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Bleacher Creature

(11,360 posts) Mon Feb 10, 2020, 10:22 PM Feb 2020

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Please tell me that this MLB proposal is a joke. Please!?!

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There's a lot of things to hate here, but this has to be at the top of the list:

The division winner with the second-best record in a league would then get the first pick of its opponent from those lower three wild cards, then the other division winner would pick, leaving the last two wild cards to play each other.

The plan is to have this all play out on a show on the Sunday night the regular season ends and have representatives picking teams on live TV — think the NCAA selection show, but just with the teams making the selections. The rights to that show is part of the enticement to potential TV partners.

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Please tell me that this MLB proposal is a joke. Please!?! (Original Post) Bleacher Creature Feb 2020 OP

MLB seems to start as dumb as possible and then move back The Polack MSgt Feb 2020 #1

An excellent description Ohiogal Feb 2020 #4

More players making money in the post season Cartoonist Feb 2020 #2

On they can vote exboyfil Feb 2020 #3

Kvetch all you want here. Or ... write letters to Manfred. Send emails. Call. Auggie Feb 2020 #5

Nope. MLB Link below. GP6971 Feb 2020 #6

The Polack MSgt

(13,331 posts)

1. MLB seems to start as dumb as possible and then move back

Reply to Bleacher Creature (Original post)

Mon Feb 10, 2020, 10:42 PM

Feb 2020

While other sports just seem to get dumber as time goes along

Ohiogal

(33,799 posts)

4. An excellent description

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 10, 2020, 11:27 PM

Feb 2020

Cartoonist

(7,437 posts)

2. More players making money in the post season

Reply to Bleacher Creature (Original post)

Mon Feb 10, 2020, 11:13 PM

Feb 2020

The union will approve it.
The fans don't get a vote.

exboyfil

(17,914 posts)

3. On they can vote

Reply to Cartoonist (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 10, 2020, 11:23 PM

Feb 2020

Except for Cubs Indians Game Seven it has been over 20 years since I watched a baseball game.

Auggie

(31,618 posts)

5. Kvetch all you want here. Or ... write letters to Manfred. Send emails. Call.

Reply to Bleacher Creature (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 11:39 AM

Feb 2020

What do you think would have the most impact?

GP6971

(32,278 posts)

6. Nope. MLB Link below.

Reply to Bleacher Creature (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 03:05 PM

Feb 2020

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-considering-new-postseason-format

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