OT One game playoff?

by **S2M** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:52 am

Can Someone tell me WHY Minnesota and Chicago are playing a one-game playoff when Minnesota won the season series 11 to 7?

Enquiring minds want to know....at least THIS one does..... :shock:

by **Tito** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:55 am

We need Steve Perry!

by **Saint John** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:58 am

I hate the fucking White Sox as much as Osama Bin Laden, but I think baseball's got it right. If you have the same record after that many games you should settle it on the field. One game for all the marbles. Love it...go Twins!!!

by **S2M** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:03 am

Saint John wrote:I hate the fucking White Sox as much as Osama Bin Laden, but I think baseball's got it right. If you have the same record after that many games you should settle it on the field. One game for all the marbles. Love it...go Twins!!!

Doesn't happen that way in football.....

by **Deb** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:04 am

StocktontoMalone wrote:
Saint John wrote:I hate the fucking White Sox as much as Osama Bin Laden, but I think baseball's got it right. If you have the same record after that many games you should settle it on the field. One game for all the marbles. Love it...go Twins!!!

Doesn't happen that way in football.....

Or hockey.........

by **artist4perry** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:06 am

Tito wrote:We need Steve Perry!

I thought she was talking sports? What does SP have to do with it? Maybe I am tired I don't know? :shock:

by **Tito** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:09 am

by **Saint John** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:09 am

StocktontoMalone wrote:
Saint John wrote:I hate the fucking White Sox as much as Osama Bin Laden, but I think baseball's got it right. If you have the same record after that many games you should settle it on the field. One game for all the marbles. Love it...go Twins!!!

Doesn't happen that way in football.....

Football doesn't have the time for a one game playoff...baseball does. :wink:

by **Arkansas** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:11 am

StocktontoMalone wrote:
Saint John wrote:I hate the fucking White Sox as much as Osama Bin Laden, but I think baseball's got it right. If you have the same record after that many games you should settle it on the field. One game for all the marbles. Love it...go Twins!!!

Doesn't happen that way in football.....

If the NFL played 165 regular season games, there'd be no post-season.
Baseball blows...

later~

by **Rhiannon** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:11 am

Tito wrote:

I just checked... the bridge is empty. Aw, shucks... maybe next year.

by **artist4perry** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:12 am

Tito wrote:

O.K, just wasn't connecting for a minute there! LOL!

by **Wildfire** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:18 am

I'd LOVE to see a cross town world series!!!!!!!!!!

by **lights1961** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:21 am

baseball is made to perfection here with the one game playoff situation. play 162 games... tied record... who wants to lose to tie breakers that way... NFL should learn from this but it would take one more week of playoffs...
foot ball with 16 weeks harder to do.

Rick

by **Rhiannon** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:22 am

Wildfire wrote:I'd LOVE to see a cross town world series!!!!!!!!!!

Not me! The CTA does a fair enough job of pissing me off with the construction zones they randomly put up. A cross town series would all but obliterate the red line, not to mention make the Jackson transfer to the blue impossible once drunk fans destroy it.

I would, however, love to see the Cubbies make the series this year.

by **Enigma869** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:34 am

StocktontoMalone wrote:Can Someone tell me WHY Minnesota and Chicago are playing a one-game playoff when Minnesota won the season series 11 to 7?

What's so confusing about it? They both have the same record, hence the one game playoff! It's the way it's been in baseball, since the world was flat! This isn't the NFL!

John from Boston

by **Rick** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:42 am

Enigma869 wrote:
StocktontoMalone wrote:Can Someone tell me WHY Minnesota and Chicago are playing a one-game playoff when Minnesota won the season series 11 to 7?

What's so confusing about it? They both have the same record, hence the one game playoff! It's the way it's been in baseball, since the world was flat! This isn't the NFL!

John from Boston

In my best, clinched teethed, Johnny Carson impersonation. "I did not know that."

by **sadie65** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:45 am

Nothing better than the possibility of a cross town series. Go White Sox!!!!!!!!!!!!

by **JRNYFan** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:46 am

Both options (season series vs one-game playoff) make sense. However, a one-game playoff means more advertising dollars and more tickets sold. Plus, baseball is just more traditional than other sports.

by **T-Bone** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:23 am

StocktontoMalone wrote:Can Someone tell me WHY Minnesota and Chicago are playing a one-game playoff when Minnesota won the season series 11 to 7?

Enquiring minds want to know....at least THIS one does.....

It's because of the new Coin Toss rule... It's completely fucking stupid, but they decided on this a while back.... Without much common sense present I guess...

by **Enigma869** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:42 am

T-Bone wrote:It's because of the new Coin Toss rule... It's completely fucking stupid, but they decided on this a while back.... Without much common sense present I guess...

The one game playoff has absolutely NOTHING to do with any "new Coin Toss rule". It is something that has always been in effect in baseball. If two teams finish with the same record, they have a one-game playoff, regardless of what their head to head record was, during the season! Believe me...I've lived it! Back in 1978, the Red Sox had an 11 game lead in September and the Yankees somehow caught them, to tie them. There was a one-game playoff, and Bucky "bleeping" Dent hit the home run to win it for the Yankees. The Yankees moved on to the playoffs, and the Red Sox moved on to the golf course!

John from Boston

by **Uno_up** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:05 pm

Twins had ONE hit?!?! Are you kidding me? Is Bob Gibson on the White Sox?

by **bluejeangirl76** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:22 pm

Tito wrote:

Yes... agreed. We need that ^

Someone ship that mofo some CUBS BLUE. Screw it,I'll do it. Someone give me his address.
(well hell, I tried.)
And lets get Fukodome leading the Perryoke Party at the bar like the Sox did.
Apparently, that works.

Wildfire wrote:I'd LOVE to see a cross town world series!!!!!!!!!!

That's because you don't live here. :shock:

You're safe from the complete and utter mayhem a crosstown series would cause.

by **JRNYFan** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:33 pm

Enigma869 wrote:
T-Bone wrote:It's because of the new Coin Toss rule... It's completely fucking stupid, but they decided on this a while back.... Without much common sense present I guess...

The one game playoff has absolutely NOTHING to do with any "new Coin Toss rule". It is something that has always been in effect in baseball. If two teams finish with the same record, they have a one-game playoff, regardless of what their head to head record was, during the season! Believe me...I've lived it! Back in 1978, the Red Sox had an 11 game lead in September and the Yankees somehow caught them, to tie them. There was a one-game playoff, and Bucky "bleeping" Dent hit the home run to win it for the Yankees. The Yankees moved on to the playoffs, and the Red Sox moved on to the golf course!

John from Boston

Yep, the coin toss is just to determine who gets the home field advantage. They do a bunch of them for every possible scenario.

by **kbo** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:41 pm

Saint John wrote:I hate the fucking White Sox as much as Osama Bin Laden, but I think baseball's got it right. If you have the same record after that many games you should settle it on the field. One game for all the marbles. Love it...go Twins!!!

I hate the CUBS with a passion... Let's see which team makes it past the first round!

I've got a GOAT on order!

GO WHITESOX!

by **Enigma869** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:47 pm

JRNYFan wrote:Yep, the coin toss is just to determine who gets the home field advantage. They do a bunch of them for every possible scenario.

Um...okay. I've been watching baseball since 1975, so I'm well aware that the coin toss is to determine home field advantage, if a one-game playoff becomes a necessity! If you read T-Bone's post, it sounded (to me) as if he was suggesting the coin toss determined that there even be a one game playoff! Nowhere in his post did I read anything about the coin toss determining home field advantage.

John from Boston

by **JRNYFan** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:01 pm

Enigma869 wrote:
JRNYFan wrote:Yep, the coin toss is just to determine who gets the home field advantage. They do a bunch of them for every possible scenario.

Um...okay. I've been watching baseball since 1975, so I'm well aware that the coin toss is to determine home field advantage, if a one-game playoff becomes a necessity! If you read T-Bone's post, it sounded (to me) as if he was suggesting the coin toss determined that there even be a one game playoff! Nowhere in his post did I read anything about the coin toss determining home field advantage.

John from Boston

I was just backing up your post.

by **fightingilliniJRNY** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:09 pm

Uno_up wrote:Twins had ONE hit?!?! Are you kidding me? Is Bob Gibson on the White Sox?

Two, actually. :wink:

And I just heard that this is the first postseason with both Chicago teams since 1906. :shock:

I'm a Cardinals fan, by the way...so I couldn't care less. But my campus is currently rioting and will have battle lines drawn if the Cubs play the Sox in the Series. Brawls might break out on the way to class.

by **Rhiannon** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:14 pm

fightingilliniJRNY wrote:And I just heard that this is the first postseason with both Chicago teams since 1906.

The city seems to be holding its breath, too!

by **bluejeangirl76** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:15 pm

Rhiannon wrote:
fightingilliniJRNY wrote:And I just heard that this is the first postseason with both Chicago teams since 1906.

The city seems to be holding its breath, too!

I'm hiding in the basement. I'm not coming out until November.

by **Enigma869** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:19 pm

As a lifelong Red Sox fan, it's difficult not to pull for the pathetic Cubs! Every team deserves to win it once, every 100 years :shock:

John from Boston

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