Originally Posted by
moonslav59
It's a wild card. Teams are lucky to even have a shot at winning it all despite not winning their division.
For many many years, if you failed to win the division, it was all over. You could have been the second best in MLB with no chance.
I have no issue with the play-in game. A 3 game series makes sense, but making the other teams wait and maybe get rusty outweighs the gain.
In the NBA, 16 of 30 teams make the playoffs.
In the NHL, 16 of 31 teams make it.
In the NFL, 12 out of 32 make it.