Lee Sinins weeps for what might have been:
Is Four Wild Cards Enough?
↵↵Remember how the 97-win Yankees just barely beat out the 96-win Tigers and the 95-win Brewers? ... Of course, a 3-team race pales in comparison to the 4-team race in the 2010 NL West, when only two games separated the Giants, Reds, Braves and Padres. But, of course you don’t remember that. They were among the pennant races destroyed by the wild card.
↵↵When all you’ve got is a vague notion that other sports have more playoff teams, everything looks like an extra wild card.
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