Comments on: The Mistake Lottery http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/11/05/the-mistake-lottery/ Seattle Mariners blog and general baseball discussion Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: dawsonct http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/11/05/the-mistake-lottery/comment-page-1/#comment-354510 dawsonct Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:55:03 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=9606#comment-354510 Jeez DMZ, I can't seem to do anything right. Sorry. I'll keep plugging away, avoiding personal attacks and swearing on the, uhh, comments(?). Hopefully my presence will become a bit more innocuous over time. Go mariners. Jeez DMZ, I can’t seem to do anything right. Sorry. I’ll keep plugging away, avoiding personal attacks and swearing on the, uhh, comments(?). Hopefully my presence will become a bit more innocuous over time.
Go mariners.

]]> By: DMZ http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/11/05/the-mistake-lottery/comment-page-1/#comment-354459 DMZ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:37:46 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=9606#comment-354459 Interestingly, when we tried that, it didn't. Interestingly, when we tried that, it didn’t.

]]> By: Liam http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/11/05/the-mistake-lottery/comment-page-1/#comment-354458 Liam Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:11:00 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=9606#comment-354458 Being able to preview your comments would greatly help with formatting. Being able to preview your comments would greatly help with formatting.

]]> By: dawsonct http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/11/05/the-mistake-lottery/comment-page-1/#comment-354456 dawsonct Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:20:23 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=9606#comment-354456 [this is not a forum] [this is not a forum]

]]> By: DMZ http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/11/05/the-mistake-lottery/comment-page-1/#comment-354455 DMZ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:30:04 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=9606#comment-354455 Thanks for that. If you could please use the link button in the future so we don't have to edit your comments, that would be nice: long links hose formatting on some people's browsers. Thanks for that. If you could please use the link button in the future so we don’t have to edit your comments, that would be nice: long links hose formatting on some people’s browsers.

]]> By: dawsonct http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/11/05/the-mistake-lottery/comment-page-1/#comment-354453 dawsonct Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:40:43 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=9606#comment-354453 Put two more teams in the NYC metro area, one in N. New Jersey and another on Long Island or White plains or further up the Hudson along the I-84 corridor. It is the metropolitan area most capable of absorbing more teams: <a href="http://www.bizofbaseball.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2387&Itemid=42" rel="nofollow">LINK</a> I believe the NL has a VERY old agreement with Troy, N.Y and Worcester, Mass. to return teams to those cities. <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1136729/index.htm" rel="nofollow">LINK</a> Baseball will then have 16 teams in each league and they could then revert to two divisions, eliminate IL play, and change the schedule to play most of the games within your own division. Keep the wild card with the top two non-div. winners. Put two more teams in the NYC metro area, one in N. New Jersey and another on Long Island or White plains or further up the Hudson along the I-84 corridor. It is the metropolitan area most capable of absorbing more teams:

LINK

I believe the NL has a VERY old agreement with Troy, N.Y and Worcester, Mass. to return teams to those cities.

LINK

Baseball will then have 16 teams in each league and they could then revert to two divisions, eliminate IL play, and change the schedule to play most of the games within your own division.

Keep the wild card with the top two non-div. winners.

]]> By: TranquilPsychosis http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/11/05/the-mistake-lottery/comment-page-1/#comment-354331 TranquilPsychosis Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:51:19 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=9606#comment-354331 <blockquote>Somewhere in this comment there’s an angry lesbian joke fighting to come out.</blockquote> Where's Rosie O'Donnell when ya really need her?

Somewhere in this comment there’s an angry lesbian joke fighting to come out.

Where’s Rosie O’Donnell when ya really need her?

]]> By: mark s http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/11/05/the-mistake-lottery/comment-page-1/#comment-354320 mark s Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:45:02 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=9606#comment-354320 I liked <a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/bad-contract-white-elephant/" rel="nofollow">Dave’s white elephant</a> better. But yes, it sucks the Yankees can just throw money at a mistake. I liked Dave’s white elephant better. But yes, it sucks the Yankees can just throw money at a mistake.

]]> By: joser http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/11/05/the-mistake-lottery/comment-page-1/#comment-354291 joser Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:06:30 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=9606#comment-354291 <blockquote> This system would be fun to have, if only to see outraged carpet-chewing from Yankee fans. </blockquote> Somewhere in this comment there's an angry lesbian joke fighting to come out.

This system would be fun to have, if only to see outraged carpet-chewing from Yankee fans.

Somewhere in this comment there’s an angry lesbian joke fighting to come out.

]]> By: TranquilPsychosis http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/11/05/the-mistake-lottery/comment-page-1/#comment-354287 TranquilPsychosis Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:49:30 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=9606#comment-354287 <blockquote>This system would be fun to have, if only to see outraged carpet-chewing from Yankee fans.</blockquote> Don't we already see that every time another team has the termerity to win against them?

This system would be fun to have, if only to see outraged carpet-chewing from Yankee fans.

Don’t we already see that every time another team has the termerity to win against them?

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