We?re just a little over two months away from the start of the 2012 season, but we still have no confirmation on when the expanded playoff format will take effect. Commissioner Bud Selig aims to change that real soon.
According to Jim Owczarski of CSNChicago.com, Selig was in attendance at SoxFest on Friday night to present an award to White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and said that he still expects?a second wild-card team to be added to each league this season.
?While I agree with Yogi Berra that it ain?t over til it?s over, I really believe we?ll have the wild card for 2012, this year,? Selig said. ?Clubs really want it. I don?t think I?ve ever seen an issue that the clubs want more than to have the extra wild card, this year.
?We?re working on dates right now. That will all take place. It looks to me like we?ll have it because I?ve told everybody that we have it. It?ll be exciting ? (a) one-game playoff and start the playoffs out on a very exciting manner.?
The new 10-team playoff format would begin with a one-game playoff between the two wild-card teams in each league.?MLB?s new?collective bargaining agreement?specifies that expanded playoffs will begin by 2013, but Selig has been vocal about his desire for the changes to begin as soon as possible.
Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com reports?that there are still some schedule quirks to work out, such as leaving room for potential tie-breaker scenarios, but the plan calls for union and management officials to resume discussions on the logistics early next week.
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