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gonets said 06/11, 11:14 AM
First of all, I dont know of ANY World Series that dragged into November, except for the 2001 WS, which had a very good reason to do so, due to the bombings on 9-11 which put a stop to the sports world for about a week or so.

Second, I dont know that there will ever be another WS dragging into November, so this TD title is kind of pointless. As it stands though, my opponent picked it, and I will argue accordingly.

Game 1 of the 2008 WS is scheduled for October 22, and Game 7 is scheduled for October 30, so even then, it STILL wont drag in to November.

However, I dont think the playoff format needs to be changed dramatically. The players play 162 games in 180 days, giving them 18 off days throughout the season. There are times where they can play 7-10+ games WITHOUT an off day. So even though this title is ridiculous, because a November World Series will NEVER happen, if it is such a great concern, maybe instead of two off days for travel, you only have one. These baseball players are used to playing lengthy periods of time without an off day at home and on the road as well. So fatigue should not even come into play here. I will expand on this. I am out of space.

gonets said 06/11, 12:32 PM
A league championship series only being 5 games long? No one would go for that. And if Game 7 was rained out, it would be made up on October 31st, which is still NOT November.

My suggestion though, was to shroten the number of off days. The players are used to it, and right now the format is 2-2-1, 2-2-2-1 (or 2-3-2), with days off for traveling. I propose this: for the 5 game set (and it used to be like this), have a 2-3 format, so there is only one off day for travel, and then either keep the 2-3-2 format for the 7 game series or make them 3-4 format. The season ends September 28th, so the playoffs willmost likely start October 2nd or 3rd. By my reformatting hen, the 5 game set would be over on the 8th or 9th (barring any rainouts, and if it goes to all 5 games). Then there can be 2 days off between the LDS and the LCS. That puts the LCS as starting roughly on the 11th or 12th. By a 2-3-2 format for the LCS, it is over at the latest by the 20th or 21st, but if it's a 3-4 format then it is over by the 19th or 20th. Continuing with the 2 days off, it puts the World Series as ending around October 29th. The 2 off days between series can be used for any rainout makeup games.

gonets said 06/11, 07:22 PM
But why have 1 day in between series when you can have 2? One as a normal off day and one for a makeup game, if necessary. Also, the fiugres I gave are if every series goes the limit, but we know that more than liekly it wont, so the WS will actually end BEFORE the 29th of OCtober. And here is why. In the NBA, if a series ends in 4 games, the next series still begins on the regularly scheduled date, so teams could get a week off. In basbeall, that is not always the case. make the dates flexible so if the LDS lasts only 3 or 4 games, the LCS starts earlier on the calendar. Sometimes baseball does that, other times they don't. It would streamline the playoffs, rather than dragging them out. The players are used to playing back-to-back nights. That is what the regular season is for.

Streamlined playoffs are better and more exciting. The thrill, the rush, of games that are happening night after night, will keep the excitement. I dont know about you, but for me, it is not as exciting having a game one day, then waiting 2 sometimes 3 days for the next game (NBA).

Streamlining using my format makes the playoffs more exciting, more fun, and wont extend the WS into November.