners is that they get 18 games against the Astros next season. Yep...open the season with the Astros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 Yeah, teams play just under half their season within the division. I didn't know the Astros were going to the AL. I loved the new structure. Being a Yankee fan it was really the first time since the Wild Card came into play that I was really dialed into every game in September. Most years it's all locked up by then. I agree with KD - it seemed like the Triple Crown got little fanfare. I actually didn't even know he that it was in play until a few days ago! I would have thought if it ever happened in my lifetime, it would have been huge, like when Pete Rose had his hitting streak or McGuire going after Maris. Is it that news so splintered these days? I don't find out that say a well known football player from the '70s died until weeks later sometimes when I read my outdated SI issue. It's becaus he's hispanic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 This has been a hell of a baseball season for me thusfar. My A's coming from out of nowhere to not only make the playoffs, but sweep the Rangers to outright win the division! Awesome. I was in shock and awe watching the final game yesterday. They simply never quit, and never have all season long. 5 back with 9 to go, and an incredible 4 back with 6 to go and they pull it off. I'm looking forward to the postseason. And to do all of this after trading away Gio, Cahill, and Bailey? And without one of their top pitchers in Brett Anderson? Awesome. Then my boy Buster Posey absolutely blows up. Sure, he had this type fo season in him, but it was totally unexpected coming off such a horrific injury. Then you got Miggy winning the triple crown. I wish more of this was discussed. Its an amazing feat, and something i wasn't sure i'd ever see in my lifetime, given the proliferation of .200 avg - 50 HR types in the bigs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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