07-09-2009, 12:03 AM
<!--quoteo(post=48847:date=Jul 8 2009, 03:49 PM:name=bz)-->QUOTE (bz @ Jul 8 2009, 03:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->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.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I could go line by line, but I'll keep it simple. People, in all walks of life, on radio, in print, on TV, in many media facets outside of this message board, complain about the new method of selecting home field advantage. I, in no way, was pointing out just people on this message board. In point of fact, I was almost entirely talking about people outside of this message board, as "home field advantage for the all star game" is not really something we discuss a lot on this board. It was only when Butch decided to harp on my "peeve" (which I am just as entitled to as you are entitled to think something is dumb without rationalizing it to me, by the way) where it was decided to drill it down into why or why not Selig won't change it to best record for home field advantage and which side people on this board come down on the issue. So you are entitled to think whatever the fuck you want is dumb, just as I am entitled to list people who thought alternating years was hunky dory, but are suddenly outraged by the all star game mattering, as a peeve.
In short, I believe I stayed on topic.
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.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I could go line by line, but I'll keep it simple. People, in all walks of life, on radio, in print, on TV, in many media facets outside of this message board, complain about the new method of selecting home field advantage. I, in no way, was pointing out just people on this message board. In point of fact, I was almost entirely talking about people outside of this message board, as "home field advantage for the all star game" is not really something we discuss a lot on this board. It was only when Butch decided to harp on my "peeve" (which I am just as entitled to as you are entitled to think something is dumb without rationalizing it to me, by the way) where it was decided to drill it down into why or why not Selig won't change it to best record for home field advantage and which side people on this board come down on the issue. So you are entitled to think whatever the fuck you want is dumb, just as I am entitled to list people who thought alternating years was hunky dory, but are suddenly outraged by the all star game mattering, as a peeve.
In short, I believe I stayed on topic.
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