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Jayson, how 'bout for the new playoff format we have a best of 3-5-5-7 for the four rounds? How many managers would disagree with that?

-- Shane (Knoxville)
Jayson Stark

I'd say all of them! There's no sentiment for changing the LCS back to best-of-five, so that won't happen. And I'm opposed to best-of-three in the new wild-card round, too. I don't want to see the first-place teams waiting around for four or five days to play. I love the drama of opening the postseason with two win-or-go-home games. And I think that greatly increases the incentive to finish first, which is the reason I support this concept in the first place.

-- Jayson Stark, ESPN.com senior MLB writer
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