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Originally Posted by The Wolf
So add two new franchises and have two leagues of four regional divisions of four teams each. Eight division champs make the playoffs and the wildcard is dead and buried; it's win your division or go home. Scheduling becomes a snap, everyone has three divisional rivals (divisions would be geographic to increase rivalries), with the two new teams added to balance divisions.
And no team ever finishes worse than fourth. 
It might look like this:
American League
Boston
NY Yankees
NY Mets
Toronto
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Kansas City
Minnesota
Baltimore
Washington
Atlanta
New Team (example: Richmond)
Detroit
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland
National League
San Francisco
Seattle
Colorado
Oakland
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New Team (example: Indianapolis)
Texas
Florida
Houston
Tampa Bay
Los Angeles Angels
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego
Arizona |
I am strongly opposed to having that choking team from the North Side competing directly for a playoff spot with my team. I am in hopes of someday seeing a Red Line World Series in my lifetime or seeing an I-5 W.S.
or even a Sunshine State W.S., etc.
While I am all for 15/15 and even more for more interleague games similar to NBA format