Let's go back to alternating leagues, but let's also reduce interleague play to six games against one team (the obvious one, though it admittedly breaks down when you get down to Padres-Mariners and Phillies-Blue Jays). Games against American League teams that aren't the White Sox are inherently low-stakes, so why bother? It's not about seeing all 29 teams every year. That doesn't happen. It's not even a divisional rotation anymore. It's just an arbitrary handful of teams we're not competing for playoff spots with.

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There are historic differences between baseball and the other leagues. I realize the younger fans tend not to recognize them and granted, they are slowly becoming erased.

The NL and AL are separate entities that each send a champion to play in the World Series. That is a significant difference relative to the NFL and the NBA where there is no really distinction between conferences and they exist for nothing more than basic structural purposes. Additionally, in the NFL the championship is played at a neutral site.

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Alternating league's would be fine too. But at least they took care of the AS Game silliness.

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Easy Solution,, Play the World series IN EVGAS!!! Fabuous new stadium, Neutral Site, no weather concerns with DOME, great travel Destination in Oct/Nov! only problem is Jerry might like it so much he'll move there FULL TIME?

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I don't really think that using the All-Star game was sillier than handing the currently top heavy NL this advantage. The entire starting NL team last year was Cubs. They really didn't have a beef that they did not get the advantage.

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Since interleague play began those differences left. Unless you are alternating annually there can't be a system that is fair.

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Now THIS is how you do a parity!!! Are you paying atention, Frank???

You don't think that determining home field in the most important series of the baseball season by using an exhibition game, where one All Star from every team MUST be present regardless of if he deserves it or not, is silly?

I have heard people say that the Wild Card teams should be put at a further disadvantage, which this will likely do as a Wild Card team to make the World Series will probably have a lesser record if they are facing a division winner.

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Really, I don't consider it a big issue at all. Home field advantage in baseball is minimal at best. The way to disadvantage Wild Cards is to force them to use their best pitchers.

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Any other details in this agreement that are earth shattering? Other than the argument over the All Star game and World Series?

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The DL changed from 15 days to 10 is a pretty big deal. Now guys can go on the DL for a nagging injury and not miss half a month. It will also allow teams to make a quick decision and not play a man down for 2-3 days waiting to see if he needs to go on the DL.

DL to 10 days minimum, 4 more off days built into the schedule, more day games on getaway days.

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Just read about them changing qualifying offer rules quite a bit.

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It won't take me effect until next off season. Good

Home field advantage in the WS is huge.

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Oakland A's are being phased out of revenue sharing, so I doubt they are still in Oakland in 5 years.

Based on what? Must be your emotions because it's clearly not on numbers.

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New QO rules may push Cubs to trade Arrieta this offseason, if they do not plan to re-sign. They will get a shittier pick now, than they would have under the current QO system.

Lets not pretend for a second that the best record is any less slanted for NL teams who get to beat up on the trash that makes up more than half their league than the ASG was for the AL teams.

Next off season they will get a shittier pick.

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Teams are also going to be able to trade draft picks, which is good.

No international draft, which is bad.

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I have not seen that yet.

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Mully & Hanley were talking about it this morning. I am not sure of all the details or if that happens next year or later, but they said that is part of the new CBA.

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Home field in a WS scenario... you get the opposing manager out of his comfort zone, the AL team loses a bigger bat than the pitcher provides, of course last raps, and you can't tell me the crowd doesn't charge up a team (or kill it).
Now... home field advantages are just that... advantages. Not predictors of play or quality of play or predictors of winning.
I'm not sure how you can't think that these things don't make any difference.
Of course, being a sample size guy, there's only up to 7 games that can be included in any given matchups and therefore hard to qualify.

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Because the actual numbers suggest it's inconsequential.

http://www.hardballtimes.com/home-field ... ostseason/

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Did you two switch logins?

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https://twitter.com/JLester34/status/804318576853352448

While my efforts to eliminate pitchers from having to throw to 1B didnt pass, I'm proud of the PA & Owners for coming together on a new CBA!

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