07-09-2009, 12:20 PM
<!--quoteo(post=48976:date=Jul 9 2009, 09:55 AM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Jul 9 2009, 09:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=48962:date=Jul 9 2009, 08:19 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Jul 9 2009, 08:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=48951:date=Jul 9 2009, 02:59 AM:name=bz)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bz @ Jul 9 2009, 02:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->But people didn't think it was all hunky dory. They weren't saying, "Hey George, I really love the way we decide homefield advantage." It just was never thought of as microscopically until it was determined by a meaningless game. Up until then it was just the way it was. If you think that is annoying then I don't know what to tell ya. Seems reasonable to me.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
BZ, you continue to prove my point, almost perfectly. When the game was decided by something as asinine as "every other year", people didn't really give it much thought, by your own admission. Call that what you like, indifference, tacit approval, whatever. It was only after it was changed to something marginally less random, that suddenly it was a pox on society. This is EXACTLY my point. If the current system is so bad that you are going to bitch and moan about it now, why was alternating years not bad enough for you to look at it "microscopically"?
How about an illustration. Your girlfriend moves in, and paints your room bright pink. You say nothing. A couple of months later, she paints it GLOSSY bright pink. You completely freak out and start screaming how this cannot stand. Then Butch walks in and blames it on Bud Selig.
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People weren't complaining about the previous system because it was in place for so long and it had never been altered. The fact that it has changed pisses people off because:
- it wasn't changed to something better
- the fact that it was changed shows that change is possible (but why not change it to something that makes sense?)
Here's an illustration for you.
You have a giant sculpture of a cock on top of your house. You have never cared for it, but you like everything else about the house -- location, price, square footage, etc. -- so you lived with it. Many years later, the architect comes by and says he's going to change it. This makes you happy. But he builds a giant sculpture of a scrotum in its place. This makes you mad.
Think you might bitch about it?
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If the cock was acceptable, the scrotum would not send me into a tizzy. To use your analogy, let's say I call a lawyer. I say "I'm suing this moron for putting a huge scrotum on my roof". The lawyer would then look at the before and after photos, and say "You were living with a huge cock on your roof for years you stupid asshole, why are you bitching now?" Then he wouldn't take my case.
I'd also add that Selig's change was not to "fix" the alternating year format, but to make the All Star game more exciting. Going by that, he probably said the format was fucking stupid enough, changing it to make the all star game more exciting shouldn't piss people off. They've been living with a huge cock on their roofs for years.
BZ, you continue to prove my point, almost perfectly. When the game was decided by something as asinine as "every other year", people didn't really give it much thought, by your own admission. Call that what you like, indifference, tacit approval, whatever. It was only after it was changed to something marginally less random, that suddenly it was a pox on society. This is EXACTLY my point. If the current system is so bad that you are going to bitch and moan about it now, why was alternating years not bad enough for you to look at it "microscopically"?
How about an illustration. Your girlfriend moves in, and paints your room bright pink. You say nothing. A couple of months later, she paints it GLOSSY bright pink. You completely freak out and start screaming how this cannot stand. Then Butch walks in and blames it on Bud Selig.
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People weren't complaining about the previous system because it was in place for so long and it had never been altered. The fact that it has changed pisses people off because:
- it wasn't changed to something better
- the fact that it was changed shows that change is possible (but why not change it to something that makes sense?)
Here's an illustration for you.
You have a giant sculpture of a cock on top of your house. You have never cared for it, but you like everything else about the house -- location, price, square footage, etc. -- so you lived with it. Many years later, the architect comes by and says he's going to change it. This makes you happy. But he builds a giant sculpture of a scrotum in its place. This makes you mad.
Think you might bitch about it?
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If the cock was acceptable, the scrotum would not send me into a tizzy. To use your analogy, let's say I call a lawyer. I say "I'm suing this moron for putting a huge scrotum on my roof". The lawyer would then look at the before and after photos, and say "You were living with a huge cock on your roof for years you stupid asshole, why are you bitching now?" Then he wouldn't take my case.
I'd also add that Selig's change was not to "fix" the alternating year format, but to make the All Star game more exciting. Going by that, he probably said the format was fucking stupid enough, changing it to make the all star game more exciting shouldn't piss people off. They've been living with a huge cock on their roofs for years.
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