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  1. 1988Blues

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    Raley can platoon with Beaty at 1B as he has a minor league history of mashing vs lefties if they choose to play Muncy at 2B and keep Lux on the bench.
    Or maybe even with Joc in LF if he can still move like when he was with the Dodgers system.

    LF: Joc/Pollock
    RF: Mookie
    3B: Turner
    2B: Muncy
    CF: Bellinger
    SS: Seager
    C: Smith/Ruiz
    1B: Beaty/Raley

    Bench: Pollock, Raley, Ruiz, Taylor, Lux
    Rios, Kike and maybe Barnes are on the bubble.
     
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    At least winning the pennant will be a big deal again.
    But they should only apply this to the AL.
    The AL can be new coke.
    NL can stay classic.
     
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    I really liked the two separate leagues as well. Unique to baseball and made the World series far more interesting.
     
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    Are they really expanding the playoffs much though?
    The way it looks to me the only team that would theoretically play a game or two more than any other team would be if one of the bottom tier wild card teams lost every other game but always won the clincher so they kept advancing until they won the world series in 7 games.
    That team may have to play past the current maximum amount of playoff games a team could theoretically play.
    But not by much.
    While more teams will play more games by virtue of no 1 game series and the extra wildcard series... in reality few of these extreme situations will ever play out. And if it does nobody will care that they played an extra game or 3 because they won the world series and they did it as huge underdogs.
    That story would be strong enough to overshadow.
    Its actually a real smart move because its going to build a lot of anticipation and fan interest.
     
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    Not super unique as the NFL does the same thing.
     
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    The NFL plays regular season interconference games.
     
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    The Rams play AFC teams during the regular season...?
     
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    It's the off-season so it's easy to get excited by any news.
    After letting it sit for a while, I hate this playoff proposal.
    It's really gimmicky and it's a slippery slope.

    I am always interested in realignment and playoff ideas but this one isn't it.
     
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    Lux will either be starting at 2B in MLB or starting in AAA. Dude isn't going to come off the bench.
    Ruiz will be in the minors, certainly.

    Thanks for reminding me Barnes exists, though. Mondays are the worst
     
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    weren't you totally into it like an hour ago? :clap:
     
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    The issue was that he witnessed it and most importantly the Dodgers never notified MLB offices and Gabe Kapler tried to mediate it. It was and is a organizational issue.


    https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/02/05/n...versy-los-angeles-dodgers-assault-allegations
     
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    PECOTA breakdowns are out... 103 wins for LAD

    And yet, it gives me no hope.
     
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    We’re so good they have us playing 163 games
     
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    :laff:
    Didn't notice that.
     
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    With all the multi level shit going on, and the deal that coulda woulda shoulda been made, and the deals that were, it sure occurs to me, circuitously or immediately, that Lux better be goddam good. He really needs to live up to those expectations and potential.
    Or he can probably get work as the new Ryan Phillipe as the real one ages, but if all the clamor for him was true, we might have a really good player/players without all the recent bullshit. And for more than a year.
    They wouldn't move Verdugo either, till now, but I guess if it helps you get Mookie, you move him on like a pederastic priest.
     
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    Absolutely along with a host of other entities. This is the era of let’s look back and see what you did wrong years ago and how you should correct it now.
     
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    Yes, it is literally adding a whole new round to the playoffs. It’s the definition of playoff expansion. And baseball is more of a crapshoot than any other sport, so a 3-game series is problematic - a 95+ win team getting rolled in the first round by an 82 win team will be an annual thing, and a 100+ win team getting rolled in the first round will happen every other year or so. A lot of great teams will become footnotes in this format.
     
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    Hey gap tooth... STOP FUCKING WITH BASEBALL!!!!

    If your going to change anything heres a list

    Get rid of DH
    Get Rid of Astros
    Bring back Pete
     
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