It seems like a foregone conclusion that there will be 10 teams in the 2012 MLB playoffs. There are kinks to work out, like should the season start earlier, and how long the Wild Card series will be (1 game, or best of 3). Still, I used to be very much against this, but I have come around to the idea, and now I am a big fan.
Lets be honest for a lot of teams the season is over before the All-Star break, and with MLB rating plummeting this is a good way to keep more cities involved and interested. Will it "fix" the sport? No, but it's a good start.
Plus, in every other sport there are more teams that make the playoffs, so I really don't see why this would be that big of a deal. I mean there are 30 teams, and you are only expanding to a total of 10 teams in the playoffs. Compare that to the NBA/NHL which as 16, this really doesn't seem to be that big of a deal. You are still going to have to have a pretty damn good record to make the playoffs. Not to mention it could make the race for the division title even more intense, so that you can avoid the short series (if not just a one game playoff) in the first round.
The only I would have is if the season ends up being longer. There is no reason to be playing baseball in November in New York, Boston, Chicago, ect. They need to either start the season earlier, or find away to jam more game into the season (or make the season shorter). Still, these seem like simple problems to fix, and I look forward to their being more teams involved.
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