Wild Card game exposes the biggest flaw in MLB’s playoff system

If you’re a neutral fan, here is a helpful guide on who to root for in October and this ranking is totally arbitrary and subjective, however it should be taken as fact. The National Football League has been head and shoulders above all others for a while now, but why?

House and Senate members across the great state of Missouri have agreed to be postseason correspondents and will be tweeting about their respective teams under #molegpostseason. Look for history, play-by-plays, lineup info, smack talk and more.

In baseball, most of the action is just the pitcher and batter. I predict the Mets will defeat the Dodgers and square off against the Cardinals for a repeat of the 2006 NLCS. As one can see from the chart, the best rotations reside in the National League. You can watch a 16-year-old sign a free agent contract out of Venezuela and follow his path from a prince to becoming King Felix Hernandez. He did pretty well for them in 15 games, but, as you may have heard, relief pitching is kind of their thing and I guess they just didn’t have room for him with all of the other insane talent in their bullpen. As good as he’s been, and balls just fly off his bat, he’s sort of flown under the radar a bit, probably because Houston isn’t exactly a high-profile baseball town. In what other sport can you do that? Even though I don’t have two of my favorite teams playing (Padres and Yankees), I’m still intrigued to see what happens. The Rogers Centre is one of the loudest parks in the majors and that was showcased in August, what do you think it will be like in October?

As the New York Yankees get set to host the Houston Astros in the American League Wild Card Game, we find ourselves mere hours away from the start of the 2015 MLB postseason. While the franchise may have spent 1,611,041 in 2015, the team did end up capturing the AL West crown. The weather cools down and the action heats up as every decision, run and at-bat matters. While more recent wins from close runner up Jason Day gave a few individuals doubt in the Player of the Year title, Spieth was simply too dominant to create any sort of lasting debate. I think it’ll be a great no offense game but I have Arrieta pulling through.

Neither the Rangers nor Astros have ever won the World Series. However, the 23 million-plus viewers who tuned in for Game 7 were the most for a World Series game since 2011 when the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers drew 25 million viewers. I’m just not sure that Yadier Molina’s going to show up this postseason. Even if you are using NetFlix and dropped your satellite, you should be able to buy a receiver to tune into local channels.

Where or not fans agree with the NL Wild Card/NL Division Series being NL Central Division heavy, the first pitch tonight will be at 7:08 CST, being aired on TBS. For us, the fans, we now get to enjoy one of the most exciting times in all of professional sports. It should also be noted, however, that baseball has held many one-game playoffs to settle two-way ties for one berth.

Today brings the final games of MLB’s regular season, which means there’s a lot to be a whole lot less baseball, which is a major bummer. Select games available through MLB.tv. In case you’re wondering, that is Carolina’s Cam Newton so far this season (16.8). Games 1, 2, and 5 will be played at the LA court, while the remaining games will be in New York. Despite winning 100 games, the Cardinals were only the seventh-best playoff team, according to these rankings.

Root, Root, Root for the Cubbies.

The Chicago Cubs won the NL pennant when Mordecai Brown beat Christy Mathewson 4-2 in the playoff of the disputed game September 23 when Fred Merkle failed to touch second base.

DG: The Cubs will not win the World Series.