Bud Selig was just in front of a few reporters down at the GM meetings in Florida, and he was asked about the expanded playoff proposal. He said this about the number of playoff teams:
“Eight is a very fair number, but so is 10.”
And so is 11. And 16. Twenty-four may be fairer than anything. But not 30. No, screw 30. That’s just communism.
In all seriousness, though, I’d probably be less hostile to expanded playoff talk if someone in power could make a single baseball-based argument in favor of it. Likewise, if they simply said “this is about the money, really.” I’d probably lay off too, because hey, at least it’s honest. But please, spare me the “10 is more fair than eight” baloney. What are we, total idiots to them?
