Quote of the Day
"I'm a very analytical person and player, and maybe that can come out more than in the studio. "-- MLB HOFer Cal Ripken Jr., on making his postseason debut in the broadcast booth for TBS. (USA TODAY, 10/5)
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Diamonds Are Forever
Wild Card Game marks Selig's second change in MLB's postseason format
For "all of the strife" in the tenure of MLB Commissioner Bud Selig, he has overseen two expansions of the league's playoff format and "both have succeeded," according to Tyler Kepner of the N.Y. TIMES. Selig will "watch from home Friday as his latest legacy item, the wild-card play-in game, unfolds in Atlanta and Arlington." Selig said, "When I did the first one, there was a lot of criticism. I was very confident, but you just never know, and it worked out better than I thought. This one, after the end of last year, there were people who said, ‘Why do you want to change?’ But I have to say, it’s worked out better than I ever would have dreamed.” Kepner notes because the '12 MLB schedule had been finalized before the ...
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