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6:15 p.m.
RHP Kyle Gibson (8-6, 4.39) vs. RHP Logan Gilbert (7-10, 3.19)
BSM // KMOX // WIJR
Also BS South and Southwest ExtraThis is also Cardinals Hall of Fame induction day for Matt Morris, Dave Duncan and Whitey Kurowski.
It’s a genuine shame that with first and second place in four of the six Big League divisions separated by 4.5 games or less that MLB has removed the possibilty of some hotly contested playoff type baseball by effectively eliminating head to head competition between natural division rivals in the last full month of the regular season. If the MLB whiz-kids desired to bleed the majority of competitive excitement out of Sept. baseball, they’ve certainly achieved their goal with the silly new scheduling format.
Yea it does kill rivalries a bit but at same time it may pit more teams that have a shot at playoffs against each other. I think that is what the league is trying to do. Kind of like the nfl has from week to week, games that mean something. I know its s shorter schedule which creates that in itself but lots of times the nfl will change what games are being played on tv and even when they are being played just to get more eyes on them. I think thats what mlb is going for. Rivalries interest the core fans of those teams but largely outside of those bases, it doesnt mean much. I still wish we were playing our own division more but i get what the league is doing.
I could see a day where a league esp the nfl would cancel games altogether and reschedule almost on the fly to get more eyes on the games as well as more ad money. Lets say you get to ten games or so and X amount of teams are totally out of the playoff hunt, it almost makes sense to cancel those teams remaining games, reschedule the teams still in it with better matchups, reimburse the other teams for their missed homegames. Baseball could do a similiar thing. Im not for it but i could see it happening.
Since the schedule algo doesn’t care about natural rivalries, and since the schedule is now balanced, there is no longer a reason to have divisions constructed by geographic region. It seems like it would make more sense to break it down by market size, or perhaps by payroll.
Well back in the day they always mentioned the cost of travel such as fuel and other stuff which was the need for changing the makeup of divisions. I guess they dont worry about that stuff anymore.
Yeah, neither travel nor rivalries applies anymore. It might be better to assure one division winner each from big, mid and small markets.
If you wanted to get fancy, you could have the 3 WC teams come one from each division to further dilute the benefit of overspending on payroll.
It’s my view that rivalries increase as regional distances decrease. The Cardinals/Cubs, Yankees/Red Sox and Dodgers/Giants should always have at least six head to head matchups in the last 5 or 6 weeks of the regular season. Anything less constitutes sapping the game of suspense and spectacle when the marathon race of the regular season comes down to the wire. Bobby Thompson says so.
I’m so excited about wild cards! MLB should add a few more and start the playoffs immediately after the all star break.
On a more serious matter, din-din tonight was meatballs and mashed potatoes, accompanied by freshly shucked peas and finished off with a thick slice of raspberry/chocolate cake. Hoping the Mariners will offer up a few juicy meatballs for our birds to mash over the outfield wall.
SS Masyn Winn R
DH A. Burleson L
1B P. Goldschmidt R
3B N. Arenado R
LF L. Nootbaar L
RF J. Walker R
C Pedro Pages R
2B Jose Fermin R
CF M. Siani LI’m not supposed to mention it, but with Fermin in the lineup, the crappy hitter we bury in the 9 hole because he can’t hit is out hitting 5 of the other 8 in our lineup.
Filthy. He just K’d Noot on 3 pitches, and Noot is the only one who has touched him up for a double.
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