Comments on: Changing The Wild Card Game Format — Non-Sour Grapes Edition

By: Kevin Creagh

Kevin Creagh — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 15:12:06 +0000

I could make a counter argument to that statement by saying that winning the Divison would allow that team to completely reset their rotation, get healthy, and get rest.
Think of the NFL — there are whole bye weeks for the top seeds in the playoffs.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:42:46 +0000

The problem I see is what is the team that won their division, waiting to play the Wildcard game winner doing for these extra 2 days? If the season would end on a Sunday (Like this year), Monday for any tiebreaker. Tues, Wed, Thur for both wild card games, the earliest would be Friday for the first playoff game, which means the div winner has not played for 5 days. Very unfair to them.

By: Kevin Creagh

Kevin Creagh — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 23:42:53 +0000

A double header would be terrible in terms of onfield product. Too many backups would play.

By: Benjamin Craven

Benjamin Craven — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:43:49 +0000

Or make it “Wild”, best out of three with the first two being a double header. That way you’ll only need another day if it’s a tie.

By: Dave Barkovich

Dave Barkovich — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 11:54:40 +0000

Agreed, especially about shortening the season. No baseball in Nov and no hockey in June for that matter.