Selig: Expanded playoffs coming for 2012

NEW YORK (AP)—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.

Because longer series would push playoffs deeper into cold weather, the sides are not considering have the new first round be best-of-5 of best-of-7.

"I would say we’re moving to expanding the playoffs, but there’s a myriad of details to work out," Commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday at his annual meeting with the Associated Press Sports Editors. "Ten is a fair number."

Via Yahoo Sports

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1 out every 3 teams in the playoffs.

The next step is to stop keeping score and everybody gets a “Participation” ribbon.

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by less cowbell, more 'neau on Apr 25, 2011 8:09 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Yeah, I don't agree with this either.

The baseball season will last until mid November. Unless they shorten the season.

by LittleLad on Apr 25, 2011 8:34 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Mauer probably already gives out participation ribbons

“My MVP isn’t important… it’s who participated the most that counts”

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by what_would_gil_thorp_do on Apr 25, 2011 8:34 AM EDT up reply actions

I'm in agreement with Tom Verducci on this

From his column on Friday:

It’s a terrible idea if he’s going to play a best-of-three wild-card series and it’s a good one if he plays a one-game knockout round.

A three-game wild card round gives too many days off to the division winners and stretches an already-too-long postseason out even further. A one-game wild card round gives the #1 seed a big advantage and further handicaps the wild card team (because they get less rest and likely have to burn their best pitcher in the wild card game). As we all know, a one-game playoff is riveting television, and they’d guarantee themselves one of those every year.

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by BeefMaster on Apr 25, 2011 9:32 AM EDT reply actions

Yeah... its all about making the division champ mean something

Like last year, the Yankees and Ray just coasted to the finish not caring who came in first and who came in second.

A three game series wouldn’t be that bad as long as there was no off day and they had strict seeding and no “can’t play your division opponent in the first round” rule. That way they could start the 2-seed/3-seed LDS a day earlier.

by DavidRF on Apr 26, 2011 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions