Bud Selig Really Wants Playoff Expansion to Begin this Season
By Tim Ryan
“It’s pretty definite in my mind. Teams are anxious … It looks to me like we’ll have it because I’ve told everybody we have to have it. It’ll be exciting. One-game playoff, it will start the playoffs in a very exciting manner.”
It sure sounds like a one-game playoff is exactly what we’ll be seeing come this October simply because Bird Selig said so. However, the MLBA is yodeling a bit of a different ballad, with scheduling being an obvious and understandable concern. As the always terrifying Michael Weiner noted, an extra round of playoffs was not taken into consideration when the 2012 schedule was put into place. Nonetheless, the two sides are discussing the matter and, according to Weiner, a decision can be expected in the next month or so.
Based on quotes from both sides, it seems likely that Selig and Weiner will figure out a way to squeeze it in, but it still feels a little odd to be discussing a change to the postseason format just two months shy of the upcoming season, though I suppose that’s still a healthier experience than incessant whining over a seemingly never-ending lockout.
[via USA Today]