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Old 07-16-2008, 10:44 AM   #19
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Gonna be interesting to see how guys like Lidge, Kazmir, Webb, Sherrill, etc. all respond immediately after the break. Wouldn't shock me at all to see new rules next year on who can be eligible to pitch and how pitchers can be used, etc.

Ultimately, I think they should scrap the entire home field advantage in the WS rule and accept that it's an exhibition game. It's meant to be a break from the season but the players all looked stressed to hell yesterday. If they insist on putting home field on the line, they need to let the managers of each league get together and pick everyone on the team...no fans, no players, none of that.

Still don't see what's wrong with giving home field to whoever has the best record going into the WS (in a case of a tie they use head to head, vs. division, etc. as tiebreakers)...it'd most likely be an AL team anyway but at least it makes more sense. MLB would never do it because it would complicate ticket sales but that's how it should be done.
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