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Mara realizes playoffs will be expanding

Giants co-owner John Mara doesn’t talk very much.  When he does, he says plenty.  Often to the website owned by the team that he owns.  (Exclusive!)

Via Giants.com, Mara spoke recently about the inevitability that the playoff field will expand from 12 to 14 teams.  It’s a change that some owners will reluctantly accept.

“I still would prefer to keep it the way it is, but I don’t think it’s the end of the world if we end up making the change,” Mara said.  (We really need a better figure of speech for describing worst-case scenarios, unless anyone who uses that phrase looks forward to the eventual validation.