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1. It's a gimmick to keep more teams in the hunt

Reply to wilt the stilt (Original post)

Thu Oct 8, 2015, 08:21 AM

Oct 2015

I have mixed feelings. The wild card game was designed to keep more teams alive to make the playoffs during the regular season. It achieved that goal at the expense of somewhat perverting the playoffs with a contrived one game series where everything depends on the starting pitcher for that one game.

I would prefer to see a 2 of 3 series like the old playoff system we had when we had only the World Series and a 3 game playoff was used to break a league tie. Each team at least got one home game. Remember the great playoff between the Dodgers and Giants in 1962?

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One game playoff- Selig's worst [View all] wilt the stilt Oct 2015 OP

It's a gimmick to keep more teams in the hunt Hokie Oct 2015 #1

Yep. The team with the second best record in baseball is eliminated in one game. Auggie Oct 2015 #2

They were beaten by a team that had one fewer win. GoCubsGo Oct 2015 #5

Balance The Schedule ProfessorGAC Oct 2015 #14

Totally agree world wide wally Oct 2015 #3

The team that has the ace wins... joeybee12 Oct 2015 #4

At Least This Time They Were Pretty Much Even ProfessorGAC Oct 2015 #16

Look at the two wild card games this year and the Pirates/Giants last year, when madinmaryland Oct 2015 #6

Now you know how TCU feels getting left out of the playoff field. El Supremo Oct 2015 #7

Uhhmm. Dude, TCU did not qualify to begin with... madinmaryland Oct 2015 #8

It was the worst decision since the Supreme Court's handing the 2000 election to the Shrub. El Supremo Oct 2015 #9

OFFS! TCU did not belong in it. You and I both know it. nt madinmaryland Oct 2015 #10

Next to last CFB rankings: El Supremo Oct 2015 #11

And who beat both the Number one and Number two teams??? madinmaryland Oct 2015 #12

TCU could have done it too. El Supremo Oct 2015 #13

I heard the argument that it would be unfair to make Div. winners wait for 3 game series Teamster Jeff Oct 2015 #15