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08-01-2005, 08:48 PM
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16 NL teams,,,,,14 AL teams
What was the point for the brewers to switch leagues?
I see no reason to have 16 and 14. rJ 
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#2
08-01-2005, 08:49 PM
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Re: 16 NL teams,,,,,14 AL teams
They switched to make the leagues numbers even.
I'm lazy so I will post from an online encyclopedia: "The team was moved from the American League to the National League in 1998 during baseball's realignment in order to make sure that each league had an even number of teams. Major League Baseball wished to keep interleague play in designated blocks during the season. Making both leagues equal in size would have meant that each league would have 15 teams, an odd number. In turn, this would have required that single interleague games be scattered throughout the season. Therefore, it was decided to have a 16-team National League and a 14-team American League."
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#6
08-01-2005, 11:30 PM
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Re: 16 NL teams,,,,,14 AL teams
How else can you possibly balance a 16/14 split three ways without having the numbers how they are now?
I think the setup now is fine. The AL West has both been the strongest division and the weakest division in the AL over the last 10+ years, and now the NL West is showing a 5 team division can be absolutely awful too.
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#7
08-02-2005, 12:06 AM
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Re: 16 NL teams,,,,,14 AL teams
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How else can you possibly balance a 16/14 split three ways without having the numbers how they are now? [/ QUOTE ] Wow, you would think they would have thought about this before expanding to 30 teams. [ QUOTE ] I think the setup now is fine. The AL West has both been the strongest division and the weakest division in the AL over the last 10+ years, and now the NL West is showing a 5 team division can be absolutely awful too. [/ QUOTE ] Yes I would love to be a fan of a team in the NL Central where 1/6 will make the playoffs and see that the AL West has only 4 teams and 1/4 make the playoffs. It is retarded. The fact that the NLC owners are losing all that playoff money cause they will go to the playoffs 1/3 of the time fewer than the ALW teams show they are retarded to accept that deal.
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#8
08-02-2005, 12:50 AM
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Re: 16 NL teams,,,,,14 AL teams
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[ QUOTE ] How else can you possibly balance a 16/14 split three ways without having the numbers how they are now? [/ QUOTE ] Wow, you would think they would have thought about this before expanding to 30 teams. [ QUOTE ] I think the setup now is fine. The AL West has both been the strongest division and the weakest division in the AL over the last 10+ years, and now the NL West is showing a 5 team division can be absolutely awful too. [/ QUOTE ] Yes I would love to be a fan of a team in the NL Central where 1/6 will make the playoffs and see that the AL West has only 4 teams and 1/4 make the playoffs. It is retarded. The fact that the NLC owners are losing all that playoff money cause they will go to the playoffs 1/3 of the time fewer than the ALW teams show they are retarded to accept that deal. [/ QUOTE ] This is a very simplistic way of looking at it. Look at the teams in the NL Central and look at the teams in the AL West. The Cards and Cubs know that they are guaranteed to have a decent win rate against division opponents (whom they play more often) simply by virtue of not being horrible. No such luxury in the AL West.
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#9
08-02-2005, 01:04 AM
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Re: 16 NL teams,,,,,14 AL teams
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Yes I would love to be a fan of a team in the NL Central where 1/6 will make the playoffs and see that the AL West has only 4 teams and 1/4 make the playoffs. It is retarded [/ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] This is a very simplistic way of looking at it. [/ QUOTE ] It is, however, a correct way of looking at it. More teams ultimately and necessarily means it's more difficult to win your division.
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#10
08-02-2005, 01:07 AM
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Re: 16 NL teams,,,,,14 AL teams
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This is a very simplistic way of looking at it. Look at the teams in the NL Central and look at the teams in the AL West. The Cards and Cubs know that they are guaranteed to have a decent win rate against division opponents (whom they play more often) simply by virtue of not being horrible. No such luxury in the AL West. [/ QUOTE ] 1998 Houston HOU 102 60 .630 -- ChicagoC CHC 90 73 .552 12.5 St.Louis STL 83 79 .512 19.0 Cincnnti CIN 77 85 .475 25.0 Milwakee MIL 74 88 .457 28.0 Pittsbgh PIT 69 93 .426 33.0 1999 Houston HOU 97 65 .599 -- Cincnnti CIN 96 67 .589 1.5 Pittsbgh PIT 78 83 .484 18.5 St.Louis STL 75 86 .466 21.5 Milwakee MIL 74 87 .460 22.5 ChicagoC CHC 67 95 .414 30.0 2000 St.Louis STL 95 67 .586 -- Cincnnti CIN 85 77 .525 10.0 Milwakee MIL 73 89 .451 22.0 Houston HOU 72 90 .444 23.0 Pittsbgh PIT 69 93 .426 26.0 ChicagoC CHC 65 97 .401 30.0 2001 Houston HOU 93 69 .574 -- St.Louis STL 93 69 .574 -- ChicagoC CHC 88 74 .543 5.0 Milwakee MIL 68 94 .420 25.0 Cincnnti CIN 66 96 .407 27.0 Pittsbgh PIT 62 100 .383 31.0 2002 St.Louis STL 97 65 .599 -- Houston HOU 84 78 .519 13.0 Cincnnti CIN 78 84 .481 19.0 Pittsbgh PIT 72 89 .447 24.5 ChicagoC CHC 67 95 .414 30.0 Milwakee MIL 56 106 .346 41.0 2003 ChicagoC CHC 88 74 .543 -- Houston HOU 87 75 .537 1.0 St.Louis STL 85 77 .525 3.0 Pittsbgh PIT 75 87 .463 13.0 Cincnnti CIN 69 93 .426 19.0 Milwakee MIL 68 94 .420 20.0 2004 St.Louis STL 105 57 .648 -- Houston HOU 92 70 .568 13.0 ChicagoC CHC 89 73 .549 16.0 Cincnnti CIN 76 86 .469 29.0 Pittsbgh PIT 72 89 .447 32.5 Milwakee MIL 67 94 .416 37.5 It is much tougher to win the NL central than it is to win the AL West.
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