AL Wins! But a Plan For the Future Instead...

I FINALLY thought of what major league baseball should do for it's playoffs.

Feel free to thank me later.

Currently, there is a convoluted system that lets 2 wildcard teams play for the privilege of getting in the REAL playoffs. That stinks. Fans really don't like it. Players who played a whole year don't like it. Nobody really likes it. It gives the illusion of more teams in the playoffs, but is really no different than a sudden-death division tie situation.

There should be a better way.

And this is it. The whole idea behind the current system is to generate a bit more excitement among good teams who aren't the division winner. It's the right idea but its poor in its execution.

Let's try this instead:

Since the baseball season is so incredibly long anyway, divide it into two separate seasons. At the 81 game mark declare a first half division winner in each division. They have all made the playoffs.

The second half of the season? It all starts over. Everyone is 0-0 and you have to fight for the division title all over again. This way, even a late blooming team like the Twins would get fans excited again. EVERY fan could have second hope for their team. The best part? You could go back to TWO divisions. That way your second half division winners would go against your first half division winners in the playoffs. If some team is good enough to win BOTH halves, the wildcard to take their place would be the team with the best record for the whole year that didn't win a division. That way the whole season still matters, but all teams can be in contention longer. Everybody wins. Attendance would go up. Ratings would go up. And revenues would go up.

And you would have only EIGHT real teams in the playoffs when they start.

Who is with me?