I like it when the Milwaukee Brewers play well enough to make it into the playoffs. It hasn’t happened nearly as much as I’d like in the 32 years I’ve been alive. I would like it to happen more.
But the idea of permanently expanding the playoffs to 16 teams — 8 in each league — is so bad and dumb that I can’t even bring myself to support it, even on the basis of the Brewers making the playoffs more.
Ugh.
Manfred also said the expanded, 16-team postseason is likely to remain beyond 2020, adding that “an overwhelming majority” of owners had already endorsed the concept before the pandemic.