2011 World Series: AL Champion vs. NL Champion

[Jimbo]

My only solace is that it wasn't the Cubs taking the Series.

[SeriesFinale]

First: Rotating HFA for the World Series between the leagues is a lot better idea then letting HFA be the prize for winning a meaningless exhibition game during the season. Outside of the NBA All Star Game, none of the ASG will be popular or bring in huge waiting, so let's stop this crap of awarding HFA to the winner of the popularity contest?

 

Second: Why can't baseball go back to the days in which whoever had the best record, regardless of league, having HFA? Best record=HFA. But of course Bud Selig can't see it because it requires common sense, which apparently he has none.

1. No it's really not; it's just as arbitrary, perhaps more so.

2. Well, the "regardless of league" thing is what's problematic, right? The NBA and NHL can do it because they have expanded inter-conference play. If and when MLB does this (and it sounds like it could happen as early as next year), then it makes more sense. Of course even then it's not totally perfect because you're dealing with divisional matchups that help skew the records, etc etc.