Wednesday’s developments have the MLB season looking like a very real possibility, with 60-some games followed by a postseason featuring 16 teams. And you know what that means: It’s time to throw legitimacy to the wind and lean into the ensuing chaos. While rolling with a funky playoff setup that features four one-game play-ins per league might seem weird in most cases, that’s exactly what baseball should do this season.
It’s practical, too, since the owners have negotiated at least in part with the sanctity of their playoff broadcast schedules at the forefront. And hey, they have to when those deals net them around $800 million annually.