So they play 162 - or 154, whatever - to eliminate 4 teams.
It’s as bad as the NHL and NBA.
Best solution - add 2 teams (the talent is already diluted), make four 8-team leagues, no interleague play, 154 game schedule, and have 4 winners who do two playoffs to get to the World Series.
Season over by October 25.
No more teams with 82-80 records getting into playoffs.
“It’s as bad as the NHL and NBA.”
See my post #30. I recall reading an interview with Frank Mahovlich in which he said that when he played for the Montreal Canadiens team that he played on that beat the Chicago Black Hawks for the 1971, he figured that the playoffs went that too far into May for his liking (beat the ‘Hawks in game seven on May 18, 1971).
Pardon me, meant to say “when he played for the Montreal Canadiens team that beat the Chicago Black Hawks for the 1971 Stanley Cup”. Just had my lunch, lol.