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Originally Posted by PhillieFever
Gotta hand it to St. Louis, they righted the ship just in time, and held on for the title. As for L.A., in the end they just weren't good enough. I used to love that about baseball, only the division champions(or league prior to 69') have the right to the post season. There should be no rewards for finishing 2nd, not after 154 games(or 162)
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I'm loving the current setup. I've contemplated another round of expansion just because there's so many good players who, by the nature of the league setup, won't get to have much of a career here. But I don't want to add more teams without a wildcard, and right now it seems I have multiple good division races every season. So, at least for now, there won't be any more expansion.
As for St. Louis, it's another one of the great little nuances about this game. It's obviously not built into the game engine, but because baseball is the great game it is the situation, the sidebar to the whole stretch drive, just worked out spectacularly. They lose Tris Speaker to injury. Frank Smith, who developed last year and seemed poised for a big year this year goes down in his second start, returns in August for what should be a big boost down the stretch, and positively stinks. But the Tides persevere and just when it seems like they're about to gag away the division, Smith rights the ship, the team follows suit and they hold on. Great, great stuff.
As for L.A., if they can keep Cobb healthy for a full season their offense will be unstoppable. The idea of him, Brouthers and Charleston together is drool-worthy, to say nothing of Luke Easter, Dave Winfield and the rest of that group.
Now we come to the last day. Last season, Chicago blew the division in the final month, including losing the final series in Sacramento (though a four-game sweep at home against Indianapolis the week before is what really derailed them). That was the second pennant race the Hitmen lost. To blow a third would be crushing for the franchise, I think. It certainly seems clear that Chicago/Sacramento is the best rivalry in the PBL at the moment, though.
On to the last day of the season...or not
