Should The ALDS/NLDS Be 7 Games?

[Dan]

I never though it was fair that a 162 game season should all come down to 3 losses.
What do you think?

[dd321]

I Always thought it was unfair how only in baseball can you have each stadium different dimensions, makes no sense! Imagine in MSG the bAskets are 5 ft high and staples center 9 ft etc etc I never understood it.

[AJK]

I Always thought it was unfair how only in baseball can you have each stadium different dimensions, makes no sense! Imagine in MSG the bAskets are 5 ft high and staples center 9 ft etc etc I never understood it.

+1 - that's always stumped me.

[Dan]

I Always thought it was unfair how only in baseball can you have each stadium different dimensions, makes no sense! Imagine in MSG the bAskets are 5 ft high and staples center 9 ft etc etc I never understood it.

Nah, that's part of the beauty of the game.  Would be quite boring if every stadium had the same dimensions.

[mercaz1]

+1
agree that each stadium should have different dimensions
i think 5 games is enough though

[AJK]

Nah, that's part of the beauty of the game.  Would be quite boring if every stadium had the same dimensions.

Other sports aren't boriing, and AFIAK, they're dimensions are uniform (basketball, tennis, football, etc)

[A3]

+1. Maybe all the teams should relocate and play in the same stadium with the same wind/sun angles etc. In hockey every arena the ice is diff. In football the grass is diff all over. Just ask every visitor to soldier field in chicago. The grass there sucks. Should they all have artificial turf?

[dd321]

+1. Maybe all the teams should relocate and play in the same stadium with the same wind/sun angles etc. In hockey every arena the ice is diff. In football the grass is diff all over. Just ask every visitor to soldier field in chicago. The grass there sucks. Should they all have artificial turf?

These are differences caused by nature, dimensions is man made

[mercaz1]

in baseball the dimensions of the bases are the same its just the outfield that is different
maybe it should be the same

[Dan]

Other sports aren't boriing, and AFIAK, they're dimensions are uniform (basketball, tennis, football, etc)

Other sports are also timed.  Maybe baseball should be 3 outs or 10 minutes, whichever comes first?

[dd321]

maybe football should have 9 quarters cuz baseball has 9 innings standard dimensions throughout all of mlb is such a basic thing its beyond me: rule book says any ball hit out of park is  a HR, why should that be 420 in left field in one stadium and 390 in another??? imho yanks woulds won 03 ws if not for humongous pp stadium

[Dan]

My point was that baseball is a very unconventional sport.  No other sport has "purists" like baseball has, it is classic Americana.

The history of baseball is that every stadium is different, to standardize that would detract from the uniqueness of America's unconventional game.  Imagine if there was no green monster or if wrigley field had the same dimensions as the old yankee stadium?

[mercaz1]

yeah but now when they build new stadiums then they should regulate it more, dont change the old stadiums but if you build a new one then it has to be X many feet to the fence and so on

[Dan]

yeah but now when they build new stadiums then they should regulate it more, dont change the old stadiums but if you build a new one then it has to be X many feet to the fence and so on

will never happen

[dd321]

yeah but now when they build new stadiums then they should regulate it more, dont change the old stadiums but if you build a new one then it has to be X many feet to the fence and so on

+100 exactly my point! count how many stadiums have been built in last 10 years or so http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_stadiums they all should have been made to build in same dimensions

[Dan]

+100 exactly my point! count how many stadiums have been built in last 10 years or so http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_stadiums they all should have been made to build in same dimensions

Lol...the day that happens, or the day strikes and balls are done by computer instead of by umpire, is the day baseball dies.

[dd321]

Lol...the day that happens, or the day strikes and balls are done by computer instead of by umpire, is the day baseball dies.

ok so the barclays center (brooklyn nets) should make the court smaller and lower baskets, right?

[dd321]

how can u compare balls and strikes to the basic dimensions of a sports playing field (not literaly)

[Dan]

ok so the barclays center (brooklyn nets) should make the court smaller and lower baskets, right?

Basketball has always been a rigid sport, with a playing clock and set dimensions.  Why would that change?
Baseball is far more whimsical and never has had such rules.  To introduce them now would be nothing short of heresy.

how can u compare balls and strikes to the basic dimensions of a sports playing field (not literaly)

You're missing the essence and utter beauty of baseball if you don't understand what I've said until now.

[dd321]

your making no sense, just cuz its not a timed game, therefore the playing field shouldnt be equal