[Giants]

Yup.  I’d much rather have the Giants road forward than the Dodgers.  Still playing the wildcard winner is rarely a blessing.  You often get a team on a hot-streak and many years, a team with a better season record than the worst division winner.  (Dodgers 106 wins; Braves 88 wins).  Most year THAT’S the team I want to play.

Also, it just feels like the 3-4 days off from a game is much-needed for the Giants, who have been stiff-arming the 106 win Dodgers nonstop for the last 1+ month!  It had to be exhausting.  Now, it may be that the Giants come back flat and unable to regain that edge/intensity that has kept them playing at peak levels - but even so, I'd take the 107 and the NL West title.  Quite an accomplishment in and of itself.

Number 1 seed should be able to pick who it plays……

Since baseball employs multi-game playoff series’, I don’t think match-ups matter as much as in football where it is one game do or die.  If a team deserves to advance, they should be able to beat anyone in a series of games.

The one post season adjustment I would like to see is changing the Division Series from five games to seven games to create uniformity throughout the playoffs.

[Giants]

Yup.  I’d much rather have the Giants road forward than the Dodgers.  Still playing the wildcard winner is rarely a blessing.  You often get a team on a hot-streak and many years, a team with a better season record than the worst division winner.  (Dodgers 106 wins; Braves 88 wins).  Most year THAT’S the team I want to play.

Also, it just feels like the 3-4 days off from a game is much-needed for the Giants, who have been stiff-arming the 106 win Dodgers nonstop for the last 1+ month!  It had to be exhausting.  Now, it may be that the Giants come back flat and unable to regain that edge/intensity that has kept them playing at peak levels - but even so, I'd take the 107 and the NL West title.  Quite an accomplishment in and of itself.

Number 1 seed should be able to pick who it plays……

Since baseball employs multi-game playoff series’, I don’t think match-ups matter as much as in football where it is one game do or die.  If a team deserves to advance, they should be able to beat anyone in a series of games.

The one post season adjustment I would like to see is changing the Division Series from five games to seven games to create uniformity throughout the playoffs.