Should baseball go round-robin like the NBA and NHL where every team plays each other?
488658
They should and it would cut out a lot of games in division races.  A team in any division plays another team in that same divison at least 15-20 times a year.  It would be great to see for example the Yanks against the Houston Astros instead of them seeing each other every three years if possible.  \n\nThe downside is the traveling would wear the players down but then again they do play 162 games a year.  Hope you're reading this Bud Selig (needs to go immediately!!!)
715364
why doesnt hockey have one simmilar to basketball?
1067603
Imagine what the managers think about that, now that the All-Star Game actually means home-field advantage in the World Series! THAT'S the ridiculous part, in my opinion. Having to play those "former greats" rather than the more talented but not-as-popular players that didn't make the fans' cut . . . that's gotta be frustrating when the game is on the line. I just hope that we don't start seeing any sacrifice bunts in the All-Star game, just so one team can win. The All-Star game should be a fun game.\n\nThen again . . . seeing Barry Bonds bunt would be fun.
346758
They would just work the schedules - You are also assuming they would all have home court/ice advantage - the games are spread out enough. It's also happened in Boston or Phoenix, I think - I'm sure somewhere else - where they played a hockey game during the day, then they just lay the basketball floor over the ice surface and play a night basketball game. The same scheduling conflicts occur all regular season, you know - the leagues just work together.
149005
No, but if you think about it, Basketball should be in the winter games.  It was invented as a sport for the winter, its season beings in November, peeks in Feb-March and ends before the summer.  And the Hockey All-star game belongs where it is, it provides a needed break, and a chance to retool for a playoff push.  The NFL wishes it could do its allstar game before the end of the season
1159674
While it is probably a mis nomer given it is not a world competition.  Due to the quality of the leagues and the $$.  The best players from around the world (Though in the NFL most are still from the US) play in those leagues.    MLB and the NBA are now very much international leagues with players from all over the world.\n\nAlso as a clarification I don't think I have ever heard the NHL champions declared the world champions.  They are call the Stanely Cup Champions after the trophy which is named for Lord Stanley.
224168
No the system is fine as is.  Teams need to win their division.  Divisions are a necessary evil for geography and for keeping rivalries strong.  \n\nThe Wild Card gives the best team that did not make the playoffs a chance.  This makes it more fair for the divisions that have two great teams.  Many times the wildcard is better than other division champs.\n\nI would like to propose the following changes to the playoff format:\n1.  Eliminate the rule that says the Wildcard cannot play the Division champ of the same division in the Divisional round.\n2.  The divisions should only be used to determine playoff eligibility.\n3.  Seed the four divisional teams that make the playoffs based on their records regardless if they are division champs or not.\n4.  One seed plays four seed and two seed plays three seed regardless of division and/or championship.\n\nThe changes will never happen.  But you never know with Selig.
1110806
YEs yes yes they should i am a big baseball fan and there are so many close calls that i think should be reviewed, an umpire can not see everything at one especially with more than one base runner on at a time. I think a coach should be able to challenge a call just like in football.
355258
No they have to wait another 88 years!!!!  2004 was a fluke!  How does the wild card team get home field advantage over the team (Cardinals) with the best record in all of baseball? It's just not right and yes I'm still bitter.  That All-Star game rule is whacked and it needs to be scrapped!
112312
The best ranked teams within Canada are invited to a round-robin tournament where they play each other. The best 3 or 4 teams after the series then play down and the team that wins that play-down is then the nation's team for the Olympics.
191411
Because this isn't basketball where almost every team makes it in.  If there were more games, it would take longer to do the season, and while you would think it would be popular, extended playoffs actually aren't exciting to most fans.\nRemember, 10 years ago, there were only two divisions in each league and only one playoff before the WS.  The addition of the wildcard and the additional round are recent additions, and exciting ones at that (especially with 4 of the last 5 Champions coming from Wild Card berths).\nHowever, I think 2 additional teams (so lets say a playin game/series between the two wildcards) would add too much time to the playoffs and throw a lot of teams off cycle/rotation.
865916
Yes, but its very unlikely because the teams in the same division play each other twice, so the doormat team inside the division would have to pretty much run the table outside of the division for this to happen.  The record of the 3rd team has to be better than the runner-ups in the other divisions.\n\nOf course by winning all of the out-of-division games, the 3rd team would be helping themselves by dragging the other teams in the conference down.
949318
It has!!!! Most games now are spent batting the puck around or else the old dump and chase game! U don't see many pretty plays anymore!!! I don't know what's up with some of these answers here either, the NHL is coma inducing! The NHL has too many teams and too little talent!!!!
301796
Yes. The way baseball is now teams that can spend a lot of money, and do it wisely, stand a much better chance of being competitive. I expect that both teams will be in the playoffs this year and I'd give it a 1 in 4 chance that there will be one this year.
774575
If the teams were evenly matched, yes.
656219
i'm a beantown boy, so its all about the red sox around here. i wish that the teams had a league determined spending limit for their player salaries. imagine how much better the games would be if the teams were more evenly matched!
991717
In all sports could exist a tie, it depends of the system of play choosen for the tournament:\n# If it is the league system, then you could have matches ending in ties.\n# If it is the knock-out system, then you would always have a winner and a loser.\n\nFor the Fifa World cup, they use both system:\n# First round is played by the league system\n# The round of sixteen, quarterfinals, semifinals, play-off for third place and final will all be played in accordance with the knock-out system\n\nFYI: there is no ties in baseball because they play under the knock-out system.