MLB Could Nix One-Game Playoff

Filed under: MLB Playoffs

The 2010 season was the first of the last three baseball seasons that didn't include a one-game playoff to settle a postseason spot. In both 2008 and 2009 the AL Central needed one more game to decide its division champion, and baseball fans were provided with what essentially served as an extra game seven.

Hopefully you enjoyed those games, because according to a report in the Chicago Tribune, those tiebreaker games will soon be going the route of the dodo bird and seven-team divisions.

At least when it comes to deciding division races.

Apparently MLB is looking into the idea of expanding the postseason from eight teams to 10, which would mean that each league would have two wild card berths. They'd also be utilizing a system much like the one used in the NFL to determine tiebreakers, with head-to-head play being the main factor.

 

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Source: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/10/12/mlb-could-nix-one-game-playoff/

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