There has been a lot of talk over the last couple of weeks about the MLB expanding it's MLB playoffs. Selig talked about this last night before Game 2 of the World Series. He wants to expand the playoffs from 8 teams to 10, and the Players Union seems to agree and wants to expand the division series to 7 games.
So what do I think?
At first I thought this is really stupid. The season is already too long, and I like that it is really tough to make the playoffs. If somehow they are able to push this through there is 1 thing that HAVE TO DO...
Make the MLB season shorter....by a lot.
If the MLB cut their season to 120 games instead of the 162 they have now then I would be far less against it. There are only 2 reason not to make the MLB season shorter. Teams not wanting to lose the ticket sales, and all stats would go out the window.
The MLB owners losing money is the best argument. Although if they expand the playoffs at least those teams would probably be OK, but overall this would be the biggest hurdle.
As for the "stats", I really don't think that matters anymore. After all the steroid stuff, and people wanting numbers in and out of the record books, I just think they should say fuck it and move on. There is no easy answer to all those "steroid era" stats, and maybe just moving on would be the best.
In the end, I hope nothing happens, but if they want to expand the playoffs I think they HAVE TO make the season considerably shorter.
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