Thank the wildcard for this historic Giants/Dodgers series

[Auggie]

This is the first Giants-Dodgers postseason series since 1889 when the Giants played in New York and the Dodgers were in Brooklyn (and known as the Bridegrooms).

Teams twice met in a best-of-three tiebreaker: 1951 — Bobby Thomson’s Shot Heard ’Round the World — and 1962, though those games were considered part of the regular season. The Giants won both of those series.

They've been in the same division throughout the modern era, so there's no way they'd face each other in postseason.

Until the wildcard.

[Casady1]

1. Wildcard

should be best of three.

[leftieNanner]

2. Are you thinking World Series for Christmas?

The season is already too long!

[Lovie777]

3. LOL .....

seems like they are making all the sport events much more longer and it has to do with cha-ching . . .

Yay Dodgers and Giants!

[Casady1]

5. Three game series takes 4 days

Play 2 doubleheaders during the year or start the season two days earlier. Not brain surgery.

[leftieNanner]

7. Agree

They have added games (read - $$$) to all major league sports.

[rsdsharp]

9. Doubleheaders were routinely scheduled when I was a kid.

Doubleheaders were always scheduled on Memorial Day, The Fourth of July and Labor Day. Growing up in NE Iowa in the early 60s, the Twins schedule usually had a few scheduled “twi-night” doubleheaders.

Sunday doubleheaders were fairly common, too. In August 1968, I attended a Sunday doubleheader between the Red Sox and the Tigers. The Tigers won both in walk off fashion, with the first game going 14 innings. Two games were used as a value to get fans to games. Now owners see it as lost revenue.

[Auggie]

4. Should be one wildcard, not two ...

and best of five Divisional. Shorten the season too so we're not playing into November.

[Casady1]

6. Play 2 doubleheaders during the year

or start the season 2 days earlier will accomplish the same. They can even be day night doubleheaders so the owners don't lose attendance.

[Auggie]

8. Save the doubleheaders for rain postponements...

its bad enough teams face stretches of 19-20 straight games. Don't need to add doubleheaders on top of that.

I'd reduce interleague play except for regional rivalries: Cleveland/Cincinatti, Yankees/Mets, Dodgers/Angels, Cubs/White Sox, etc.

[Kingofalldems]

10. Max Scherzer:

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