Bud Selig plans to extend the playoffs for the 2012 season. According to the Associated Press, Selig has stated that "I think we’re moving inexorably to [extended playoffs]". (Source).
Selig continued. "The playoffs are expanding. Inexorably. Do you know what inexorably means? F------g right! Soon, there will be no regular season! It will be a five round playoff. In the first round, it'll be a round robin, where you play all the teams in your league, and a few in the other league. You'll get one point for each win. At the end, the ten teams with the most points will proceed to the next rounds. The four teams with the lowest point total of those ten will play each other in a wild card round. That will set up the division round. Then the league championships. Then the World Series."
Told that Selig basically just described the regular baseball season and simply called it a 'playoff', Selig responded, "Inexorably!"
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More like execrably, am I right
I'm curious how this will play out. It basically assures that the Red Sox and Yankees will be in every post season from now through eternity.
I don't have a problem with having the Yankees in every post season. The Sox, that's another story.
I have a better idea: Soccer-style relegation. Promote teams that win their minor-league Pennants, and send big-league teams that don't win down to the minors. In other words, punish teams for not spending money in an effort to win. If that had been in place, Selig's Brewers would probably have been in Double-A ball for a while.
I have an even better system, but it will require human cloning, and I think the ethical questions have yet to be resolved.
I hope that the quality of teams are deserving.
That any of the teams that are in, aren't sub .500 or a break even team.
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