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New Wild Card system

I had an idea a while ago of making the playoffs in mlb more accessible to teams that typically find themselves left out of the playoffs despite good records. My idea was to do a 1 game or a 3 game playoff between the top 2 teams in the wild card hunt. The AL wild card has only gone to a non AL East team 4 times since it was implemented in 1995. Many teams are frustrated by the dominance of the AL East and this rule could increase their chances of making the playoffs. The rule would give the team with the best record home field advantage and would take place one day after the end of the regular season. If it was a 3 game playoff then they could do either a doubleheader followed by a night game the next day. The doubleheader could take place at either the #1 teams home field or at a neutral location and then the night game at either the #2 teams field or #1 teams field in the case of a neutral location doubleheader. Please leave your feedback about my idea, especially whether you like the idea of a 1 game playoff or 3 game playoff better. Also please mention any ideas you have.

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