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Why I don't care for the one-game playoff in baseball

While I'm not against the idea of both leagues adding a second Wild Card team to the playoffs in baseball, I am against the one-and-done format for that Wild Card games. The divisional series are just a best-of-five format, and the championship and World Series are both in a best-of-seven format. I can understand not wanting the season to last too late into October, however if the league is that concerned, how about decreasing the load of regular season games down from 162 to 155 or 150? If we can't decide who belongs in the playoffs after 150 games, we may never fully decide on the matter. Also, while I was pulling for the Kansas City Royals to win last night's Wild Card game against the Oakland Athletics, I don't think either of these two playoff teams, whom played 162 regular season games, should see their season end after a single playoff game. At the very least, it should be a three-game series.

The following breakdown just doesn't make a lot of sense to me:

Regular Season: 162 games - If you made the playoffs, you definitely belong!

Wild Card round: 1 game - If you lose, eh, then that's it for you! Have a nice off-season!

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