2006-08-09 03:37:24 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Yes, let's let them all play and we won't keep score and there won't be any winners or losers. Then we can go to Pizza Hut and give everyone a trophy.
2006-08-09 03:43:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 5⤋
No, not only would this dilute the playoffs and make them ridiculously long, it doesn't actually give more teams a chance.
Yes you may have a team pull off a first round upset, but seven game series normally do favor the better team as opposed to a one game format. Thus the extra teams you would be adding would normally not do much more than get knowked out in the first round.
Just look at the NBA, they have 16 teams that get into the playoffs each year, and have for quite a while. However, this year with the Heat winning is the first time since San Antonio won in the 90's that a new team has won the championship in the last 25 years. In fact the NBA has had fewer different champions in the last 25 years than major league baseball despite having more teams in its playoffs.
2006-08-09 13:22:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way for the 16 teams. but i think they should do 6 teams instead of the current 4 teams from each league. (almost like in Football) that way, there is a more fair chance for some teams on the bubble to fit in with the wildcard, since there could be 3 wildcards OR change the Alignment to 4 divisions with 4 teams in it instead of 3 divisions with 1 div off (like AL West with 4 and the NL Cent with 6 [arrgh!]) Make it similar to the NFL w/ 4 civ with 4 teams in it. And this Keeps most Rivalies intact also.
With the AL you would have to expand 2 more teams to keep the divisions aligned. Also i would move the brewers back to the AL (nobody wants them anyway) so it would look something like this
MY New NL
EAST
Washington Nationals
Atlanta Braves
Phildelphia Phillies
New York Mets
CENTRAL
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Florida Marlins
WEST
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Francisco Giants
Colorado Rockies
St Louis Cardnials
SOUTH
San Diego Padres
Arizona Diamondbacks
Houston Astros
SAN JUAN(expansion)
My New AL
EAST
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Baltimore Orioles
Toronto Blue Jays
CENTRAL
Chicago White Sox
Minneapolis Twins
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
WEST
Seattle Mariners
Los Angeles Angels
Oakland Athletics
LAS VEGAS(expansion)
SOUTH
Texas Rangers
Kansas City Royals
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
MILWAUKEE Brewers
I just put Las Vegas and San Juan Because they are 2 cities that want teams the most. Thats all
For the Season Reduce the # of games by about 12 because of less teams per division and have the playoff format similar to the nfl, with series in the first two round 5 games and the NLCS and WS 7 gm series. tha should keep the entire baseball season the same amount of time. (Apr to Oct)
2006-08-09 12:11:50 · answer #3 · answered by 62 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It dilutes the level of play. Why play a 162 game schedule, come out on top after all that time and have 16th place team have a lucky 3 or 4 game run ?? Makes no sense. That's why I don't like the NBA scheme either. NFL plays so fewer games and the playoffs seem to be an extension of the schedule for the better teams. Actually I liked it when there was no inter league play and no "playoffs". You won the pennant and you played in the World Series (in the afternoon too).
2006-08-09 10:49:50 · answer #4 · answered by tjc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely not. MLB has already diminished its regular season by allowing any wild card teams in in the first place. Playoffs ought to be between teams that have accomplished something like playing better than every team in their respective divisions over the course of 162 games.
Also, if you expand the playoffs you must do one of two things. Either shorten the regular season (neither the union nor the owners want that) OR you need to schedule your championship series in a dome or warm weather climate like football. Who wants the World Series played in Detroit in November?
Let's not have baseball imitate the NBA and NHL with their meaningless regular seasons and their drawn out playoffs.
2006-08-09 13:48:10 · answer #5 · answered by ulbud k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 162-game schedule is plenty long to separate the good teams from the bad.
If you're not among the top 8 after such a lengthy schedule, then why should you be allowed in the playoffs? The selectivity is one of the things that makes baseball so great.
2006-08-09 10:42:52 · answer #6 · answered by Craig S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every team has a chance - unlike other sports, however, their chance at the title is linked primarily to how they played over the 6 months of the season.
Expanding to 16 teams would all but guarantee that (with 30 teams total) teams with losing records would be eligible for the post-season.
2006-08-09 11:04:59 · answer #7 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!...a thousand times NO! MLB has it right. Making the playoffs should mean something. In the NHL and NBA more teams make the playoffs than don't and the season lasts forever.
2006-08-09 10:44:09 · answer #8 · answered by marlio 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the teams that deserve to be in the playoffs make it, if they allowed more teams into it they would just be prolonging the game, which would most likely end with the teams who deserved to be in the playoffs making it longer.
2006-08-09 12:22:28 · answer #9 · answered by KcLyn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No that would make the regular season an absolute joke. If you are going to have the WC I would add a 2nd wc team in each league. Then have the 2 WCs play a one game playoff to determine who goes onto the divisional series. I think that would make division races much more meaningful.
2006-08-09 11:16:14 · answer #10 · answered by jimel71898 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sixteen teams? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of having the playoffs? Look at the N.L. Wild Card! You would have at least three or four teams under .500 forced into the postseason!
2006-08-09 12:55:35 · answer #11 · answered by Baseball Fanatic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋