Yes, Dodgers in four, Yanks have to watch them celebrate on their field. I want the last Yankee loss to be a heartbreaker of unprecedented proportion involving a bogus unreviewable call by an umpire.
I originally wanted (far too strong of a word) Yankees, because an additional championship for them is only marginally noteworthy, but it's more substantial for the Dodgers - and since I want neither team to succeed at buying championships, the next best option this year is a reduced value championship.
But I also like the idea of a sweep, giving MLB fewer games, thus offsetting some of their "biggest markets/best players hype."
Mostly I'm just being contrarian this year, I guess.
Everyone can feel how they want of course, but I don't get this sentiment at all. It's baseball, it's the season's two best teams, it's the biggest stars. It should be fun. I don't assign any more meaning than that to it or intend to devalue anything.
Also, I'll let you in on a little secret.... baseball teams have been succeeding at buying championships for 150 years. There's a reason why the Yankees have 27 World Series wins under their belt over the past century and it's not just because they have the better scouts or know how to play the game better than anyone else.
Agree, too late now but seeing the Dodgers get swept would have been fun too. That meant that Yankees played out of their mind, had clutch hits, pitched well. Just like if Dodgers sweep. Will be fun if either teams wins in 5, 6, or 7 too.
My perspective on it is, obviously one that looks pretty heavily to past and future, rather than present. In the here and now, yes, best teams, best players, etc. But not-the-best teams can also produce plenty of compelling games and storyline.
But when looking at history, another championship for the Yankees is both kind of neat and less individually significant, so in my mind it gets the benefit of historical meaning without me feeling too bad about rooting for the "damn Yankees."
And when thinking about the future, I like a world with more competitive balance, not less. So if baseball gets too out of whack with money more directly corresponding to wins, (and if at the same time the postseason is less enthralling) then in the future hopefully there will be more of a shift towards balance.
If the Yankees can get swept and the Dodgers bumble their way into it, I can back that.
Particularly if the Dodgers out-pitch them.
Yes, Dodgers in four, Yanks have to watch them celebrate on their field. I want the last Yankee loss to be a heartbreaker of unprecedented proportion involving a bogus unreviewable call by an umpire.
I originally wanted (far too strong of a word) Yankees, because an additional championship for them is only marginally noteworthy, but it's more substantial for the Dodgers - and since I want neither team to succeed at buying championships, the next best option this year is a reduced value championship.
But I also like the idea of a sweep, giving MLB fewer games, thus offsetting some of their "biggest markets/best players hype."
Mostly I'm just being contrarian this year, I guess.
Everyone can feel how they want of course, but I don't get this sentiment at all. It's baseball, it's the season's two best teams, it's the biggest stars. It should be fun. I don't assign any more meaning than that to it or intend to devalue anything.
Also, I'll let you in on a little secret.... baseball teams have been succeeding at buying championships for 150 years. There's a reason why the Yankees have 27 World Series wins under their belt over the past century and it's not just because they have the better scouts or know how to play the game better than anyone else.
watching the NYY swept would be fun
Agree, too late now but seeing the Dodgers get swept would have been fun too. That meant that Yankees played out of their mind, had clutch hits, pitched well. Just like if Dodgers sweep. Will be fun if either teams wins in 5, 6, or 7 too.
My perspective on it is, obviously one that looks pretty heavily to past and future, rather than present. In the here and now, yes, best teams, best players, etc. But not-the-best teams can also produce plenty of compelling games and storyline.
But when looking at history, another championship for the Yankees is both kind of neat and less individually significant, so in my mind it gets the benefit of historical meaning without me feeling too bad about rooting for the "damn Yankees."
And when thinking about the future, I like a world with more competitive balance, not less. So if baseball gets too out of whack with money more directly corresponding to wins, (and if at the same time the postseason is less enthralling) then in the future hopefully there will be more of a shift towards balance.