I’d prefer each league add a team for a total of 16 and have 4 divisions per league and one champion per division.
You could at least then argue about the strength of this division versus that division.
Otherwise, why play all those games??? 162 games is more than enough time for any unfortunate team to find itself and makes its way to the top....if they are the top team.
Then your tournament is a tournament of champions.
I’d far rather watch that.
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I entirely agree with you. Some folks in MLB, however, think there aren’t any cities out there that could support a baseball team. Somehow, when they need money in a few years, they’ll find a couple.
It would not increase interest like an extended play off schedule.
What about the teams that win more than the division champions in other divisions. A team could win their division winning 82 games while another team in another division could lose their division while winning 95 games.
Beside without the Wild Card. Many of the divisions and playoff schedules are set by early September leaving da couple dozen meaningless games to be played out on the schedule.