As crazy as it may sound, adding a 4th AL division would make MLB better – at least based on the current format of the
the game and the league. In my hypothetical world, the AL would lose the Wild Card, and each division winner would earn a playoff spot. The NL would remain the same. [...]
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MLB Would Be Better If There Were 4 AL Divisions
MLB Parity Non-Issue in the 00’s
With the decade quickly coming to a close, there is surely bound to be no shortage of ‘Decade in Review’ and ‘Decade Superlative’ columns, especially as we have no Y2K looming. At the very beginning of this decade, MLB was considering contraction of two of its squads, as the Expos (remember them?) and Twins came [...]
Either the MLB All-Star Game Shouldn’t Count or the Eligibility Rules Need to Change
For the 13th straight year, the American League didn’t lose the All-Star Game. For the fourth straight year, they won it by just one run, defeating the National League by a score of 4-3 and clinching home field advantage in the World Series. With the game tied at 3-3 in the top of the eighth [...]
