Angels Manager Mike Scioscia Proposes 158-Game Schedule
September 13, 2010
by Tom Fornelli
Filed under: Angels, MLB Playoffs, MLB Rumors, World Series
If the World Series reaches a seventh game this fall — and which baseball fan wouldn’t love to see it — the game wouldn’t be played until Thursday Nov. 4, which is pretty late in the year to be playing a World Series game if you think about it. Especially when you consider that teams like New York, Minnesota, Philadelphia and Cincinnati could be hosting World Series games come November.
Not exactly warm-weather locales once the calendar turns to November.
So it’d be a bit more prudent for MLB if they could wrap up the postseason a bit quicker, and if they’re looking for a possible solution on how to do it, they need not look any further than current Angels manager Mike Scioscia. Scioscia says that playing a 158-game schedule, rather than 162, makes some sense for the game.
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Scioscia: Baseball Will Consider Condensing Playoff Schedule
September 2, 2010
by Ed Price
Filed under: Angels, MLB Playoffs
During the postseason, Angels manager Mike Scioscia spoke out publicly about the nature of the playoff schedule. And on Wednesday, Scioscia said he expressed the same concerns to commissioner Bud Selig.
“I’m very hopeful and confident that they’re going to tighten up that schedule a little bit,” Scioscia said on a conference call after being named AL Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. “I think there’s things that the commissioner is going to take to heart and look at.”
Selig was initially not available for comment on the matter, but has since said he will try to tighten up the postseason schedule.