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Baseball

Crowman1979

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1. Ok, the shortened season sounds great but....

Reply to OmahaBlueDog (Original post)

Mon Feb 11, 2013, 06:03 PM

Feb 2013

I would go back to only having two divisions in each league until their are more than eight teams in each one. That way the league championships can be played in September as a best-of-five. Then play the World Series right when October begins, when its not freezing cold yet.

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I want to reconfigure MLB as follows: [View all] OmahaBlueDog Jan 2013 OP

Ok, the shortened season sounds great but.... Crowman1979 Feb 2013 #1

Getting the World Series back to October is a must OmahaBlueDog Feb 2013 #2

A 100-game season sounds great...... OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #3

I see it differently OmahaBlueDog Feb 2013 #4

I agree theHandpuppet Jul 2013 #15

A FIFA-style arrangement would be ideal IMO! Aquavit Feb 2013 #5

..so then we'd play the World Series every four years, like the World Cup? OmahaBlueDog Feb 2013 #6

World Baseball Classic Aquavit Feb 2013 #7

I'm loving the idea of just having one league, Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #8

Agree wholeheartedly with the NFL OmahaBlueDog Apr 2013 #11

That's 31 fewer days of work for stadium employees FrodosPet Apr 2013 #9

Fewer days, but more meaningful games = higher attendance OmahaBlueDog Apr 2013 #10

Baseball is great in California. Lets play 170 games. demosincebirth Jun 2013 #12

In parts of California, certainly.. OmahaBlueDog Jun 2013 #13

I'd sit on wooden bleacher seats and have for years past (PCL) to watch demosincebirth Jun 2013 #14