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Originally Posted by dr. fager
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I understand where you're coming from. But being a fan of a small market team (Pirates) there is a lot more pressing issues in MLB than the playoff format. Trust me, I'm a traditionalist....I was mad when they renamed the hockey divisions from Smythe and Patrick...to East and West.
I'm bitter at the game, but for different reasons. If they want to make it the league of 100 million dollar payrolls, then just eliminate teams that can't compete...sorry but revenue sharing isn't working. I'm sick and tired of developing players only to have them sold to the higher bidders, I miss the days when players had loyaltly to teams that took a chance on them. I'm only 32 to boot.
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Here is an interesting article on the subject. For teams like the Pirates it is more profitable to be a terrible team then to field a competitive team.
http://www.mikesmets.com/2006/05/why...ing_conce.html