I'm sure I'll be called idiot, sore loser - or both. But the format for the baseball tourney always bothered me. If you lose a game.....you are behind the 8 ball moreso than in any other format I know of. Your team is set up all season to have 3 front line starters pitching once a week. But if you lose in the tourney, you are faced with playing a series of elimination games with little time between games to rest pitchers (like playing two in one day maybe). Add to this the way they choose hosts...if the host (almost always the 1 seed) wins its first game (typically against the 4 seed)....they have a HUGE advantage.
I know...USM has demonstrated that the non-host can win (see 2009)....and that the host can lose (we lost when we hosted....as a 2 seed). (Of course, Old Mess just showed how a 1 seed can lose at home!)
While the odds can be beaten....it seems like they are stacked against the non-hosts, lower seeds more than in any other tournament format. I think this should be changed.
I know...USM has demonstrated that the non-host can win (see 2009)....and that the host can lose (we lost when we hosted....as a 2 seed). (Of course, Old Mess just showed how a 1 seed can lose at home!)
While the odds can be beaten....it seems like they are stacked against the non-hosts, lower seeds more than in any other tournament format. I think this should be changed.
