Bud Selig Cites Unanimous Vote, Moving ‘Inevitably’ Toward Expanded Playoffs

Major League Baseball isn’t making decisions for us. We’re in; we’re hooked. Without baseball, we’d be curled in a fetal position every spring. We’d try to learn the rules of cricket by playing free online Flash games, and we’d eventually throw our computers out of a window, sobbing and writhing on the ground. MLB has our money. They’ll probably take more. I should just send them a few $20s in the mail this offseason to save some time.

When Bud Selig says there are going to be two more playoff spots starting in 2013, he’s saying it because it will make more money for Major League Baseball. They’ve studied it and re-studied it, paid expensive people for their expensive opinions, and listened to the opinions of television people who pay them a lot of money. They’ve concluded that two extra one-game playoffs will make a ton of money. The money will come from us, partly, but it will also come from the casual and moderate baseball fans who greatly outnumber us. Doesn’t matter what we think, nor should it. We’ve proven that we’re suckers. The extra playoff games aren’t for us.

It’s unanimous! There’s not a single person in the entire universe who’s not in favor of adding two teams to Major League Baseball’s postseason tournament!

Well, not exactly. But when Selig took a poll, everyone was on his side. From his visit to the TBS broadcast booth on Sunday afternoon: