"Playoffs?!?!": A Reply to Garnet and Black Attack's Modest Proposal (Part II)

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 "Playoffs?!?!": A Reply to Garnet and Black Attack's Modest Proposal (Part II)
Ere the weekend’s baseball action got underway, I offered a partial response to the playoff proposal put forth by Garnet and Black Attack ’s Brandon before he went fishing (metaphorically, of course). I was pleased to see this subject generate some discussion , particularly since Brandon’s subsequent posting upon the subject helped to highlight the extent to which this has been a ... [link]

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THE THREAD [05.19.08] :: Deja vu all over again
Published 5/20/2008 by cocknfire <info@garnetandblackattack.com> at Garnet And Black Attack: Front Page Posts
... The Mayor responds, Part II. Over at Dawg Sports, the Mayor continues his discussion of A Modest Proposal, focusing again on some of C&F's criticisms of the anti-playoff position. ...

A Modest Proposal, Part III: What I Want
Published 6/3/2008 by cocknfire at Garnet And Black Attack: Front Page Posts
... It came to C&F, as A Modest Proposal was being hailed by people he usually disagrees with and dissected by people he usually agrees with on the matter of a playoff that perhaps his intent had escaped. I never intended to give a blank-check endorsement to a playoff. Any notion that I did was probably my fault for not more clearly stressing caveats. As far as I can see, the current system is flawed and hopelessly imperfect. But any system for choosing a champion is flawed and hopelessly imperfect. The Mayor ...

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