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<!--quoteo(post=48481:date=Jul 7 2009, 08:39 AM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Jul 7 2009, 08:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->i hate the idiots with cell phones behind home plate, waving like retards at a corky thatcher book signing.
i also hate issuing a warning every time a player gets hit. let the players handle it. a fight every once in a while is a good thing.
i hate the fact that the world series home field is determined by the all star game. it bothers me that an error by some douchebag on the nationals can keep the cubs from having home field even if they have the better record.
i hate the mandatory "every team must be represented" rule in the all star game. you can't tell me that the 3 or 4 national fans will have a heart attack if their team isn't represented. and who cares if they did anyway?
i hate the dh. play the field or go home.
i hate interleague play. give me more games against long time teams like the dodgers, mets, phillies, etc. do we really need to see the royals? ever?
i hate the white sox. does chicago really need two teams? white sox fans are the most fair weather fans in sports. if they can't support their team when they suck, then they don't deserve a team.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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<!--quoteo(post=48484:date=Jul 7 2009, 09:05 AM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jul 7 2009, 09:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I hate the White Sox too, but Chicago can definitely handle 2 teams . . . in all actuality, places like Chicago and New York could actually handle another team.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
that really wasn't my point at all.
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<!--quoteo(post=48499:date=Jul 7 2009, 10:52 AM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Jul 7 2009, 10:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=48484:date=Jul 7 2009, 09:05 AM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jul 7 2009, 09:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I hate the White Sox too, but Chicago can definitely handle 2 teams . . . in all actuality, places like Chicago and New York could actually handle another team.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
that really wasn't my point at all.
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I think your point was that maybe a town like Gary, Indiana or East St Louis might better appreciate the White Sox as their home town team, and that they really don't belong in Chicago. They should have left town back when Reinsdorf threatened to move them to St Petersburg in the late 80s/early 90s. No one would have cared.
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<!--quoteo(post=48499:date=Jul 7 2009, 10:52 AM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Jul 7 2009, 10:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=48484:date=Jul 7 2009, 09:05 AM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jul 7 2009, 09:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I hate the White Sox too, but Chicago can definitely handle 2 teams . . . in all actuality, places like Chicago and New York could actually handle another team.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
that really wasn't my point at all.
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I know, I was just sayin'.
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I like having the White Sox to hate. It provides an opportunity for fierce loyalty that not even hating the Cardinals can really match. Hating a divisional rival makes simple sense. Hating a crosstown team in another league...that's hardcore...and out of towners just don't get it. I like that.
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<!--quoteo(post=48505:date=Jul 7 2009, 12:21 PM:name=jstraw)-->QUOTE (jstraw @ Jul 7 2009, 12:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I like having the White Sox to hate. It provides an opportunity for fierce loyalty that not even hating the Cardinals can really match. Hating a divisional rival makes simple sense. Hating a crosstown team in another league...that's hardcore...and out of towners just don't get it. I like that.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I disagree. I hate the Cards. The White Sox are like gum stuck on my shoe. I really don't care what they do because it doesn't affect the Cubs in any way.
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<!--quoteo(post=48506:date=Jul 7 2009, 12:23 PM:name=The Dude)-->QUOTE (The Dude @ Jul 7 2009, 12:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=48505:date=Jul 7 2009, 12:21 PM:name=jstraw)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jstraw @ Jul 7 2009, 12:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I like having the White Sox to hate. It provides an opportunity for fierce loyalty that not even hating the Cardinals can really match. Hating a divisional rival makes simple sense. Hating a crosstown team in another league...that's hardcore...and out of towners just don't get it. I like that.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I disagree. I hate the Cards. The White Sox are like gum stuck on my shoe. I really don't care what they do because it doesn't affect the Cubs in any way.
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People aren't going to like mine. Many of these can be guessed by my previous 5000 posts.
-I hate it when fans seem to think that a different lineup would have made a difference in about 60 games a year. Usually all losses
-I hate it when the same people who say "this loss is on (insert managers name) roughly 40 times a year, have never once said "this win was all because of (insert managers name)".
-I hate it when GM's get blamed for not making trades that people make up in their head.
-I hate it when people get all worked up over whether or not Erik Estrada should be singing the 7th inning stretch. Who cares? The alternative is watching a commercial, like you do between every other inning.
-I hate it when people complain about the All Star game determining home field advantage when the previous determination was made by RANDOMLY ALTERNATING. It's a crappy system, but it's certainly no worse than what it replaced.
Maybe I'll post more when you guys get done ripping me a new one.
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So pretty much BT hates all of us
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I think that both leagues should have the DH. I dont want to see pitchers trying to hit.
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<!--quoteo(post=48514:date=Jul 7 2009, 01:12 PM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Jul 7 2009, 01:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->-I hate it when people complain about the All Star game determining home field advantage when the previous determination was made by RANDOMLY ALTERNATING. It's a crappy system, but it's certainly no worse than what it replaced.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Just because the previous system sucked, doesn't mean this one is any better. I think it's perfectly acceptable to complain when there are viable alternatives not being used.
Here are a couple of ideas that would be far better than the current one:
- the league with the better overall interleague record
- the team with the better overall record
- the team with the better playoff record up to that point (if one team sweeps their way to the World Series, they get home field advantage)
Just something that makes it meaningful. Winner of the All Star game makes very little sense.
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<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->- the team with the better overall record<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
that's what I think it should be.
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<!--quoteo(post=48521:date=Jul 7 2009, 01:32 PM:name=vegascub)-->QUOTE (vegascub @ Jul 7 2009, 01:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->- the team with the better overall record<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
that's what I think it should be.
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Well, that seems to work in every other sport in existence. Maybe MLB could try it.
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Yeah, I know the Super Bowl is held at a neutral site.
Yeah, I know that the two leagues aren't exactly equal, and it's easier to win 95 games in the NL West than it is in the AL East. So what? That hasn't stopped the NBA, NHL, or NFL from using the "best record" to determine home-field.
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<!--quoteo(post=48519:date=Jul 7 2009, 01:28 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Jul 7 2009, 01:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=48514:date=Jul 7 2009, 01:12 PM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Jul 7 2009, 01:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->-I hate it when people complain about the All Star game determining home field advantage when the previous determination was made by RANDOMLY ALTERNATING. It's a crappy system, but it's certainly no worse than what it replaced.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Just because the previous system sucked, doesn't mean this one is any better. I think it's perfectly acceptable to complain when there are viable alternatives not being used.
Here are a couple of ideas that would be far better than the current one:
- the league with the better overall interleague record
- the team with the better overall record
- the team with the better playoff record up to that point (if one team sweeps their way to the World Series, they get home field advantage)
Just something that makes it meaningful. Winner of the All Star game makes very little sense.
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all of those are unworkable, according to Selig. It makes no sense to me either, but there you have it.
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<!--quoteo(post=48303:date=Jul 6 2009, 12:59 PM:name=jstraw)-->QUOTE (jstraw @ Jul 6 2009, 12:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Oh, well...yeah, the DH...and fix the pitchers mound...and teach the umps how the strike zone works...and shitcan the wildcard and interleague play...and make the word uniform mean UNIFORM...and no artificial turf or domes.
And bring back the dead ball.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Without being a dick, I will say that I respectfully disagree with nearly every one of your suggestions.
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