Baseball Toaster: The Griddle : A return to a World Series, 1921 style!

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Chicago Cubs	69	46	.6	C1
2	Philadelphia	62	51	.549	E1
3	Arizona	59	55	.518	W1
4	Milwaukee	64	51	.557	C2
5	St. Louis	64	52	.552	C3
6	Florida	60	54	.526	E2
7	New York Mets	59	54	.522	E3
8	Los Angeles Dodgers	56	57	.496	W2
9	Houston	54	59	.478	C4
10T	Pittsburgh	52	62	.456	C5
10T	Atlanta	52	62	.456	E4
12T	Colorado	52	63	.452	W3
12T	Cincinnati	52	63	.452	C6
14	San Francisco	48	65	.425	W4
15	San Diego	44	70	.386	W5
16	Washington	42	71	.372	E5

American League

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Los Angeles Angels	71	43	.623	W1
2	Tampa Bay	68	45	.602	E1
3	Chicago White Sox	63	49	.563	C1
4	Boston	66	49	.574	E2
5	Minnesota	63	51	.553	C2
6	New York Yankees	62	52	.544	E3
7	Texas	60	55	.522	W2
8	Toronto	58	56	.509	E4
9	Detroit	55	58	.487	C3
10	Baltimore	54	59	.478	E5
11	Oakland	53	60	.469	W3
12	Kansas City	53	62	.461	C4
13	Cleveland	49	64	.434	C5
14	Seattle	44	70	.386	W4

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A return to a World Series, 1921 style!

2007-06-27 09:51

by Bob Timmermann

Bob Klapisch, in Northjersey.com, has a story about how Scott Boras has suggested to Commissioner Bud Selig that one way to increase the ratings for the World Series would be to change it to a best of nine format and have the first two games played at a neutral warm-weather site.

Under Boras' revamping – explained in a letter sent to MLB's headquarters – Game 1 would be played on a Saturday in a warm-weather city, where there's a low probability of rain or even snow. The night before, he said, would be like "the Oscars" where players from both teams would be introduced and feted before a national TV audience. But the event wouldn't be just for pennant winners; everyone would be there, including the game's biggest stars, along with the networks and the advertisers.

"There'd be interaction between players and management, the interaction between players and corporations would increase, the boundaries would be removed," Boras said. "The Super Bowl does that, although it's a terrible event."

The World Series was in a best of nine format in 1903, 1919, 1920, and 1921.

I suppose that if the World Series matched say, for example, the Padres and Angels (not all that far-fetched if you look at the standings), would the first two games be played in Cleveland then?

Does the World Series need to be like the Super Bowl? Does anything need to be like the Super Bowl?

Can you picture last year's World Series having a pre-Series introduction of the stars?

"Ladies and gentlemen, Neifi Perez!"

"Now introducing, Brad Thompson!"

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Comments

2007-06-27 10:18:30

1. Eric Enders

My first reaction to this -- like my first reaction to a lot of things --- was to think Scott Boras is off his rocker. But actually, I can't really see all that much wrong with this. I guess it would be tricky, if you're setting the neutral site well in advance, to make sure it doesn't end up being the home city of one of the teams in the world series. It would have to be someplace like Vegas or New Orleans.

2007-06-27 10:19:44

2. Eric Enders

Also, I have to give Boras some props for being willing to call out the Super Bowl. Everybody knows it stinks, but I think very few people in sports would have said so publicly.

2007-06-27 10:20:14

3. Bob Timmermann

Wouldn't that require Las Vegas or New Orleans to build nice stadiums?

2007-06-27 10:21:30

4. Eric Enders

Yeah.

2007-06-27 10:38:12

5. Greg Brock

As long as Prince is there with a gigantic phallic guitar, I'm all for it.

2007-06-27 11:06:40

6. Cliff Corcoran

But they do introduce the players before Game One.

2007-06-27 11:26:55

7. Bob Timmermann

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But not "Oscar" style!

There's no red carpet. No Joan Rivers. No Jim Nantz!

I can picture Grampa Simpson watching the 1975 World Series, "Quiet, I need to support this thing or it won't catch on!"

2007-06-27 11:43:04

8. StolenMonkey86

I say boo to anything that would guarantee that I'd see more Tim McCarver than necessary.

2007-06-30 16:03:14

9. scareduck

Stupidest damn idea ever. Boras is a festering boil upon the game, and his willingness to screw over the fans who rooted their teams to the postseason is just another example of why.

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