Asshat.

Arguing that the shift would create a marketing bonanza that would rival the Super Bowl

Yes, let's argue that creating MORE games would create the same marketing bonanza as a SINGLE GAME.

Maybe he should look more at the ratings for the NBA and NHL playoffs to see what would happen.

It's already 6 games too long.

/flame on

Best of 6 with a Home Run derby tie breaker

Or, better yet, just one 81-inning game!

bore, ass.

Should turn MLB into a single 30 team league, each team plays the others with two 3 games series one each home/away = 174 games regular season, but no post season - top team at the end is the winner.

I hate when good ideas come from stupid people.

You people who think a 9 game series is bad don't know baseball.

a. this is a few weeks old
b. this is a good idea and has been somewhat supported by baseball analysts
c. he's still a douchebag

What will be the beginning of fixing baseball is to shoot boras, tie his worthless carcus to the rear bumper of a '63 ford pickup with bad shocks, and run it nationwide.

how about we implement a salary cap which would destroy Boras's asinine contracts and send the Yankees the rest of the way to the basement where they belong all in one fell swoop

I read some statistical analysis that says a best of nine series is the best way to determine the better team.

If the weaker team gets hot in the first few games of a 7 game series (it's even worse in a 5 game), then it basically has it made. A weaker team can do this if they have one or two great starters but several bad ones.

But in a nine game series, the better team's overall quality will show up. So you don't get crappy teams winning as many championships (cough, '06 Cardinals, cough)

The World Series used to be a best of 9 series.
And Boras is only hated because he's good at his job.

Umm, no. The only thing worse that watching the Tigers shiat the bed against Suck Louis, would have been watching it for one or two more games.

Yeah, Boston vs. Chicago in October/November would be perfect baseball weather this year.

9 games is a bogus idea and will never happen. That is all.

-Richard M. Nixon

Any news on the Walkout in Pitt today?

jake_lex

What happens if one team opens up an insurmountable lead on the rest of the league?

Then they win, just like they should.

Horrible idea. Season and playoffs are already too long.

Two games at a neutral site... Do a 2(neutral)-2-2-1 series... maybe.

I think they should play 1 baseball game, 1 football game, 1 basketball game, 1 hockey, Golf(best ball), Beer Pong and a fishing Tourney. Best of Seven Baby!

9 games?? yeah great idea.
Nevermind that whole tradition thing.

Nevermind that whole tradition thing.

Um, the World Series was a best of nine in 1903, 1919 (famous for other reasons), 1920, and 1921.

By increasing the number of games played, you also increase the probability that the best team will win, which is a good thing. And it's more baseball, which is also a good thing. Hating everything for the sake of hating everything really gets tired

/SABR

By increasing the number of games played, you also increase the probability that the best team will win, which is a good thing. And it's more baseball, which is also a good thing. Hating everything for the sake of hating everything really gets tired


Um yeah the "best team" is the one that wins.
The amount of games they play is null and void.

Iam not hating just to hate,it's more of a not broken no need to fix thing.

Linguo Dead

The Series has not been nine games in the modern era of baseball. If Scott Boras resurrects the Leatherstockings and Boston Bees, he can have his nine game series.

Otherwise, he's an attention whore douchebag.

Why is Boras a douchebag? Because he gets the most money for his clients? Because he knows how to manipulate the marketplace and rape stupid teams for money?

Who would you have as an agent if you were a baseball player? I'm guessing it would be Scott Boras.

If people hate Boras, it's usually because their team overspent on one of his clients. Which is exactly what he's supposed to do as an agent.

He has an idea to change baseball. People don't like it. Doesn't make him an "attention whore douchebag."

And yes. I realize I am defending Scott Boras. I am a terrible person. I made peace with it years ago. So should you.

erok: Or, better yet, just one 81-inning game!

I'm late with this one but that's probably the funniest thing I've read this week.

I don't want to see a World Series game played at Wrigley Field if the Cubs are not involved. It would make me throw up in my mouth a little.

/die-hard Cubs fan
//a more realistic and fair adjustment would be to move the Houston Astros to the AL West so that each division would have 5 teams. ///Never seemed right to me that the NL Central has 6 and the AL West has 4.

Build a huge 4-field mega-plex and move the playoffs to Las Vegas. No travel for the teams involved. For the fans, it is a popular destination nationwide. The weather is okay for baseball in October. MLB avoids having to refuse LV for a team again. WS=best of 9.