07-08-2009, 04:49 PM
BT, I believe the topic is "Baseball Pet Peeves" not "Baseball Message Board Pet Peeves".
Before 2003 no one complained about the old way of giving home field advantage because it had been done that way forever and wasn't really a big deal. You alternate. Simple, innocuous. 50/50 chance your team is playing with home field advantage. In retrospect, it was not a good method, but it was a fair one.
Selig changed the system to protect the potential loss of revenues and MLB marketing world wide after the 2003 tie.
And I don't like the assertion that we're all hypocrites because we didn't complain before, but now we're complaining about something that can be corrected despite Selig's stubbornness in the matter. I'll hop in my time machine, go back to 2002 and start a firethealternatinghomefieldadvantage.com blog for you.
And PS...I can think something is "dumb" if I want to without having to rationalize it to you. Here's some other things I don't like, but don't feel I need to have to justify: one of the hosts at work, green olives, ladder ball, Rush...etc.
And PPS...just because someone says something is dumb and doesn't provide a reason for it openly doesn't mean that they don't have a reason.
Before 2003 no one complained about the old way of giving home field advantage because it had been done that way forever and wasn't really a big deal. You alternate. Simple, innocuous. 50/50 chance your team is playing with home field advantage. In retrospect, it was not a good method, but it was a fair one.
Selig changed the system to protect the potential loss of revenues and MLB marketing world wide after the 2003 tie.
And I don't like the assertion that we're all hypocrites because we didn't complain before, but now we're complaining about something that can be corrected despite Selig's stubbornness in the matter. I'll hop in my time machine, go back to 2002 and start a firethealternatinghomefieldadvantage.com blog for you.
And PS...I can think something is "dumb" if I want to without having to rationalize it to you. Here's some other things I don't like, but don't feel I need to have to justify: one of the hosts at work, green olives, ladder ball, Rush...etc.
And PPS...just because someone says something is dumb and doesn't provide a reason for it openly doesn't mean that they don't have a reason.
If Angelo had picked McClellin, I would have been expecting to hear by training camp that kid has stage 4 cancer, is actually 5'2" 142 lbs, is a chick who played in a 7 - 0 defensive scheme who only rotated in on downs which were 3 and 34 yds + so is not expecting to play a down in the NFL until the sex change is complete and she puts on another 100 lbs. + but this is Emery's first pick so he'll get a pass with a bit of questioning. - 1060Ivy