I hate the Wildcard! I say make it a true wildcard and have two none division winner teams play a three game series in the team with the better records park and then the winner, which would truly be a "wildcard", gets one travel day to go play the best team out of the division winners. Unless that team is in the same division then they play the second best. But you know that!
2007-03-26 06:32:30 · 11 answers · asked by mickey n 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
I actually like it because it involves more cities in the playoffs and gets a LOT more teams in the race in general. The stretch drive seems to be a lot more exciting now that there are more than 4 teams in the playoffs. I like that there are more than 4 divisions as well. There are better rivalries now in my opinion. I respect your thoughts on the topic though and respectfully disagree.
2007-03-26 07:23:15 · answer #1 · answered by Eho 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm not a fan of wildcard teams in any sport, but I do believe that if we have to deal with the wildcard it should be left like it is now. It gives stud divisions a chance to get the deserving teams in. The AL East is a perfect example of why they instituted wildcards in the first place. The Boston Red Sox would have dominated any other division, but they didn't even make the playoffs last season. I don't like it, but we will just deal with it and pray that winners win and losers lose and the world works out just as it should.
2007-03-26 07:02:59 · answer #2 · answered by The Studliest of the Muffins 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I like the wildcard. It keeps more teams in the race longer. I thnk the wildcard should face the team with the best overall record though. The series already is played in freezing weather, lets not add more days to the playoffs.
2007-03-26 10:06:18 · answer #3 · answered by meathookcook 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ya' know, at first I didn't like it much because I'm a baseball traditionalist. But with the situation you have now, with three divisions in each league, its actually the most equitable way to select the fourth playoff team, based soley on wins. Be glad that you don't have the madness like you've got in the NBA and the NHL, where regular season excellence really doesn't count for much and just about 1/2 the league gets into the playoffs. Baseball is way ahead of the game in that respect.
2007-03-26 07:45:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like the wildcard because it keeps teams from getting rid of their talented players since they still have a shot a the playoffs longer. I think the trade deadline should be moved up too, I like the idea of football with going to the playoffs with the team that you started with. I wis they would move it up to the all star break.
2007-03-26 10:14:20 · answer #5 · answered by boldthought1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps baseball should phase out the wild-card and retain three divisions. With the team of the best record in both leagues have a bye.
2007-03-26 11:12:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is fine the way it is. The team with the best record who didn't win a division goes. That is why you play the regular season to get wins.
2007-03-26 06:48:33 · answer #7 · answered by Chad K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see anything wrong with it. It should just go to the team with the best record that didn't win their division.
2007-03-26 07:01:04 · answer #8 · answered by redsox20041 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hate it. Why even bother to have a 162 game season anymore? The way it is now, they might as well just shorten the season to 100 games, let 14 teams in the playoffs, and have 2 months of playoffs. The 2014 Giants are the weakest champion in the history of the sport!
2015-04-17 12:08:38 · answer #9 · answered by aqualung1956 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ya, because how would there be playoffs with 3 teams, and if one team gets a by, that would be gay
2007-03-26 08:24:10 · answer #10 · answered by Benoit=MUDERER 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋