Saving Baseball

[Q Classic]

no, the bosox will always suck.

the cubs, on the other hand, definitely need retooling, as ming points out.

the braves are perfect, they just need to not sux0r in the post-season, and they also might want to deflate their heads a bit.

[walruskkkch]

Ming you miss the point. Wrigley confines them in how there team is put together and performs. Only a new park will break them out from that. Wrigley is a joke, it unduly affects the play of the modern game for them to be successful playing in it 81 times a year.

[Drake Tungsten]

Why would anyone want to replace Wrigley? The place is guaranteed to sell out every single game, even if the Cubs suck, because every fan in America wants to watch a game there. It would be crazy to replace it.

[Ming]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
the braves are perfect, they just need to not sux0r in the post-season, and they also might want to deflate their heads a bit.

Yeah... perfect...
They remind me a lot of the Vikings and Bills... Close but no cigar. Granted, at least they've won. But they should have won FAR more World Series than they have.

Can you spell... C. H. O. K. E.

[walruskkkch]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
Why would anyone want to replace Wrigley? The place is guaranteed to sell out every single game, even if the Cubs suck, because every fan in America wants to watch a game there. It would be crazy to replace it.

That's fine then. Play your 81, make your money and then stay home and watch the playoffs. You want to make money or win a World Series?

[Q Classic]

Ming, don't laugh.

It's a national tragedy.

ok, yes, it is funny, the damn braves just never seem to get there... oy. but they're still a great team... now that i think about it, maybe the strike should have happened--that way, the braves could have another successful year/season, rather than a unsuccessful year/postseason.

[Ming]

Originally posted by walruskkkch
Ming you miss the point. Wrigley confines them in how there team is put together and performs. Only a new park will break them out from that. Wrigley is a joke, it unduly affects the play of the modern game for them to be successful playing in it 81 times a year.

I disagree. Wrigley is not the problem. One might argue that the many day games they play is one. But it actually should be an advantage. They should be used to the "day game" schedule, while the other teams shouldn't be.

[Q Classic]

now that i think about it, there's a scary parallel...

fans == unlucky woman.
braves == great man outside of bed, but absolutely horrible in the end, unable to, ah, well, perform.

[walruskkkch]

It's not an advantage enough since the visiting teams enjoy the other benefits of the field as well. But more to point is that the team is constructed with the view of playing in the park instead of playing good baseball. The Red Sox have the same problem.

[Ming]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
but they're still a great team...

Great teams win World Series... Above average teams choke... And teams like the Cubs just suck.

[walruskkkch]

26 to be precise.

[Ming]

Originally posted by walruskkkch
26 to be precise.

EXACTLY!

[walruskkkch]

Just build the new ballpark, it's the only hope you got.

[Ming]

Originally posted by Ming
We need new owners... a new manager... a new firstbase man... a new shortstop... a new thirdbaseman... a new catcher... plenty of relief pitching... a new closer... a new outfielder... but otherwise, the team is looking pretty good...

The above will get us faster to a World Series than a new ball park will. Last time I checked, the ball park never goes out to the mound or the plate

[walruskkkch]

But the mindset does.