Prepare for playoff expansion

[Rice Cube]

MLB To Announce Expanded Playoffs For 2012: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com

Not sure if I like this but I guess like with the first wild-card, I'll get used to it.

 

[daddies3angels]

10 has to be the maxed. I dont want the season to be like NBA, NHL where it dont matter

 

[Jntg4]

:yeah:

 

[waldo7239117]

10 has to be the maxed. I dont want the season to be like NBA, NHL where it dont matter

Yeah 10 will be.

 

[Jntg4]

^What the **** are you talking about.

If you mean the leagues have few more total teams that the MLB, you are wrong, all three have 30.

And if you mean playoff teams, six more is more than just a couple (couple means two) and I think everybody knows there are more than 10 in those leagues.

 

[Rice Cube]

The way NBA and NHL seed their playoffs makes divisions almost worthless anyway.

NBA/NHL = 16 of 30 teams make it to the playoffs (8 of 15 from each conference)

NFL = 12 of 32 teams make the playoffs (6 of 16 from each conference)

MLB, if ratified = 10 of 30 teams make the playoffs (5 of 15 from each league starting 2013, unbalanced in 2012 because they haven't evicted the Astros yet)

MLB really isn't that bad compared to the rest, but at the same time you wonder if the long regular season is worth it anymore given that more teams are making the playoffs and the playoffs sometimes turns into a crapshoot.

 

[IvyPickin87]

I am ok with it, I should be, after all anything that helps the Cubs chances I am for it. But like others said no bigger then 10.

 

[Rice Cube]

I think they need to tweak it so that the first wild card round is a 3-game series at least.

 

[waldo7239117]

I like how the NBA and NHL are set-up. The MLB would look different if they went to that format.

 

[IvyPickin87]

I like how the NBA and NHL are set-up. The MLB would look different if they went to that format.

No way MLB ever goes to 16 teams... The playoffs would be insanely long. Thats why the wild card is not a 3 game series.

 

[Jntg4]

Nice job editing your post to make me look like a dumbass waldo. lol

 

[Rice Cube]

I like how the NBA and NHL are set-up. The MLB would look different if they went to that format.

The NBA and NHL are set up such that the best teams almost always win their series. In MLB, the best team can get ousted in a short series due to the inherent randomness in baseball. So more playoff rounds could actually put the best regular season teams at a disadvantage. And if you had two of the better teams in each league squaring off against each other in a one-off game (and it can happen) while weaker division "winners" stand by, then that just doesn't seem very fair to those teams.

 

[Rice Cube]

Nice job editing your post to make me look like a dumbass waldo. lol

You should've quoted him

 

[Jntg4]

My internet is so slow that the extra click would take a while lol.

 

[waldo7239117]

Lol yeah, That was my bad. I ha no clue what I was thinking. For some reason I knew I was wrong, but didn't feel like 2nd thinking it.

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

We got this.

 

[Rice Cube]

We got this.

Maybe if they had 10 wild cards :lol:

 

[Rice Cube]

The New Trade Market: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com

More playoff spots = perhaps more suitors for Garza who would want to pay more.

 

[Cloud 9]

1 game playoff? That's stupid. MLB could and should capitalize on making the series at least 3 games if their gonna bother to change things up. You're going to sellout all these playoff games, why not triple the revenue? Just seems stupid to me. I get the whole drama factor of a 1 game playoff but all things considered I don't like the sound of it. I guess we'll see when the time comes.

 

[Rice Cube]

1 game playoff? That's stupid. MLB could and should capitalize on making the series at least 3 games if their gonna bother to change things up. You're going to sellout all these playoff games, why not triple the revenue? Just seems stupid to me. I get the whole drama factor of a 1 game playoff but all things considered I don't like the sound of it. I guess we'll see when the time comes.

I don't think they have time this season to cram in a three-game series but they may tweak it for 2013 and beyond.