[CAARHawk]

Who was the genius who booked Miami, JVille, KC Twice, St. Louis twice, Minny...?

Counting this week and last week there will only be 3 games in 11 weeks between likely playoff teams.

Yuck.

[rjhindm]

Originally Posted by CAARHawk

Who was the genius who booked Miami, JVille, KC Twice, St. Louis twice, Minny...?

Counting this week and last week there will only be 3 games in 11 weeks between likely playoff teams.

Yuck.

HEY!!!

Don't rule out the Chiefs yet.... AFC WEST is horrible, and they get a not so good Chargers team at home next sunday...

[big10fan]

don't they usually try and schedule it for two good teams? i thought that was a weird pairing too.

[tweeterhawk]

That was a turrible game last night. Very hard to watch.

[ColoradoHAWKEYE]

sucked ever since they switched it from abc to espn anyhow. unfortunately, sans world series, it's only game in town on mondays. glad I missed last nights game.although I saw matt roth get a couple of good plays on.

[hawkeyescott]

I can't believe someone would have watched that crap last night over the World Series, I'm curious to see the ratings, I know the World Series had a higher rating for Sunday night then the football game. Even if your not a huge baseball fan this has been one of the best World Series in some time.

[ssckelley]

Originally Posted by hawkeyescott

Even if your not a huge baseball fan this has been one of the best World Series in some time.

How so? The best teams in baseball are not even playing in the World Series. Very few people outside of St Louis or Dallas/Ft Worth even care. The Cubs signing a new team president is bigger news than the World Series.

[hawkeyescott]

Originally Posted by ssckelley

How so? The best teams in baseball are not even playing in the World Series. Very few people outside of St Louis or Dallas/Ft Worth even care. The Cubs signing a new team president is bigger news than the World Series.

The games have been very good (outside of game 4) that is how. Also how can you say the Cardinals aren't better than the Phillies? They took 3 out of 4 in Philadelphia in late September then beat them head to head in the division series. They were 6-3 in the last 9 games against the Phillies. The Yankees might have been the best in the AL but IMO they weren't because they didn't have the pitching.

Having the best record and being the best team in baseball are two different things with the unbalanced schedules.

[ssckelley]

Originally Posted by hawkeyescott

The games have been very good (outside of game 4) that is how. Also how can you say the Cardinals aren't better than the Phillies? They took 3 out of 4 in Philadelphia in late September then beat them head to head in the division series. They were 6-3 in the last 9 games against the Phillies. The Yankees might have been the best in the AL but IMO they weren't because they didn't have the pitching.

After a 162 game schedule the Phillies won 102 games, the Cardinals won 90. The best team in the NL did not make it to the World Series. Go look at the ratings and see how many people are actually watching these games.

Having the best record and being the best team in baseball are two different things with the unbalanced schedules.

They are not 2 different things, it isn't like they are only playing 16 games in a season. They are playing a 162 game schedule, the best team will have the best record.

[oifdeserthawk]

Why do people still not understand that although the best team in MLB may not appear to win the World Series, the fact is more often than not that the team playing the best baseball at the most crucial moments of the season generally does. Very rarely would I say that the team thought to be the "best" during the regular season, wins the World Series. They play the games for a reason. If the "best team in baseball" wanted to win the World Series, or be playing in the World Series, then maybe they should have won 3 out of 5 or 4 out of 7 prior to the World Series, correct?

[oifdeserthawk]

Otherwise I will argue that they effectively debunked themselves from being coined the "best team" or "teams" in baseball.

[Hawkeye11en1]

Originally Posted by ssckelley

How so? The best teams in baseball are not even playing in the World Series. Very few people outside of St Louis or Dallas/Ft Worth even care. The Cubs signing a new team president is bigger news than the World Series.

You could enter 2 cities into that equation and say the same thing every year. Unless it is Boston or the Yankees, pick another 2 cities and will non-baseball fans even care? Baseball fans are watching this WS and I can guarantee you they think it is a good series. The only reason the Cubs would be a watch, and probably a big reason they have a lot of fans, is because they haven't been there in so long. Not sure what you are getting at.

[tm3308]

Originally Posted by ssckelley

How so? The best teams in baseball are not even playing in the World Series. Very few people outside of St Louis or Dallas/Ft Worth even care. The Cubs signing a new team president is bigger news than the World Series.

If you can't tell the difference between a great series and a high-profile series, then you shouldn't bother talking about baseball at all. Just because the "best" teams aren't playing doesn't mean the series isn't great. Packed with drama and tension, just like any great WS should be.

[oifdeserthawk]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye11en1

You could enter 2 cities into that equation and say the same thing every year. Unless it is Boston or the Yankees, pick another 2 cities and will non-baseball fans even care? Baseball fans are watching this WS and I can guarantee you they think it is a good series. The only reason the Cubs would be a watch, and probably a big reason they have a lot of fans, is because they haven't been there in so long. Not sure what you are getting at.

I'm sure MOST Cubs fans are watching, simply because whether you like Cubs fans or not, you cannot deny Cubs fans love baseball as much, if not more so than nearly any fanbase. This is a result of as you said, the Cubs lack of success. Cubs fans are baseball fans. Hell, I'm in a very small minority, but when the Cubs aren't playing the Cardinals I root for the Cardinals. My Grandpa was a die hard Cubs fan, his son, my Dad, fell in love with Stan Musial and became a Cardinals fan, and I fell in love with Ryne Sandberg and became a Cubs fan. My Dad loves the Cardinals, so I have no problem hoping they win a World Series if the Cubs obviously are out of the picture.

[CAARHawk]

I would be more inclined to watch the baseball playoffs if they played them a month earlier. No way they can keep me halfway through football season. In fact, I actually get resentful when baseball talk gets in the way of football talk, which makes it less likely I will watch baseball.