Because it's just silly and misleading for a team that is tied for the best record or has the second best record in their league to be considered a wild card just because it's in the same division as the other number one team. Plus, seedings don't really mean much in baseball since homefield advantage in the World Series is based on the all-star game. Not that homefield advantage makes much of a difference anyway, since when was the last time the team with the best record won it all?
2006-08-17 16:58:12 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Wild card adds to the excitement...
2006-08-19 15:54:59 · answer #1 · answered by Ms.Capulet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct answer's already been given but I need to reply to Mr. Danger's answer. He incorrectly mocked that after a 162-game season, the "best team" goes to the World Series and wins. I'm not saying that if you win the World Series you may not have deserved to win, but the best team does not always go to the World Series. As was previously mentioned, the 2001 Seattle Mariners won an AL record 116 games, beating the record set by the 1927 Yankees, arguably the greatest team of all-time. They didn't make it to the World Series. Three times in the last four years, the WS champ has been a wild card.
Lastly, the argument "since when was the last time the team with the best record won it all?" completely undermines your argument, question-asker. If that's the case, then why would we eliminate the wild card? To get rid of those worthy of competing for the title? I don't agree with the All Star game deciding home field, but the playoff system is otherwise perfect.
2006-08-21 19:02:59 · answer #2 · answered by globesportsorbust 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The team with the best record winning the world series has little to do with the presence of the wild card.
The wild card does exactly what is was meant to, to give more teams and fans hope that their team might make the postseason. The wild card hasn't made the race to the postseason any less exciting.
And if you feel cheated somehow that less than deserving teams are sneaking in and wrongfully winning the world series, teams with lesser records (as you note) have repeatedly been winning the series, wild card or not. Seattle won 116 games in a single season recently and didn't even make the series. That's not the wild card's fault. That's just baseball.
If the team with the best record deserves to win, then we shouldn't even have a series, just send the trophy to whoever has the most wins on the first Monday of October.
2006-08-18 00:08:21 · answer #3 · answered by cribgusto 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the last few years, the Marlins in 1997 and 2003, the Angels in 2002 and the Red Sox in 2004 won the World Series as the wild card team in their league. The 2002 World Series was between two wild card teams and the best comeback in sports history (or the biggest choke, your choice) took place in the 2004 ALCS between the Yankees, the AL East winner, and the Red Sox, the AL wild card. Keep the wild card. Scrap interleague play.
2006-08-18 01:45:10 · answer #4 · answered by mattapan26 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the the teams that make the playoffs should remain the same but the seeding should be done in order of wins (like what the NBA is doing now with their top 4 seeds). In sports, teams that win weak divisions to frequently get high seeds in playoffs when they should only be given a guaranteed playoff birth.
The way I see it, theres no reason a wild card team shouldnt have the chance to be a two seed.
2006-08-18 00:11:55 · answer #5 · answered by Joey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Wild Card just makes everything a lot more interesting and it gives teams a chance to play even tho they werent the best and its more teams for the postseason which always makes it more exciting
2006-08-21 16:55:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the whole damned playoff system should be scrapped. They should do it like they did in the old days , after 162 games the team with the best record in each league plays for the title. Is there any doubt in anyones' mind that after 162 games the best team will finish on top? Prior to 1968 any pennant winner was the real thing,after that it became the short series crap shoot.
2006-08-18 02:01:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hell no. If it was gone, then about 15 teams in the MLB would have nothing to play for
2006-08-18 00:06:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope makes this time of year more interesting one of the few good things Bud has done as comish
2006-08-18 03:22:22 · answer #9 · answered by Kevin E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We want to give everyone a chance to play
2006-08-18 00:16:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋