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 18:32:35 GMT nutsberryfarm 🏜 and klawrencio79 like this

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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 1, 2018 18:32:35 GMT

Oct 1, 2018 18:10:59 GMT @screamingtreefrogs said:

Oct 1, 2018 18:08:47 GMT Rufus-T said:

The situation doesn't happen that often. This year is exception, and I would not call Indians and the A's blows. One game or three games, I would not count the A's out. Lucky that the season ended earlier. A more scary team would have been Tampa Bay Rays.

but you just made my point for me.

what if the As go home after one game?

No team wants to go out after one game, and that is the great drawback of not winning the division. If the A's do not want to go out after one game, they should try to win the division. Same with the Yankees. If they can't win the division, they have to face the drawback. With this format, baseball is still able to put the premium on winning the division. Unlike NBA or NHL, which I never look at the division standing anymore as I just go straight to the conference standing. In addition, with one game, the wildcard team that move on is also put a disadvantage of setting up the rotation for the next series on without the ace a chance of pitching 2 games. The bottom line is to put on as much disadvantage as possible for the non-division winners.