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...Princeton and Pennsylvania played to a tie, Brown would win the league outright. Otherwise, the two first-place teams would meet in a one-game playoff for the NCAA berth...
...October 15, 1993; we haven't been as close since, and I wonder if we'll ever make it to that champagne-filled locker room at the end of the rainbow. We have the best team in baseball, and yet I fear an eight-team, three-tiered playoff system (best-of-five in round one, no less) conspires against us. It's just too easy for a team like the Phillies, Blue Jays, or Twins to beat us every year in a short series, no matter how many thrills the regular season may bring...
...would be decided by a one-game playoff on Saturday, November 6. Ties between three or more teams will be settled by playoff games that Saturday and Sunday, using an existing seeding formula. The first element of that formula is head-to-head results during the regular season...
...about this new baseball playoff system? What's next, 49 stars on the American flag...
...playoff system will make baseball more complicated, extend the season further, and make it more difficult for fans to watch the games. The demand for the rights to air baseball, even playoff games, may dwindle, along with the revenues they provide for owners...