MLB adds 5th playoff team, 1 game playoff between 4-5 seeds

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lhslep134

why so serious?

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Mar 2, 2012 2:30 PM
Per ESPN

I think it's awesome
Mar 2, 2012 2:30pm
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gorocks99

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Mar 2, 2012 2:42 PM
It's more playoff baseball, and rewards winning your division, which is nice, but I don't think it'll make much of a difference other than throwing off one team's rotation in the second round.

Also, it's interesting to see that the wild card winner gets to host the first two games in the second round.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7638357/mlb-expand-playoffs-two-teams-10
Mar 2, 2012 2:42pm
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Nick Mangold

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Mar 2, 2012 3:00 PM
I like it, but I wish they played a 3 game series.
Mar 2, 2012 3:00pm
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hasbeen

Excuse me, Flo?

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Mar 2, 2012 3:10 PM
justincredible;1103199 wrote:I like it, but I wish they played a 3 game series.
This.
Baseball is a game that needs a series.

But hey, maybe the Mariners will make the playoffs in the next decade!
Mar 2, 2012 3:10pm
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Footwedge

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Mar 2, 2012 3:20 PM
justincredible;1103199 wrote:I like it, but I wish they played a 3 game series.
I agree also. Cut the regular season down by a week if need be. As for burning up your staff....tough titties. You are climbing up through the losers bracket.
Mar 2, 2012 3:20pm
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Mar 2, 2012 5:31 PM
I guess I like the idea./..but I have no illusions......It just means that the Yanks and the Red Sox get an automatic ticket to the dance every year.

I don't like that a third place team in a five team division can be in the playoffs. That cheapens baseball.
Mar 2, 2012 5:31pm
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Mar 2, 2012 5:33 PM
HitsRus;1103368 wrote:I guess I like the idea./..but I have no illusions......It just means that the Yanks and the Red Sox get an automatic ticket to the dance every year.

I don't like that a third place team in the AL East can be in the playoffs. That cheapens baseball.
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Mar 2, 2012 5:33pm
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Mar 2, 2012 5:40 PM
1 game playoff is dumb.
Mar 2, 2012 5:40pm
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Mar 2, 2012 7:01 PM
I think it is a really smart idea to do the 1 game playoff.

Too many times we have seen the wild card team locked in and not really trying to win the division since they are both in the playoffs.

There is a hell of a lot more incentive now to win your division at all costs because no one wants to be stuck playing that play in game.

Besides, that second wild card is going to keep more fan bases into it deeper in the season, which to me is a good thing.
Mar 2, 2012 7:01pm
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Mar 2, 2012 11:20 PM
Love this idea. The Division winner wasnt rewarded NEARLY enough. Wild Card teams advancing might not go down, but at least no a Division winner avoids the "1st RD".

Now, they need a 3 game series. But maybe thats a few years down the road.
Mar 2, 2012 11:20pm