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Why are the dems doing this?

I don't know where this is being discussed but today I see an airstrike on a hospital in Gaza and seeing multiple tweets saying it's Israel's bomb and others saying it's from Hamas... misinformation is king now and we've reached the consequences of a post Jan 6 fake news world. Nobody will believe anything that isn't on "their side" and no matter what footage or statements show minds will not be changed. Such a dangerious time now. I have no idea what the truth is because I can't study and research... twitter used to be of some use but now it's not reliable. Everyone is stuck in their bubbles. Not both sidesing this at all because it really is confusing to me. The extremes on both sides have it in for Israel, for different reasons I guess, and the middle who support Israel, as I tend to do, are probably guilty of the same. If Hamas did it, then it's business as usual for them. If Israel did it then they need to be more careful and just take the L if if the alternative means more civilian casualties. There's supposed to be rules of war. You can't take down an entire region, just like we couldn't and shouldn't have after 9/11, even though at the time I suggested just nuking the whole middle east and starting over. Emotions run high but cooler heads are required by those with actual decision making power.

are all of these no votes just for show and they'll turn into Yes after a few more ballots? I really have not been paying attention to this very much. Been busy with a trip to Cooperstown and half marathon training, running, recovery, etc. Just didn't care about it.

But you can't change what fans think. That's putting the toothpaste back in the tube. Teams come to spring training with a stated goal to win the world series, not win the most games in the regular season. Every professional sport is like that. Nobody involved in the sport, from players, owners, TV execs, or most fans, would prefer it that way. That would be boring.

Would the NL and AL Champ designations be as meaningful as all of those NHL Western Conference Regular season chamionship banners we see at Little Ceasar's arena? Fans look at those with almost disgust as the lack of a corresponding SCF banner indicates a disappointing end to the season.

Probably due to the games being tighter now with enforcement of the pitch clock. TV still needs their commercial times.

The goal is to make as much money as possible while giving the bare minimum lip service to the competition aspect of it. in the modern era of the playoffs whats the home teams record compared to the regular season?

Given all that then what’s the point of trying to figure it out? The playoffs in baseball is a tournament of most likely the best teams that season and those with better records are given some advantages. I don’t really know what else they are supposed to be if I am being honest. I enjoy watching them because it’s a higher quality of play with larger crowds and higher stakes. Just seems like the last year or so there’s been more belly aching about top seeded teams losing

We had Gibraltar trade center.

I know this has been discussed earlier but in a season covering 6 months and playing nearly every day is there a big difference between a 90 and 100 win team? I know perceptually there is. But come a series in October do you really know who is better? It’s 1.5 wins a month over that time and given changes in the makeup of a team….

The only way to fix it is to not allow them in. Anybody can beat anybody in a 3 game series and to a lesser extent 5 and 7 game. In the AL it’s the 3-4 seed. That isn’t horrible. In the NL it’s the 4-6 seed. But AZ as the 6 didn’t block anyone like MN did for Toronto and Seattle in the AL. They and Miami and the sixth best record in the NL and I don’t know the tiebreaker. So mathematically it stands if you let in 6 per league, regardless of division, you very well might get an 84 win team.

I hate when one series plays two games before the other plays one. I’m sure it’s due to TV considerations. and haven’t we seen enough of ARod and Jeter and Papi? Papi calling Jeter Cap? Come on.

I don’t think primary challenge problem exists outside of Trump. The rules for him don’t apply to anyone else.

That’s the same for me. I feel so bloated even after one. Any beer with berries does that. Citrus is fine.

Nothing worse than “I know I saw one in there rolling around the bottom a few days ago…”. I’ve cleared the fridge many times searching. Throwing out expired dressings, cream cheese, God knows what”. a close second is seeing a can and assuming it’s one of mine then I grab it and it’s a cider or something.

Reading the social media comments would be fun, depressing, and predictable at the same time. I love when people get triggered.

I can understand dealilng with things said on a case by case basis. If it's of a personal or private nature, fine. I don't care about gossip. If it's about the game or something between the lines, then it's fair game and a reporter is under no obgligation, especially if it's said in front of a lot of other reporters too. Nobody's going to give you credit for holding back a scoop because some 20 year old minor leaguer asked you to.

Players too.

wow. I watched him a lot as a kid. My dad would watch the WGN news for the weather because his theory was whatever their weather was today is what we'd get tomorrow. He also theorized that WGN News "Showed more killigs" than our Detroit news did because Coleman Young made them stop talking about it. So yeah... I know who he is really well.

those solutions rely on patience and time and that's something leagues with TV pressure and collective bargaining agreements don't have. You'd have to study each format change for a number of years to get quality data. Home teams were 6-8 in the LDS this, with the higher "seeded" team going 1-3 in series matchups. Does that mean anything? I don't think so.

so based on that theory then any playoff series is random so it doesn't really matter what we do with the format. I never looked at the modern era of playoffs as determining who the best team was that year. The Tigers weren't, and aren't, considered the second or third best team in 2012. Were the Giants the best team in 2012? Probably not. But I don't thinks that that way either. what they do think is "The Giants won 3 WS titles in 6 years, they were a pretty good team during that time". Occassionally you do get the team that is great all year and then wins the title and they get recognized as such. But nobody says "Man, the Nationals owned 2019, didn't they?" I think the "controvesy" is all an Abbot and Costello routine where there's answers being given to questions not being asked.

quite a few hard left people have entered QAnon territory with this.... along with the arab/muslims. I see it locally in my city on local pages and media goups. For example an apple orchard changes their profile pic to show they stand with israel, suddenly the 50% of my city says they are boycotting. It's a running theme of all local area busineses showing support and who not to patronize. And it's largely based on misinformation of the Jan 6 level. No matter what evidence is presented they simply will not believe what happened actually happened. They think it's all lies. I notice twitter no longer has the "mute" option. I guess you have to pay for it?

She looks like every horrible teacher I have ever encountered.

The fascination with "leagues" is what holds baseball back because they won't ever go to an East/West format like the NHL and NBA. And I don't know I'd want them to either since history is so important. Moving teams like Houston and Milwaukee, which had little tradition wasn't a big deal.