I've tried to avoid commenting too much on MLB's playoff system this year, because it sounds like sour grapes when a Pirates fan pipes up only when his team is about to be treated unfairly. It's obvious that the current system is unfair, though, and forcing the second best team in the league to coin-flip with the third best team for the right to even get a full series is perverse. The Pirates are Cubs are being penalized twice here -- once for having to play in the same division with each other and with the Cardinals, and then again by getting less favorable treatment than division winners who earned fewer wins against easier competition.
A proposal to fix the MLB playoff system
