Then what do you suggest they call it?

the eliminator

actually, they should just make the teams do the eliminator.

Game 163 or Wild Card Game. Only the winner can say they are a playoff team.

Looks like this season is going to end with 0 full games watched on TV by me.. 2 games attended and watched.. we'll see what happens in the playoffs.. over/under for that is a surprising 5.5

Game 163 is already a thing. The playoffs have been expanded to include this round. I don't get your disdain for this.

When I first heard about it, I was skeptical. But it gives us a chance to see more meaningful games.

In case you missed it, D-Backs hire Dave Stewart as their new GM and Senior Vice President. They also fired manager Kirk Gibson and bench coach Alan Trammell.

Jesus, that organization is a mess.

<font color=goldenrod>Nice moment from the Mets. Allowed Bobby Abreu to get the start in his final day as a big leaguer and then pulled him after a hit and received a standing O. He killed the Mets for years as a member of the Phillies, but gotta appreciate a great career.</font>

Vito and I were joking the other day:

Dave Duncan, manager

Mark McGwire, hitting coach

Jose Canseco, 3rd base/outfield positioning coach

<font color=goldenrod>Jordan Zimmermann closes out the season with a no-hitter against the Marlins, who threw a no-no to end last season.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>2013: Marlins throw no-hitter to end the year
2014: Nationals throw no-hitter against Marlins to end the year
2015: Mets vs. Nationals final day</font> :)

watched approx 4 innings of jordan zimmermann's no hitter

<font color=goldenrod>Mets finish 79-83 and in 2nd place. You know what, as unbelievably frustrating as they were in May and June when they tanked away their playoff hopes early, they showed a lot of fight in the second half. Overall, a lot more good than bad has come out of this season.</font>

:-\ Red Sox lost the final game of the season. Miserable season but at least record-wise it wasn't 2012 bad.

I'm probably going to game 1 of the ALDS Thursday. spend some of my gambling winnings this year on an overpriced nosebleed seat on stub hub..yay

Totally worth it, though.

<font color=goldenrod>A's break it open in the top of the 9th, looks like there will be no Game 163</font> :(

It should be Tillman vs Verlander

Yankees hang tight and grab 2nd place in the AL East. Just get above .500.

Better season than last year. Injuries were way down, but the pitching staff exploded. Kuroda being the only stalwart throughout the entire season.

Stupid Red Sox fans giving Jeter standing ovation when he left the game, made my dust allergy flare up

http://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/jgUf...4/scrote.0.png

josh reddick is a bit to excited for clinching a wild card after the team just tanked the last 2 1/2 months.

<font color=goldenrod>Twins fire Ron Gardenhire. Going to be weird to see a new manager in Minnesota.</font>

Astros hire A.J. Hinch to be their new manager.

Ron Gardenhire can come manage the DBacks any time. Also, there is no worse choice for major league manager than AJ Hinch. Houston will remain hilariously bad.

Dammit. Game 2 Tigers @ Orioles is at noon on Friday. Why do you do this to me, baseball gods.

<font color=goldenrod>Day games during the week for the playoffs seems really stupid.</font>

Might come in early and take a long lunch to catch most of the game at a bar

Elimination games are our "thing." Hopefully that carries over from 2012.

Go team that is in close proximity to where I live.

Here’s hoping Detroit finally takes it all, but getting past Baltimore in the A.L.D.S. could take all 5 games, seeing how good they were in the regular season.

I know, I know...this is the post-season now and nothing in the regular season matters anymore, but if the Tigers and O’s regular seasons were any indication at all of how their A.L.D.S. encounter might turn out, I’m worried for Detroit.

Need a team to root for this postseason. But which one???

Detroit Baseball Tigers #1

Guess that could be teams. Can't imagine traffic in this area with all world series games here though, would be so awful.

Oakland? KC?

it'll actually be @ 3 pm if the Pirates win the wild card. its noon if the giants win because the NLDS game with the Nationals can't start at noon east with a west coast team since that would start at 9am out there.

Sunday is a 3:45 start in Detroit definite, which is perfect because the Ravens game will be just about over.

lol KC runs themselves out of the inning. derp

Really? Damn I just saw a link on Mlive.com (Michigan website) that said 12:07 or w/e, I assumed that was set in stone.

3:00 would kinda suck, too late to take lunch and too early to duck out of work early. Dammit even more.

<font color=goldenrod>Just pull a page out of Opening Day tradition: call in sick</font>

Moss hits another HR tonight. 5 RBis.