As it stands, the American League essentially plays 1,215 games to determine the SIXTH best team. The top four teams remain virtually certain of making the playoffs. A good number of ball clubs are not likely to gain a playoff berth. With 6 – to – 10 teams not battling for the three wild-card spots fans really won’t care in what position their favorites finish. It didn’t use to be that way, sixth place was clearly better than seventh or eighth.
But maybe the current six-team play off format is yielding tons of tons of excitement.
No. Boston, the seventh best squad is 3.5 games out of the last playoff spot.
However, if the top teams in the league were to be in a single division, only-the-best-club goes to the World Series system we’d a truly crackerjack pennant race.
I would sit by my phone waiting for the American League to call me on this, but alas I don’t think they will.
But please look at the following comparison:
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