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As an old guy normal to me was no wild card teams at all in MLB. That is why baseball plays 162 games.
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Baseball only had 162 game seasons with no league playoffs for the 10 team leagues that existed from 1961 (AL only) through 1968. When they expanded to 2 12-team leagues in 1969, they immediately went to 2 divisions with a 2-team playoff. And they haven't looked back since.