10-04-2010, 06:35 PM
yeah i know. and, not to cast aspersions on anyone but i think a lottery for those who don't finish in the money would be good. i didn't check or anything, so i'm under no assumption that anyone did anything resembling tanking but it's a pretty decent sized pot we have going and there comes a point for just about every team where they know for sure that they're out of the running. why try at that point? i know for the honor of the game or whatever, but you can't even monitor that. you can monitor people not putting in pitchers or managing around off days and injuries, but why would someone scan the waiver wire like crazy every day to go from say 9th place to 7th place before the season's over? (which i did like an idiot, in retrospect) again, i have no idea who finished in those places and am not specifically talking about anyone. i literally tried to win the thing way past the time it was mathematically possible because it was more fun for me but come draft day next year it'll certainly hurt me. i know that was my choice, but in the future, why not do a lottery to just eliminate these kinds of questions? if we don't, i won't be pissed or anything, just an idea
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