LONDON — As Major League Baseball looks to expand its presence in Europe and play more games abroad, a solution to doing that in the middle of a season could playing fewer games overall.
“There are things that could be done in the schedule in order to create more window of an opportunity for play here,” commissioner Rob Manfred said. “There’s been conversation over the years about 154 (games) as opposed to 162. That would be an easy alternative.”
Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. has advocated for a 154-game schedule in past years, and that was before the postseason expanded by round after round, adding more games to the final month of the championship season.