Expanding playoffs again is a bad plan, but here's an OK way to do it

Commissioner Rob Manfred and the Major League Baseball Players' Association have a lot on their plate right now. The lockout continues with no apparent progress and the matters under alleged discussion are many. One of those matters is the structure of MLB's playoffs.

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Posted in Columns, Around the Horn, MLB; Tagged Rules, Playoffs, Rob Manfred, Wild Card  |   Posted on December 8, 2021 at 2:50am   |   Permalink   |     |  
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The Marinerless postseason is here (again)

They came closer than they have in a long time. 90 wins for the first time since 2003. Fewer games behind the division winner than any year since, again, ’03. Contending through the very last hour of the season. But not quite enough to play on.

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Posted in MLB; Tagged Playoffs  |   Posted on October 5, 2021 at 5:29pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Hey, we know him

Now that the Wild Card slots are filled with the conclusion of the WC play-in games—good one in DC, dull one in Oakland—the playoffs can begin in earnest. As we tune in for the four League Division Series starting tomorrow, we may not know a lot about the teams playing; after all, we don't see those squads very often, a lot of their players are unknown quantities unless we're super-diehard baseball consumers. But some will be familiar because they used to be Mariners.

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Posted in Mariners, MLB; Tagged Playoffs  |   Posted on October 2, 2019 at 11:25pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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M's Playoff Drought Reaches 18th Year

Yeah, not exactly news. We knew it in March. Or at least by the time the Mariners turned their shocking 13-2 start into a 20-23 deficit a month later. We were 11 games over .500 on April 11 and 11 games under .500 by May 30. Quick work. Hopes dashed. See you next year. Or the year after. Or...

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Posted in Columns, Caught Looking; Tagged Playoffs  |   Posted on September 30, 2019 at 12:06am   |   Permalink   |     |  
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October .500

Having two Game 163s to watch Monday was supposed to make for a great day, but it turned out to only be half a great day. Yeah, I have rooting interests, and they were only half met on Monday, but regardless of favored teams we saw one outstanding game with lots of drama and one snoozer with none at all.

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Posted in Columns, Around the Horn; Tagged Playoffs  |   Posted on October 4, 2018 at 1:51am   |   Permalink   |     |  
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M's are done, but 2018 continues

It's over.

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Posted in News, Mariners; Tagged Playoffs  |   Posted on October 1, 2018 at 2:50am   |   Permalink   |     |  
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The Halfway Mark

Even though the All-Star break traditionally marks the start of the second half of the season, in terms of games played, the Mariners are there now. Having swept the Baltimore Orioles, the M's are now 51-31, 82 games into the 162-game campaign.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged First place, Contention, Playoffs  |   Posted on June 29, 2018 at 2:19am   |   Permalink   |     |  
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