OPINIONS ON NEW FORMAT FOR DIVISIONAL SERIES

[nborton]

Well so far all the higher seeds on the road have won except the A's. I'm gonna say it doesn't hurt the top seed, and sets them up for huge advantage going home.

Like I said earlier, it's the strike outs that are killing the A's. It's a bad match up for them.

 

[rum151man]

Well so far all the higher seeds on the road have won except the A's. I'm gonna say it doesn't hurt the top seed, and sets them up for huge advantage going home.

Like I said earlier, it's the strike outs that are killing the A's. It's a bad match up for them.

Like I said this format hurts the A's more than any of the other teams because of there lack of postseason experience. The strikeouts have been there all year and we still find ways to win. We gave that game away today

 

[petMonster]

I totally agree about detroit & thats why I felt it was so important for us to start at home, as you can see we are now down 0-2. The other teams in the playoffs have more experience then us and it wont effect them as much as the A's. as you see reds 2-0 on road & yankees & nats won on the road as well. just as another example say it was the other way around in the Yankees Orioles series where the O's were the higher seed & they had to start on the road I would say that is totally wrong just as in the A's series. the other 2 series are more evenly matched & have more playoff experience.

If the A's lose game 3 then where in the hell was our home field advantage ??????? 1 game at home not to mention its not fair to the A's fans if we only get 1 game at home. It just sucks as an A's fan and I feel totally shafted. I said this before game 1 so you cant say im making excuses now after being down 0-2.

I was hoping for a split in the series to go back to Oakland for 3 tied up 1-1 but that didnt happen

& can you honestly say that the Detroit crowd didnt have any positive effect in these games????

I feel your pain cuz I've been there before...the 2000 ALDS between the Mariners and my White Sox. The Sox had the best record that year and got swept by the Mariners. It sucks bad, but the bottom line is the White Sox didn't play good ball. They had homefield advantage but it turned out not to be an advantage because they didn't take care of business. I'm rooting for the A's, but if they don't win, it's on them, not on MLB for scheduling them away.

Homefield advantage is mostly a bi-product of wins and losses, and not the other way around. To the Reds, Yankees, and Nats right this moment there is no such thing as homefield advantage because they are playing better baseball. To you and most other A's fans Detroit has a huge and unfair advantage right now because the A's are down 0-2. If the A's were up 2-0 you wouldn't be saying a word about homefield but instead you'd be saying that the A's were the better team with the better record who SHOULD win.

 

[rum151man]

they looked good at home tonight and the crowd was rocking. cocos play was awesome & that is another factor of playing at home you know your field a whole lot better know where to position yourself ect. not making any excuses for his dropped ball. another thing is that we should have been facing Verlander and fister at home where I think we would have at least split and then going on the road to face their weaker #3 & 4 starters which would be easier than facing their 1&2 on the road..... well hopefully we can pull off another great run & this will all be forgotten

 

[rum151man]

Do you now see my point as far as the Oakland A's and my point???? I hope we can finish it off now

 

[miguelcabrera]

i heard selig is thinking of having every team make the playoffs and each series be a best of 1 and 5 innings of the game being played at the higher seeds place and 4 innings of the game at the lower seeds. i really don't like the idea at all and think they should go with the BCS format they were thinking of a couple years back.

 

[19braves77]

In regards to home field advantage, home teams are now 7-10 in this postseason! 4 of those wins came in the Tigers vs Athletics series.

Home field advantage doesn't matter in baseball other then the players get to sleep in their own bed it seems.

 

[petMonster]

In regards to home field advantage, home teams are now 7-10 in this postseason! 4 of those wins came in the Tigers vs Athletics series.

Home field advantage doesn't matter in baseball other then the players get to sleep in their own bed it seems.

Word.

 

[James52411]

The only team in history that has grounds to blame the format is the 1984 Cubs, who earned home field advantage in the NLCS, but had it stripped from them because Wrigley didn't have lights at the time. The Padres won the series 3-2, with the home team winning each game.

 

[rum151man]

In regards to home field advantage, home teams are now 7-10 in this postseason! 4 of those wins came in the Tigers vs Athletics series.

Home field advantage doesn't matter in baseball other then the players get to sleep in their own bed it seems.

If you read my comments I said i dont care about the other teams I was talking specifically about the A's. they are young with no playoff experiance and home field does matter for them, & oakland has the loudest fans in the MLB..... thats why I knew homefield would help them more than any other team

 

[petMonster]

If you read my comments I said i dont care about the other teams I was talking specifically about the A's. they are young with no playoff experiance and home field does matter for them, & oakland has the loudest fans in the MLB..... thats why I knew homefield would help them more than any other team

I still call BS on this. Your original argument was that the higher seeds were being robbed of homefield advantage, thus likely changing the outcomes of their seasons. However, as the playoffs have unfolded, and only Oakland and Detroit managed to follow the homefield winning pattern, THEN you started saying it didn't matter to the other teams, but it mattered to the A's because they are young. If what you are saying is true, then Oakland wins this game...no excuses. It's now a 1-game playoff, and they have homefield. Verlander does not have an impeccable playoff track record. Oakland needs to win. If they don't, they make you into a liar on this whole homefield thing.

Also, it's worth pointing out that as I said before the games were played, that we would see the homefield winning % tip in favor of the away teams since the teams that started the series away were the higher seed. Now take a look at the numbers....home teams 8, away teams 10.

 

[James52411]

I love this 2-3 format also because there isn't an off day between game 4 and game 5. Two great game 4s tonight and we get to see the game 5s tomorrow night.

 

[nborton]

Crickets in here now. The A's had their home field after all. It didn't matter. Also, what ended up happening in game 5? 11Ks from Verlander. Just like I said was the issue with the A's vs. Tigers.

 

[rum151man]

We still should have had 2 chances at home vs. Verlander not 1.

& if we would have won the first 2 at home like we did. We would have had 3 games to win 1. Not win 3 in a row.

 

[rum151man]

& home field when we were already down 2-0 is BS

 

[James52411]

 

[rum151man]

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I'M NOT WHINING AT ALL THE A'S HAD AN AWESOME SEASON AND THEY HAVE NOTHING TO HANG THEIR HEADS ABOUT, I LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR. I GUESS WELL NEVER KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPEND IF THEY HAD A TRUE HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE. GO A'S #BERNIEBALL

 

[rum151man]

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LOOKS LIKE YOU AS A CUBS FAN ARE THE ONLY ONE WHOS PROBABLY WHINING