I'm pro-wild card and, I guess, anti-4 divisions per league. And I don't know why you're hung up on the Yankees and Red Sox. i'm not. I don't care if one of them is left out every year. Look at the year when the Braves and Giants each won over 100 games and one didn't make it to the playoffs. And those are the specific instances I'm talking about. You're making it seem like I specifically want the Yankees and Red Sox to make the playoffs every year which isn't the case. If those two teams are two of the best four teams in the AL, then yes they both should make the playoffs. And that goes for any two teams in the same division, not just the Yankees and the Red Sox. Take this year, for example. The Brewers and Cubs seem to be two of the best four teams in the NL. If there was a 4 division format with four teams per division, one of the two would miss the playoffs. And that's not right. No sport ever has the teams with the best records make the playoffs. The only way to do that is to eliminate all league/conference/division set ups and just take the top 8 records to the playoffs. It doesnt' happen, and I think it's part of the charm of pro sports. Your ability to make the playoffs is never entirely in your own hands