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Message: [QUOTE="Knicks411, post: 2359401, member: 767"] It would be hard for me to be sold that the wild card has decreased the popularity of baseball. Going to 4 playoff teams from the current format I think would almost certainly hurt baseball. A lot? I dunno. But you're losing playoff games. You're taking more teams out of the playoff race, giving fewer fans reason to watch. If you just wanted to determine the single most deserving champ or whatever, that idea is probably better, but still not perfect (you could have 2 of the 3 best teams in baseball in one division, for instance) but I don't think maximizing the chance the most deserving team is crowned champion is necessarily good for the growth of the sport. [/QUOTE]