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http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2 ... k2%7C57763
I think that it is a good way of expanding the playoffs, while still keeping it hard to make the playoffs. Still, I have to imagine it is going to be really hard for a wild card team to win a World Series. If they have to win the 1st round just to meet the division winner, they will they have to use their best pitching and will open the next series with a pitcher from the middle of their rotation. Not to mention it is more games they have to win to get to the Series. Opinions?
With both sides expressing support for adding two playoff teams in 2012, negotiators for baseball players and owners are considering having the new wild-card round be best-of-3 or winner-take-all.
In the new format, the two wild cards in each league would meet, and the winners would advance to the following round against division winners.
I think that it is a good way of expanding the playoffs, while still keeping it hard to make the playoffs. Still, I have to imagine it is going to be really hard for a wild card team to win a World Series. If they have to win the 1st round just to meet the division winner, they will they have to use their best pitching and will open the next series with a pitcher from the middle of their rotation. Not to mention it is more games they have to win to get to the Series. Opinions?