Comments on Ghostrunner on First: Now and Zen

I think the baseball Gods are done shitting all ov...

2009-10-14T10:24:25.342-04:00

I think the baseball Gods are done shitting all over us. At least that's what I keep telling myself.

I proposed the 6 team playoffs with the top 2 gett...

2009-10-14T02:32:51.873-04:00

I proposed the 6 team playoffs with the top 2 getting byes on this blog a few weeks ago. It was in one of those recent posts where there were a bunch of comments. But yea, it'll never happen because like you said, the Jays themselves wouldn't want it. FML.

As for the luck thing. It still boggles the mind. How can they be so monumentally unlucky 4 straight years? This stuff is supposed to correct itself over time, right?

It's not like things haven't changed either. The bad luck has persisted through 2 very different coaching regimes, 3 hitting coaches, with good to great pitching, defense, and fielding in each of those years.

It probably wouldn't be that bad for the Jays. The...

2009-10-14T01:44:04.579-04:00

It probably wouldn't be that bad for the Jays. The AL East would get Cleveland and Detroit, and while they're probably not as good as Boston/New York, Detroit would still be a pretty good draw. Thus, former ratio of good draws to bad: 2:2, new ratio 3:3. Given the improved chance of making the playoffs this seems to be a pretty decent trade if you run the Jays. However, how much that chance improves is questionable when you add the Tigers, the biggest spenders in the AL Central, to the East. This gives you 5 teams capable of spending 100M+, Cleveland, and Tampa.

Meanwhile, the AL Other 3/4 of North America gets KC, Chicago, and Minnesota. Basically LAA starts to include the playoff tickets when they send out the season tickets at the start of the year and every Jays fan cries themselves to sleep at night after looking at LAA's schedule.

Well, fuck.

2009-10-14T01:27:12.781-04:00

Well, fuck.