Yes, my city is that beautiful
Back in 2008 I suggested that Major League Baseball would benefit from an expanded playoff. Recently I heard rumors which asked if adding more Wild Card teams would do the season justice. This was not what I had in mind.
I believe one (1) more playoff series would be fantastic for ratings not to mention league revenue. In the World Cup, which we can all agree is a premier tournament, the final is decided in the last game of the tournament while on that same day a 3rd place match takes place. Brilliant!
What I propose is one best of three (3) series between the losers of the League Championship Series. I realize that this sounds like desperate move to see a little more Dodgers Baseball in both 2008 and 2009 but look at whos playing in the world series this year and tell me with a straight face that you actually care and I’ll call you a liar.
Lets take a look at the last 3 years.
In the 2008 ALCS, the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox in a thrilling 7 game series and in the NLCS the Philadelphia Phillies painfully beat my Los Angeles Dodgers in 5 games. Does anybody outside of Philadelphia or Tampa Bay with a combined population of less than 2 million really remember or care what happened in that World Series? Didn’t think so. Now Imagine a best of three series between the Red Sox and Dodgers. Can you see it? Can you see all the plot lines? Torre vs the Red Sox again. Frank McCourt vs the team he couldnt buy which is also his hometown team. Derek Lowe vs Terry Francona. JD Drew vs Dodgers Fans. Jeff Kents last chance at a Championship and of course who could forget Manny vs the Red Sox?
Now thats drama!
In the 2009 NLCS once again, my Dodgers were painfully defeated by the Phillies in 5 games and in the more interesting of the two LCS, the ALCS pitted the Anaheim Angels and the NY Yankees. Of course the Yankees won that series setting up an all East-Coast World Series. This years anticipation was to see either the first ever freeway world series or to revive an all-time classic rivalry between the Dodgers and Yankees. Well, what about an all West-Coast 3rd place series? I don’t need to get into how exciting a freeway series like this would have been for Los Angelinos and the Orange County. Not that I consider Anaheim to be a Dodger rival at all. I see them much like I do the Padres…. annoying little brothers that keep pestering you. It would be a HUGE success for the Anaheim people especially since here in LA we only hang up Championship pennants and only retire hall of famers…. that is Hall of Famers that are wearing a Dodgers cap in their plaque. Get what I’m saying? Intriguing no?
In 2010 the proposed 3rd place series would have been a rematch of the 2009 World Series. Do I really have to mention the benefits of that?
I guess what I’m saying is, in the last three years, two world series have been a total bore and the proposed 3rd place series would have made baseball, a little bit more exciting for everybody.
December 18th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
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