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jg2977 · 02-07-2009, 03:29 PM

In the LCS, Detroit didn't have too much fun playing in Cleveland. In four games, they got outscored 53 to 12. That has to be some kind of record.

Also, I find it interesting how every series went the full seven games, except for the World Series.

I might tinker the league formats. I might just get rid of the divisions all together, and just take the top four teams in each conference to the playoffs. This is because everybody is playing a balanced schedule, so what's the point of having divisions? I might tinker with the points format as well if I get rid of divisions. I'll give the team with the best record bonus points. Maybe 60 points for 1st place, and the other three playoff teams get 50.

What I like about my points system is that a team can never win a World Series, but still be considered the best team ever if they make the playoffs consistently. For example, from 1991-2005 the Atlanta Braves made the playoffs 14 straight times and had only 1 World Series ring to show for it. The Florida Marlins won two World Series in that same time span, but only qualified for the playoffs twice, and they never even won their division. Atlanta was still clearly the better team, despite not having the hardware to show for it.

02-07-2009, 03:29 PM	#14
jg2977 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 26,065	In the LCS, Detroit didn't have too much fun playing in Cleveland. In four games, they got outscored 53 to 12. That has to be some kind of record. Also, I find it interesting how every series went the full seven games, except for the World Series. I might tinker the league formats. I might just get rid of the divisions all together, and just take the top four teams in each conference to the playoffs. This is because everybody is playing a balanced schedule, so what's the point of having divisions? I might tinker with the points format as well if I get rid of divisions. I'll give the team with the best record bonus points. Maybe 60 points for 1st place, and the other three playoff teams get 50. What I like about my points system is that a team can never win a World Series, but still be considered the best team ever if they make the playoffs consistently. For example, from 1991-2005 the Atlanta Braves made the playoffs 14 straight times and had only 1 World Series ring to show for it. The Florida Marlins won two World Series in that same time span, but only qualified for the playoffs twice, and they never even won their division. Atlanta was still clearly the better team, despite not having the hardware to show for it. Last edited by jg2977; 02-10-2009 at 10:03 PM.