tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post8547236073461408540..comments2024-01-06T02:22:33.000-05:00Comments on Camden Depot: Revisiting MLB Reallignment and Expansion: Part IJon Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03521809778977098687noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-46533639358965323772011-06-16T17:48:43.801-04:002011-06-16T17:48:43.801-04:00What I do here at Camden Depot often includes thou...What I do here at Camden Depot often includes thought exercises. One of those would be, what happens is there is expansion? I apologize if someone you were confused that I was outright saying that expansion was coming. I am full well of the opinion that expansion only occurs when ownership needs money and they get that from franchise fees. And, owners are doing fine...except two.Jon Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03521809778977098687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-49978887737031412352011-06-16T16:39:00.818-04:002011-06-16T16:39:00.818-04:00I think like anything else, it's on the "...I think like anything else, it's on the "table." Can't find anything to believe me to think it is being seriously considered. Have fun with it, but it's not happening. And by the way, couldn't find anything from Olney - not saying it's not there though.Magic of Orioles baseballnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-75682189560943673402011-06-16T11:47:39.123-04:002011-06-16T11:47:39.123-04:00Links?
I don't think this is that big of a se...Links?<br /><br />I don't think this is that big of a secret. I have not read it anywhere, but I imagine Olney reported it. I imagine the people I talk to know those discussing it.<br /><br />The way I understood it is that expansion is an option on the table and they are summarizing all of their options. It would be short-sighted of them not to consider all options.Jon Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03521809778977098687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-68817190804393475932011-06-16T11:26:11.162-04:002011-06-16T11:26:11.162-04:00Do you have "sources" saying it is being...Do you have "sources" saying it is being discussed. I have not seen any reports of it being on the table. If you could provide a link, it would greatly be appreciated.Magic of Orioles baseballnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-62673026042659999072011-06-15T12:50:30.872-04:002011-06-15T12:50:30.872-04:00Expansion is being considered, it just is not like...Expansion is being considered, it just is not likely to occur. Expansion occurs when owners need money. Maybe with the current economy and with the debt loads teams have, it might be a live issue...I doubt it. But, yes, it is being discussed.Jon Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03521809778977098687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-25198867150256703432011-06-15T12:26:46.105-04:002011-06-15T12:26:46.105-04:00I highly doubt expansion is being considered. But ...I highly doubt expansion is being considered. But it's always fun to dream I suppose.Magic of Orioles baseballnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-79592739713050761772011-06-14T14:16:44.062-04:002011-06-14T14:16:44.062-04:00Personally, I am not a big fan of adding an extra ...Personally, I am not a big fan of adding an extra playoff team. I think the long regular season should remain the focus, and adding additional playoff teams, especially in this format, is likely to water down the games in August and September even more all so two teams with 87 wins can play two or three games in October. Does anyone really care about the NBA or NHL regular season? It doesn't matter who finishes 3rd or 6th or 8th, so long as you are in the top 8. I don't know why we want to bring that structure to MLB.<br /><br />I don't like interleague play because of the unbalancing of the schedule. Three or four game series are virtually required in baseball, meaning there are 54 match-ups in a season. Half of those will be at home, meaning that there is no possible structure by which any MLB team can play all the other teams both at home and on the road in a given season. Splitting into two leagues makes that possible.<br /><br />My proposal would be to split the two leagues into two divisions, add two teams, and play a modified unbalanced schedule. For each of the 7 other teams in your division, you play two home and two road series. For 3 teams you play one 4 game series at home (13 total games x 3), and for 3 other teams you play a 4 games series on the road (13 total games x 3). The 7th team gets all three game series (12 total games). That's 90 division games.<br /><br />For the 8 non-division teams, you play one set of 3 home and road matchups. Then, half the teams you play an additional 3 times on the road and the other half an additional 3 times at home. 8 x 9 = 72 total games.<br /><br />Now, each division winner gets a playoff berth guaranteed. The two wild card slots are the two teams with the next best records.<br /><br />Exactly how you split the divisions depends where the new teams get added (San Antonio and Portland would have very different implications than Charlotte and Hoboken), but as it stands now, there are 14 teams in the Eastern Time Zone and 16 teams in the Central, Mountain and Pacific time zones. No matter how you do it, at least two of the Chicago clubs, Milwaukee or St. Louis are going west. If you add Portland and San Antonio, I would put PDX in the AL West, sending the White Sox back east, and San Antonio in the NL West, sending the Rockies (or DBacks) to the AL West and the Cubs to the NL East.The Oriole Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483309131692836436noreply@blogger.com