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163rd games
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en https://nypost.com/2020/02/10/mlb-plotting-playoff-expansion-with-reality-tv-twist/ 2020-02-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20221219194209/https://nypost.com/2020/02/10/mlb-plotting-playoff-expansion-with-reality-tv-twist/ Joel Sherman (sportswriter) Joel Sherman w:New York Post MLB plotting playoff expansion — with reality TV twist In this format, there is a great benefit to finishing with the best record in a league and avoiding the first round, so teams will keep playing hard to the end to get that. There are great advantages to winning a division because you get to play that first round exclusively at home and pick your opponent. And there is an advantage to having the top wild-card record because you get the first round at home. Also, there would be no more tiebreaker 163rd games.