I REALLY hate the new playoff system. It may be cool to add ONE more team from each league to the mix, but it's really not remotely fair to either team that they have to use their best pitcher to win ONE game to EARN the right to play in a longer series against other teams who are resting until the REAL playoffs start.
The original wild card team made so much sense. A team with a great record, but playing in a tough division was awarded the ACTUAL spot to even out the playoffs. THAT team could very well be better than some of the division winners. That team was an EQUAL and treated as such.
Now THAT team must somehow EARN a spot with a sudden death win...
Baseball got worse this year because of that decision. They now have the worst playoffs in all of sports and they've made it harder for even the winning Wild Card team to compete later. They can't even plan for their best pitcher to match up against a division winner. That's a ridiculously stupid advantage to give a division winner.
Baseball rarely schedules a series that isn't at least THREE games long during the regular season. Having a ONE game series in the playoffs makes no sense at all.
I still can't believe that this is the way baseball added two more teams to the post-season.
I also can't believe that more fans aren't outraged. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
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