Leave The Wild Card Alone!!!!!
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by Trizz
A) Expand the first round to 7 games- This is a very sketchy move it virtually eliminates any major upsets. A team can steal one on the road and pull off two wins in front of the home crowd coughcoughRockiescoughcough. Cinderella teams are the sole purpose of college baskeball but major leagues dont want to see that, thats why the NFL gives top teams a frist round bye and a bye before the Superbowl, the NBA expanded to 7 games (the #8 Celtics almost had Shaq and the Magic in 95, but honestly i dont remember who was on the team), and now the MLB are trying to do the same, as if players dont play 162 games already. Not to mention the playoffs are short and sweet because who wants a World Series snowout and lets face it November is for football.
B) Add another wild card team- Umm Bud we just had this you know Rockies-Padres. But more than that they want a 3 game play-in series. Not only is this excessive but a team that has to play in will likely have to use their ace pitchers to get in and will be at an disadvantage to an division winner...once again they dont want Cinderellas. Imagine a Game 1 showdown CC Sabathia vs. Phillip Hughes can you say one sided.
C)Wild Card to play 4-5 on the road- Not only is this very ridiculuously unfair, but what about the fans of the wild card team they only get one game to see their home team play and can you imagine an embarssment if a wild card still makes it thru.
D)Higher seeded team required to win 2 games, wild card would have to win 3- I'll watch hockey if this goes thru. enough said.
Personally I think they should leave it as is, or if anything give each league a 4th division that way the playoffs are all division winners. The wild card system was implemented with a 27-1 vote (George Bush was the lone voter, go figures). Now 12 years later they having regret, would they give away a 12 year old son that wasnt smart or athletic, no. Leave it alone Bud, if we have an Angels-Rockies series, I watch it.....on Sportscenter the next day but still its not the wild cards fault its the top teams fault for not winning. That is all.
