MLB: The '1 Game Wild Card Playoff' - The Biggest Middle Finger in Western Civilization

MLB: The '1 Game Wild Card Playoff' - The Biggest Middle Finger in Western Civilization Oct 1, 2018 17:36:01 GMT

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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2018 17:36:01 GMT

Oct 1, 2018 17:27:20 GMT Rufus-T said:

Oct 1, 2018 17:05:07 GMT @screamingtreefrogs said:

Interesting.

They didn't 'win the division'; however what if they have better records than 3/4 of other division leaders in the MLB?

That is the point for the wild card game. If a good team did not win the division, they have a second chance. This year is a rare exception that a 100 win team, Yankees, did not win a division, and this 100 team is only better than only 2/4 other playoff teams. In the pre-wild card days, the team would not even make the playoff. Without the premium of winning the division with a one game do-or-die wild card game, the regular season becomes just is a fight for the playoff instead of winning the division, the drama of being a wildcard is lost, and we won't have two exciting one-game playoff games today.

But should it be the point of the Wildcard game?

A team that has a better record than 95% of the rest of the league and it's 'Do or Die'?

Previously just 1 WC team was granted acceptance into the dance - and their chances to advance did not rely on 1 game.