A's owner wants a 1 Game playoff in 1st round

[shnsajax]

How stupid is this. Lets go ahead and shorten the season to 80 games while we are in the process.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3712578

[OleMissCub]

Fool of a took.

[UMFan83]

I have always been in favor of the "2 wild card teams play a 1 game playoff, have to face #1 seed right after" idea.

[SouthSideRyan]

I have always been in favor of the "2 wild card teams play a 1 game playoff, have to face #1 seed right after" idea.

 

I've always been against letting more teams into the playoffs.

[UMFan83]

I have always been in favor of the "2 wild card teams play a 1 game playoff, have to face #1 seed right after" idea.

 

I've always been against letting more teams into the playoffs.

 

It's not even really the playoffs, its a play in game. I guess I'm just a traditionalist but I feel like a division winner should be at an advantage over the WC winner. The thing is, the WC team can sneak into the playoffs and ride an ace or two to the championship, and I don't like that. I'm sure there are people that feel the other way though.

[SouthSideRyan]

I have always been in favor of the "2 wild card teams play a 1 game playoff, have to face #1 seed right after" idea.

 

I've always been against letting more teams into the playoffs.

 

It's not even really the playoffs, its a play in game. I guess I'm just a traditionalist but I feel like a division winner should be at an advantage over the WC winner. The thing is, the WC team can sneak into the playoffs and ride an ace or two to the championship, and I don't like that. I'm sure there are people that feel the other way though.

 

But you're giving 10 teams a chance at the title after the regular season is over. Unless those 2 aces pitch the last day of the regular season and the 1 game playoff, you're still getting 3 starts out of them in a 5 game series.

[Yanksfan1523]

Want to make the baseball season end sooner? There is no need to shorten the regular season. 2 simple things:

 

1. Cut the number of travel days during the playoffs.

 

2. Go back to scheduling double headers

 

 

I know the idea of double headers has gone to the wayside because no team wants to lose the game revenue. However people talk about cutting the schedule back, this shortens the season without losing the games. As for revenue, a lot of teams are doing tiered pricing anyway. Make the tickets for the scheduled double headers cost 25-30% more or something. I know back in the 90s when they still scheduled them, I circled those dates as must go. I lived for the double header.

 

Even if you scheduled 8 double headers and took 2 travel days off the playoff schedule that is 10 days shorter and game 7 of the World Series would now be back in October where it belongs. For that matter, schedule 10 Double headers and add 2 games to the first round, for those that want 7 games in the NLDS/ALDS.

[Old Style]

This idea is so incredibly stupid that I'm convinced Bud Selig would approve it.

[SouthSideRyan]

I want to know why supposed baseball people are determined to make baseball go by faster. No shortening the schedules, no cramming it into a shorter timeframe. I'd be fine with it played year round, the more baseball the better

[jersey cubs fan]

I have always been in favor of the "2 wild card teams play a 1 game playoff, have to face #1 seed right after" idea.

 

I've always been against letting more teams into the playoffs.

 

It's not even really the playoffs, its a play in game. I guess I'm just a traditionalist but I feel like a division winner should be at an advantage over the WC winner. The thing is, the WC team can sneak into the playoffs and ride an ace or two to the championship, and I don't like that. I'm sure there are people that feel the other way though.

 

But you're giving 10 teams a chance at the title after the regular season is over. Unless those 2 aces pitch the last day of the regular season and the 1 game playoff, you're still getting 3 starts out of them in a 5 game series.

 

You are giving 10 teams a chance, but making it easier for the best teams and harder for the lesser teams. I've been in favor of 1-game play-ins myself.

[mul21]

I want to know why supposed baseball people are determined to make baseball go by faster. No shortening the schedules, no cramming it into a shorter time frame. I'd be fine with it played year round, the more baseball the better

 

Because in Chicago, Philly, New York, Boston and places like them, it's 25 degrees on November 1st a lot of times and that's not conducive to playing baseball. It sucks to watch these really good players have to fight the weather instead of just the other team.

[Yanksfan1523]

I want to know why supposed baseball people are determined to make baseball go by faster. No shortening the schedules, no cramming it into a shorter time frame. I'd be fine with it played year round, the more baseball the better

 

Because in Chicago, Philly, New York, Boston and places like them, it's 25 degrees on November 1st a lot of times and that's not conducive to playing baseball. It sucks to watch these really good players have to fight the weather instead of just the other team.

 

Exactly my point, I don't want LESS baseball. I do think that the season should be finished by mid-October though.

[SouthSideRyan]

Playing in the cold isn't that big of a deal. People are losing their [expletive] because they played a game in the rain this year.

[weis21]

I went to post this and then realized I was in Cubs discussions.

 

Easily one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. Baseball or otherwise.

[Ski]

25 degrees is nothing.

 

I have always been in favor of the "2 wild card teams play a 1 game playoff, have to face #1 seed right after" idea.

 

I've always been against letting more teams into the playoffs.

Agreed, this isn't the NBA.

[UMFan83]

10 teams is still loss than every other major professional sport in the US

 

MLB - 8/30

NFL - 12/32

NHL - 16/30

NBA - 16/30

[SouthSideRyan]

10 teams is still loss than every other major professional sport in the US

 

MLB - 8/30

NFL - 12/32

NHL - 16/30

NBA - 16/30

 

Baseball also has a season (roughly) twice as long as the other bigs. There should be significantly less teams. I'd bet a lot of money that in my lifetime there will be playoff expansion. I'll argue against it every step of the way.

[CubinNY]

10 teams is still loss than every other major professional sport in the US

 

MLB - 8/30

NFL - 12/32

NHL - 16/30

NBA - 16/30

 

Baseball also has a season (roughly) twice as long as the other bigs. There should be significantly less teams. I'd bet a lot of money that in my lifetime there will be playoff expansion. I'll argue against it every step of the way.

I tend to agree. There is no reason that a 84 win team that hasn't won it's division should be in a "playoff" for who is the best team in MLB. They've proved over the course of 162 games that they shouldn't be in the discussion. It gets a little dicy when a team that hasn't won it's division but has a better record than a team who has and is left out though. I guess the only way to correct that is to go to a two team playoff.

 

The World Series winner should be the best team or close to it, not the team playing the best at the end of the year (or for 13 games).

[jersey cubs fan]

10 teams is still loss than every other major professional sport in the US

 

MLB - 8/30

NFL - 12/32

NHL - 16/30

NBA - 16/30

 

Baseball also has a season (roughly) twice as long as the other bigs. There should be significantly less teams. I'd bet a lot of money that in my lifetime there will be playoff expansion. I'll argue against it every step of the way.

 

It's a six month season, so is hockey and basketball. So what though? As things stand now, there is little benefit to having the best record over 162 games. If you add another WC team in each league, and have them play a one game playoff against the other WC, that makes the regular season that much more important because you definitely want to win your division and it would be great to host the wild card teams.

[big_shooter17]

I think that they could just eliminate off days during the season. Force every team to play on Thursdays. Make Monday the only off day for teams. Eliminating these games should save a few days. You then cut all of the off days in the playoffs and it could be done. Also this is being discussed a lot because of a fluke. I think that they said that October has the second lowest amount of precipitation of any month in Philadelphia. So, just because it rained those days means nothing, there could be rain in September also.

[Derwood]

this is a terrible idea.

[Garwilly]

Want to make the baseball season end sooner? There is no need to shorten the regular season. 2 simple things:

 

1. Cut the number of travel days during the playoffs.

 

2. Go back to scheduling double headers

 

 

I know the idea of double headers has gone to the wayside because no team wants to lose the game revenue. However people talk about cutting the schedule back, this shortens the season without losing the games. As for revenue, a lot of teams are doing tiered pricing anyway. Make the tickets for the scheduled double headers cost 25-30% more or something. I know back in the 90s when they still scheduled them, I circled those dates as must go. I lived for the double header.

 

Even if you scheduled 8 double headers and took 2 travel days off the playoff schedule that is 10 days shorter and game 7 of the World Series would now be back in October where it belongs. For that matter, schedule 10 Double headers and add 2 games to the first round, for those that want 7 games in the NLDS/ALDS.

 

Interesting, I'd be there.