MLB wants Dodgers(Ohtani) vs Yankees(Judge) - NFL/Goodell helped the Chiefs

[Shoeless Moe]

...and this terrible strike 3 call on Witt with a 3-2 count in the 9th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwZ8fI8T4Kc

at the 15:00 mark. either a brutal call by the ump or some funny business.

That catcher lifts his mitt a good foot up. If it's a strike the catcher just holds his mitt in place.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

...and this terrible strike 3 call on Witt with a 3-2 count in the 9th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwZ8fI8T4Kc

at the 15:00 mark. either a brutal call by the ump or some funny business.

That catcher lifts his mitt a good foot up. If it's a strike the catcher just holds his mitt in place.

Bad call for sure, but I would bet if you reviewed the entire game you'd find some bad calls the other direction.

[Carter08]

Game outcomes are most certainly influenced by money, directly and indirectly.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Carter08

Game outcomes are most certainly influenced by money, directly and indirectly.

+1

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Carter08

Game outcomes are most certainly influenced by money, directly and indirectly.

Easy to say, but where then are the whistleblowers? There would be fame, notoriety and big money for anyone with evidence to expose such corruption.

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

Easy to say, but where then are the whistleblowers? There would be fame, notoriety and big money for anyone with evidence to expose such corruption.

This is not a one off situation. Point shaving is rampant. When there are many millions involved the money will find a way to make things happen and (usually) not get caught.

https://www.deseret.com/sports/2022/...n-documentary/

[John1941]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Bad call for sure, but I would bet if you reviewed the entire game you'd find some bad calls the other direction.

After the 1st game my dad, a Yankees fan, suspected from the way the calls went that MLB wanted the Yankees to win. After watching part of tonight's game, he changed his mind; a number of bad strike calls went against the Yankees.

In my opinion, the potential risk for MLB from trying to force a big brand WS is much greater than its potential reward. MLB would make a little extra money if they were successful - but their credibility would take a huge hit if they were found out.

[insidethewrapper]

Repeat of the 1984 World Series , Tigers vs Padres with the Tigers winning again. This is my hope.

[SAllen2556]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

Repeat of the 1984 World Series , Tigers vs Padres with the Tigers winning again. This is my hope.

I like the way you think!

I do think the National League is much better than the AL this year, though. These are not your father's Padres!

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by SAllen2556

I like the way you think!

I do think the National League is much better than the AL this year, though. These are not your father's Padres!

I also think whoever comes out of the National League has got to be the favorite……. but as we well know in this sport….anything can happen. Favorites seem to win much less often in baseball as opposed to others.

[Shoeless Moe]

"College football’s best team wins the title more often than the NFL’s despite having the best regular season record at the same rate. The MLB’s best team, on the other hand, wins the title less often than expected given their regular season performance. This is due to the length of their regular season—162 games—almost twice as many as any other sport—meaning the actual best team more frequently is the best regular season team."

"Looking at the title winning chances for the best teams, college basketball is the most chaotic, while the NBA is the best at unearthing the truly best team. This is unsurprising when comparing the postseason formats for all sports: the NBA, NHL, and MLB are the only ones to use series in every round of the postseason, usually 7-game series. This tends to balance out the randomness, giving the better teams the opportunity to recover from an off day. In practice, this makes the NHL and MLB basically identical to the NFL, where each game has less randomness, but where the playoffs are single elimination. The NBA has less randomness on the game level AND 7-game series throughout the playoffs, leading to a more accurate and less chaotic result."