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OK, everybody. Say it with me.....

old original jb Jul 12 2006 10:48 AM

...Hoffman.

Elster88 Jul 12 2006 11:11 AM

Beat you to it in the IGT.

old original jb Jul 12 2006 11:47 AM

Elster88 wrote: Beat you to it in the IGT. But did you mutter it forcefully, with derision? In truth, the idea that post season home field advantage (if there is a post season) can be thrown away by a another team's closer really, really irks me. Not that there's any gaurantee that the Mets will be in the post season, or that their record would be good enough to get home field advantage under the old system. But the idea that the actions of a Trevor Looper in a hokey exhibition game should have even the tiniest potential impact on post-season play... Now say this one with me.... Selig!

soupcan Jul 12 2006 12:01 PM

You know what though? Home field should be determined by best record and if its the Tiggers or Chisox then odds are they'll have the better record anyway. So really it will probably be as it should be.

Elster88 Jul 12 2006 12:03 PM

But I wanna go to Game 7 at Shea.

Edgy DC Jul 12 2006 12:05 PM

I want the Mets to wrap it up in under seven.

old original jb Jul 12 2006 12:12 PM

soupcan wrote: You know what though? Home field should be determined by best record and if its the Tiggers or Chisox then odds are they'll have the better record anyway. So really it will probably be as it should be. As I said, the likely outcome is probably not changed--and who knows if the Mets will get into the postseason and beyond (SBS regulations require me to add these disclaimers). But it is more the process than the result which irks. Selig. Hoffman. Looper.

Yancy Street Gang Jul 12 2006 01:32 PM

It's not because of the Tiger/White Sox records that the likely outcome wasn't changed. Before this "now it counts" twist to the All Star game, home field advantage alternated each year. The Yankees had it in 2000, so even numbered years have been AL, at least since the 1994 strike. (Before that, even numbered years were NL, as in 1986.) Did you see the small item in the Daily News today? Because Tom Glavine was unavailable to play in the game, Selig is considering a rule that All Star team pitchers be prohibited from starting on the Sunday before the All Star break. Glavine doesn't like it, and neither do I. It's an awful idea, one I hope goes nowhere.

old original jb Jul 12 2006 03:37 PM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Did you see the small item in the Daily News today? Because Tom Glavine was unavailable to play in the game, Selig is considering a rule that All Star team pitchers be prohibited from starting on the Sunday before the All Star break. Glavine doesn't like it, and neither do I. It's an awful idea, one I hope goes nowhere. One more instance of distorting real baseball to accomodate the All Star Game. Selig.