Ag_07 said:
Gigemags382 said:
Can anyone explain to me how the wild card games are not incredibly idiotic? 162 game season. The wild card teams are separated by 6 games in both leagues. Yet they play a one game winner take all. Dumb dumb dumb.
Simple
Puts an importance on winning your division and having 2 WCs keeps more team in it and stretches the drama all the way to the end of the season.
Think it's great for the game all around.
As much as I hate it... it's done the job of keeping the last few months of baseball interesting for many teams and changing the landscape (it's a lot harder for a team still a few games out of the wildcard-2 spot to deal it's stars).
Not really all that much different than the 5-game DS series... Why do we feel like 7 games is the proper # of games to determine the better team in the World Series and Championship Series, but in the Divisional Series it's just 5?
But I guess it all adds up to what IMO makes the MLB postseason the best postseason in all of sports -- you play 162 games to build a record and separate yourself from the pack and then right off the bat you are playing another great team in a short series that can end your season in 3 games. No 1 seed playing 8 seed then 4 seed then finally getting a challenge 3 rounds into things... You play for 6 months straight and right from playoffs jump street your season could realistically be over in the blink of an eye. It's brutal, but it's why the wins are so rewarding.