Baseball: the way it should be
MLB includes me in their “Fans at Bat.” The Hot Corner topic they asked me was the following:
What would you change about MLB?
I told them first I would eliminate the DH, and have a salary cap like football and basketball. This way fans from all teams would have an equal chance of winning.
I also would bring back the baseball term of “Contraction.” I think that both Florida teams should have Spring training in their state, but they just don’t care enough to have 2 MLB teams. They wouldn’t even know they were gone down there.
With 28 teams, baseball could become really exciting. First you would divide up 28 teams by having 7 divisions with 4 teams each. Each team will play 14 games against the other 3 teams (3×14=42) in their division. They would play 5 games each, with all the other 24 teams (5×24=120). This equals 162.
There will be 2 Wild Cards, plus the 7 division winners in October. The Wild Card teams will play a best of 3, and the winner gets in the playoffs with all the other division winners. The first round will be 5 games. The next round will be called the “Final Four” which will be 7 games. Then the World Series will be played. In the first World Series to use this new format, with any luck the Red Sox will play the Yankees.
The All-Star game will be USA players against non-US players.
All October games will start at 6:30 at night during the week, and during the day on weekends.
MLB realignment will be like this.
Empire Division
New York Mets
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Atlanta Braves
Metro-PA
Baltimore Orioles
Washington Nationals
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
Ohio Lakes
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Indians
Toronto Blue Jays
Detroit Tigers
Chicago M
Minnesota Twins
Milwaukee Brewers
Chicago White Sox
Chicago Cubs
Tex-MO
Texas Rangers
Houston Astros
Kansas City Royals
St. Louis Cardinals
LA Golden
Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles Angels
San Francisco Giants
Oakland A’s
Mountain Desert
Colorado Rockies
Arizona Diamondbacks
Seattle Mariners
San Diego Padres
I am:
The Fan’s Commish
Rick Swanson
What would you change about MLB?
I told them first I would eliminate the DH, and have a salary cap like football and basketball. This way fans from all teams would have an equal chance of winning.
I also would bring back the baseball term of “Contraction.” I think that both Florida teams should have Spring training in their state, but they just don’t care enough to have 2 MLB teams. They wouldn’t even know they were gone down there.
With 28 teams, baseball could become really exciting. First you would divide up 28 teams by having 7 divisions with 4 teams each. Each team will play 14 games against the other 3 teams (3×14=42) in their division. They would play 5 games each, with all the other 24 teams (5×24=120). This equals 162.
There will be 2 Wild Cards, plus the 7 division winners in October. The Wild Card teams will play a best of 3, and the winner gets in the playoffs with all the other division winners. The first round will be 5 games. The next round will be called the “Final Four” which will be 7 games. Then the World Series will be played. In the first World Series to use this new format, with any luck the Red Sox will play the Yankees.
The All-Star game will be USA players against non-US players.
All October games will start at 6:30 at night during the week, and during the day on weekends.
MLB realignment will be like this.
Empire Division
New York Mets
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Atlanta Braves
Metro-PA
Baltimore Orioles
Washington Nationals
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
Ohio Lakes
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Indians
Toronto Blue Jays
Detroit Tigers
Chicago M
Minnesota Twins
Milwaukee Brewers
Chicago White Sox
Chicago Cubs
Tex-MO
Texas Rangers
Houston Astros
Kansas City Royals
St. Louis Cardinals
LA Golden
Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles Angels
San Francisco Giants
Oakland A’s
Mountain Desert
Colorado Rockies
Arizona Diamondbacks
Seattle Mariners
San Diego Padres
I am:
The Fan’s Commish
Rick Swanson