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Playing a losing hand. (baseball's wild card playoff spot)(Cover Story)
From:
The Sporting News
| Date:
August 25, 1997| Author:
Costas, Bob
| COPYRIGHT 1997 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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The wild-card playoff spot, awarded to the second-place finisher with the best record in both the American and National Leagues, has been a horrible development for the sport. Among other aesthetic transgressions it has eliminated true pennant races, one of the sport's most appealing virtues.
Throughout the 1997 season, baseball fans have been inundated with talk of sweeping change in the sport, from interleague play to a radical realignment that would find more than a dozen team...
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