A Few Notes on the 2015 MLB Regular Season:

[Mountaineer1999]

Pirates with 2nd best record in baseball and have to play in the damn wild card game against Arietta! Thats a helluva reward. If they were in the NL Least they wouldve gone 120 - 42. This format sucks.

[Beatles Guy]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

Pirates with 2nd best record in baseball and have to play in the damn wild card game against Arietta! Thats a helluva reward. If they were in the NL Least they wouldve gone 120 - 42. This format sucks.

As a Cards fan, I agree. Do away with the divisions and just take the top 5.

[digdugdig]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

Pirates with 2nd best record in baseball and have to play in the damn wild card game against Arietta! Thats a helluva reward. If they were in the NL Least they wouldve gone 120 - 42. This format sucks.

Well, thank goodness then, for the wild card.
Without it, the Bucs would be going home.
The Cubbies have the 3rd best record in baseball and, unfortunately, only the 3rd best record in their own division and are probably very content to have to play a "winner take all" game on the road.
Glass half full, half empty .........

[Mountaineer1999]

Originally Posted by digdugdig

Well, thank goodness then, for the wild card.
Without it, the Bucs would be going home.
The Cubbies have the 3rd best record in baseball and, unfortunately, only the 3rd best record in their own division and are probably very content to have to play a "winner take all" game on the road.
Glass half full, half empty .........

They could seed the teams like others sports or play a 3 game series. Pirates 6 - 0 vs Mets and pretty much owned NL East & West. Yes im biased.

[Prof_Plum]

I think I heard this right.......

When the Cubs beat KC on Sept 28 1-0 it was the first time in MLB history that a 1-0 game was won by a walk-off home run from a pitch hitter (Denorfia).

[ALR-bishop]

Everyone sees it through their own biases. As a Cardinals fan, I see the system causing the team with the best record required to play the team with the 2nd best record, Cubs or Pirates, in first round. I will be routing for whichever of those 3 prevail...even if it is the Cubs