The $25 Million Rug wants to add a one-game Wild Card playoff to the 2012 post-season, without changing the dates of the last scheduled regular game and the World Series. Apparently, Bud's pre-booked his facial waxing for a certain weekend, and he can't get back his deposit. Thus, the dates can't change... and nothing fits.
This is starting to conjure memories of Bud's other great past ideas, like painting the logo of "Spider-Man 2" on all MLB bases for a weekend (Yes, he wanted to do this, but NOT home plate -- he was too much of a "traditionalist"), or holding a final World World Series against the Japanese champion after the U.S. World Series. (I'm not making it up, folks... Twenty five million per year.)
Of course, it's all for money. Hell, he wants his checks to clear. The claim is that one more playoff tier will increase interest in baseball. What it will do is guarantee MLB another product to sell. Last year's incredible finish to the regular season will now occur every year, in the form of the one-game playoff. The regular season will look more like the Grapefruit League, and MLB will look more like the NBA.
The Tim Tebow hype this year obscured the sad fact that Denver was an 8-8 team. So everybody pretended it was real battle of winners.
Hey, do you think firstbase would look cool with an Avengers logo?
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