MLB Realignment Talk

[nflman2033]

if NL gets the DH, I am not sure if I will be able to watch much baseball anymore.

[killgod]

Myself, I like having the two different rules. I wouldnt want either league to conform to the other. If you MUST get rid of one or the other though, i'd say dump the DH.

I agree despite my preference to the DH.

[FedEx227]

if NL gets the DH, I am not sure if I will be able to watch much baseball anymore.

It sucks when all 9 batters can get a hit 1/4th of the time.

[FedEx227]

I agree despite my preference to the DH.

I don't mind the difference, I'm fine with the leagues being separate... but the whole "daaa get rid of the DH" thing is just funny. Like your baseball enjoyment is really that much more increased by three pitch strikeouts and the occasional sacrifice bunt?

[Warner2BruceTD]

It sucks when all 9 batters can get a hit 1/4th of the time.

So why stop there? Allow DH's for all of your shitty hitters. In fact, let's just play our 9 best defenders on defense, and our 9 best hitters on offense.

[Warner2BruceTD]

I don't mind the difference, I'm fine with the leagues being separate... but the whole "daaa get rid of the DH" thing is just funny. Like your baseball enjoyment is really that much more increased by three pitch strikeouts and the occasional sacrifice bunt?

....and then I saw this.

I think most agree that seperate is best.

[killgod]

So why stop there? Allow DH's for all of your shitty hitters. In fact, let's just play our 9 best defenders on defense, and our 9 best hitters on offense.

How about Bautista bats 9 times and Davis, Patterson, McCoy run the bases for him.

:pimp:

[FedEx227]

I don't mind the separation at all, I like it. But if it's all or nothing I wouldn't want no DH in both leagues. I'm perfectly fine with the DH position.

[nflman2033]

The DH takes away almost all strategy from the game.

[NAHSTE]

The DH takes away almost all strategy from the game.

But it does allow for AL teams to think their brand of baseball is superior to that of the NL. So at least there's that.

[Blade]

MLB is one league where expansion or contraction is not needed. They should just even out the leagues and keep the divisions, just move the Astros to the AL West. Having a two league setup would really not be fun. Like mentioned before interleague would be all over the place and you would go back to the days when teams would be 50 games behind by memorial day.

I saw somewhere in this thread about Charlotte being a large city and market share is amongst 4 teams. First there's barely 1.7 million people in this city, making it 17th in the nation. Second almost a quarter of the population isn't even from this city, they are all from NY, Pittsburgh, Philly, Ohio, VA and Florida. Third that leads to the fan base being very diverse in this town, there's Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies, Indians, Reds, Cardinals, Marlins and Orioles fans, but you rarely see someone sporting an Atlanta jersey. My point, don't be fooled by the big numbers and the market share map. The map is pretty flawed when it comes to Charlotte, based on decades old market contracts that make no sense anymore.

[FedEx227]

Not superior, just far less outs.

[nflman2033]

Not superior, just far less outs.

making the game take even longer

[Warner2BruceTD]

I dont understand what is wrong with the current setup, it seems fine to me. Change for the sake of change?

Only thing I would do is add one WC, and have the two WC's play a one game PLAYOFF (not a play in, I hate when people say that, they would already be "in"), with the winner playing the highest seeded division winner in the next round.

This would put a real premium on winning the division, so you wouldnt see situations like last year when the Yankees and Rays didnt really care about winning the division. Faced with a one and done scenerio, teams would play hard to win the division.

Plus, a doubelheader day with two sudden death playoff games would be great drama.

[mcstl25]

I dont understand what is wrong with the current setup, it seems fine to me. Change for the sake of change?

Only thing I would do is add one WC, and have the two WC's play a one game PLAYOFF (not a play in, I hate when people say that, they would already be "in"), with the winner playing the highest seeded division winner in the next round.

This would put a real premium on winning the division, so you wouldnt see situations like last year when the Yankees and Rays didnt really care about winning the division. Faced with a one and done scenerio, teams would play hard to win the division.

Plus, a doubelheader day with two sudden death playoff games would be great drama.

I skimmed most of the replies in this thread, but agree with W2B overall. 15 teams in each league is a horrible idea. Keep it as is or add/subtract two teams to make it 14/14 or 16/16 teams in each league.

Reducing the number of inter-division games is also a horrible idea. There are a lot of great inter-division rivalries in baseball right now, which would likely dissipate if teams only played each other 6 or 9 games per year.

I'm all for adding an additional wild card team, and like the idea of a three game series. Play the wild card series in the two days following the end of the regular season (double header on day 2, if necessary). Division winners should be rewarded in some way, and this would take care of that since the wild card teams would likely be short on pitching going in to the ALDS/NLDS.