Selig: Changes coming in MLB postseason
Bud Selig is making some changes outside the chalk lines in Major League Baseball — and, no, it has nothing to do with instant replay.
But it does have to do with a different glaring error seen in the postseason system. The Associated Press reported that Selig discussed the possibility Wednesday of shortening the playoff schedule.
Angels manager Mike Scioscia — among others through the years — complained about the time it took to play so few games this fall. In fact, as it turned out, teams had handfuls more days off during their last few weeks of playing than they did the entire second half of the season or, in some cases, the entire year.
When you play such a long season that already ends around Halloween, being able to have the option to speed things up would be a huge step forward. What the lengthy timeline does now is put games in danger when there are nasty forecasts that include temperature below freezing and the possibility of freezing rain, snow or worse. That’s a recipe for an even longer season.
Selig said he’s still working on changes but was quoted as saying, “We’re going to change it.”
Bud doesn’t make moves often, but when he says he’s going to do something, he follows through.
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