10-07-2012, 11:18 PM
[quote name='rok' timestamp='1349665312' post='197090']
[quote name='Bricklayer' timestamp='1349664588' post='197089']
[quote name='rok' timestamp='1349639954' post='197078']
Why aren't the teams with home field advantage hosting the first 2 games of these series? Another brilliant playoff format change by Emperor Selig and his goons.
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I think it's only this season that they are doing this. I don't know why though.
This was the old way they used to play the LCS. I remember the Cubs opening the '84 playoffs at home and then 3 in SD.
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Yeah, my dad reminded me of that today. I couldn't remember why they had home field advantage despite our having the better record in '84. Very strange.
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The reason that the LDS this year are 2-3 is because they already had the schedule worked out when they finally got the OK from the MLBPA to expand the playoffs this year, so they had to wedge the Wild Card games into the current schedule. They did that by taking out the 2nd travel day that they put in place for a 2-2-1 series, so rather than scheduling games on consecutive days in different cities, they went 2-3 this year. They'll schedule the Wild Card games in advance going forward so the LDS will go back to 2-2-1 next year.
I think 1984 was the last year that the LCS was 5 games, but it was 2-3. Just like home field used to switch each year between the AL & NL in the World Series, home field in the LCS used to switch each year between the East & West divisions of each league.
[quote name='Bricklayer' timestamp='1349664588' post='197089']
[quote name='rok' timestamp='1349639954' post='197078']
Why aren't the teams with home field advantage hosting the first 2 games of these series? Another brilliant playoff format change by Emperor Selig and his goons.
[/quote]
I think it's only this season that they are doing this. I don't know why though.
This was the old way they used to play the LCS. I remember the Cubs opening the '84 playoffs at home and then 3 in SD.
[/quote]
Yeah, my dad reminded me of that today. I couldn't remember why they had home field advantage despite our having the better record in '84. Very strange.
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The reason that the LDS this year are 2-3 is because they already had the schedule worked out when they finally got the OK from the MLBPA to expand the playoffs this year, so they had to wedge the Wild Card games into the current schedule. They did that by taking out the 2nd travel day that they put in place for a 2-2-1 series, so rather than scheduling games on consecutive days in different cities, they went 2-3 this year. They'll schedule the Wild Card games in advance going forward so the LDS will go back to 2-2-1 next year.
I think 1984 was the last year that the LCS was 5 games, but it was 2-3. Just like home field used to switch each year between the AL & NL in the World Series, home field in the LCS used to switch each year between the East & West divisions of each league.
This is not some silly theory that's unsupported and deserves being mocked by photos of Xena. ![[Image: ITgoyeg.png]](http://i.imgur.com/ITgoyeg.png)