John Hirschauer, National Review, February 12, 2020:
Commissioner Rob Manfred is mulling a fundamental change to Major League Baseball, a development that should not surprise anyone, given the obstinate disregard he's shown for the traditions and inheritance of the sport since succeeding Bud Selig in 2015. The latest novelty entertained by his office is a proposal that would expand the MLB playoffs from their current ten-team format ... to a field of 14. Per ESPN, the proposal would add "a reality TV-type format to determine which teams play each other in an expanded wild-card round," the perfectly farcical cherry on top of a perfectly farcical plan to further upend the game of baseball.