Dodgers Combine with Baltimore Orioles to Make Unfortunate MLB Postseason Club
This week baseball saw history. Both the Baltimore Orioles and the Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season with 100-plus wins, and both were swept in the division series. The Atlanta Braves — the team with the best record this season — were almost eliminated, but not via a sweep.
This marks the first postseason in MLB history that multiple 100-win teams were swept in the same postseason.
Something is wrong. Looking from the outside, it seems like Major League Baseball wants to punish its best teams in the postseason. Although everyone likes an underdog, they should want to see the best baseball team to win the World Series.
Major League Baseball has a marathon for the regular season. Baseball fans need to follow their favorite teams almost daily from March to October, and it is a commitment. When a team wins 100 or more games a season, they should be rewarded with something to make the postseason easier.
With the current playoff format, the best teams sit home for six days while the Wild Card series are being played. This lack of play causes players to lose their rhythm at the plate and the pitchers to lose their command.
Major League Baseball must do something to resolve the problem. The division series need to be the best of seven, and there shouldn't be as long a layoff.
The Wild Card series should begin on Monday after the regular season ends.
The playoffs are an exciting time in baseball, but when the best teams are quickly out, it loses some of its excitement.
