MLB expands playoff format from 8 teams to 10

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NEW YORK (AP)—With less than a month to go before opening day, baseball at last decided who’s in and who’s out come October.

Now, even a third-place team can win the World Series.

Major League Baseball made it official Friday, expanding the playoff format to 10 teams by adding a wild-card club to each league....................

MLB expands playoff format from 8 teams to 10 - MLB - Yahoo! Sports



Now here's some more from this article that make me mad

..........The additions mean 10 of the 30 MLB teams will get into the playoffs. That’s still fewer than in the other pro leagues—12 of 32 make it in the NFL, and 16 of 30 advance in the NBA and NHL................

So is baseball going to become like Basketball where players don't really try hard because so many teams make the playoffs ?

.....................Also, a tweak: For the 2012 postseason, the five-game division series will begin with two home games for lower seeds, followed by home games for the higher seed. After that, it will return to the 2-2-1 format previously used..............

Why win you division ? the lower seed get the home games first ????????

............If the World Series goes to Game 7 this year—as it did last season, when the wild-card St. Louis Cardinals won the championship—it would be played Nov. 1...............

Cant wait to see a Nov game in Minn or Boston LOL
 
A one game playoff is a joke...if your gonna do this then the playoff format should be just like the rest of the playoffs..what's gonna happen if two teams tie for that second wildcard spot? They gonna have a play in game to see who gets to play in the play in game? MLB sure jump the gun on this one without giving it much thought ..
 
That seems dumb to give the lower seed two home games to start a series. If they hold serve at home, their confidence would be high, and they only need to steal one of three on the road. IMO, the higher seed should always have the benefit of getting the series lead first. That's the incentive to fight for the higher seed.:duh:
 
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