subject: Bud Selig open to expanding playoffs [print this page] "It's a fair question," Selig said Friday before the St. Louis Cardinals played the Chicago Cubs. "We have less teams than any other sport mlb jerseys . Eight teams make the playoffs. One wild card in each league. We certainly haven't abused anything."
He's not afraid of upsetting the purists, who were vocal in their opposition when the sport added the wild card.
"As the guy who brought the wild card and took a lot of abuse -- maybe from nobody in this room -- it's worked out great, nobody's against it," Selig said.
Selig said he has been monitoring the contentious divorce proceedings of Jamie and Frank McCourt, the owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers, but he refused to comment on the trial that could determine the future of the ownership of the nfl jersey team.
Despite efforts to cut down on the shattering of maple bats, a freak injury to the Cubs' Tyler Colvin on Sunday has given Selig new concern about their safety.
Colvin was hit in the chest by shard from a maple bat while on third base. He was released three days later from Miami hospital after being treated with a chest tube that prevented his lung from collapsing.
"Two years ago when this really came about, we retained people in the forestry division at the University of Wisconsin and at Harvard. They have really helped us. We have cut down on broken bats by about 50 percent and that's a lot of progress in a short period of time," Selig said. "Is it enough? No. We've got the remaining 50 percent to do and you watch something like the Tyler Colvin incident, and it scares you. But we're making progress."
Tampa Bay reduced its magic number to three to clinch the franchise's second playoff berth and moved into first place in the AL East by a half game after New York lost to Boston.
"That's our goal, man. Our goal is to have the best record, our goal is to have the home-field advantage and our goal is to win the World Series," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said.
The Rays hold the tiebreaker if they finish the regular season tied with New York after winning the season series with the Yankees 10-8.
Aybar hit a tiebreaking RBI single and later scored on a passed ball during a three-run fifth as the Rays went ahead 5-2. Ben Zobrist drove in the other run with a bunt single.
Soriano, the fourth Tampa Bay reliever, pitched the ninth to break Roberto Hernandez's franchise save record set in 1999.
"I'm happy with all that's happening this mlb jerseysyear," Soriano said.
Rays third baseman Evan Longoria is scheduled to miss the three-game series because of a left quadriceps strain and will be evaluated on Monday. He underwent an MRI exam that showed no tear.Tampa Bay reduced its magic number to three to clinch the franchise's second playoff berth and moved into first place in the AL East by a half game after New York lost to Boston.
"That's our goal, man. Our goal is to have the best record, our goal is to have the home-field advantage and our goal is to win the World Series," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said.
The Rays hold the tiebreaker if they finish the regular season tied with New York after winning the season series with the Yankees 10-8.
Aybar hit a tiebreaking RBI single and later scored on a passed ball during a three-run fifth as the Rays went ahead 5-2. Ben Zobrist drove in the other run with a bunt single.
Soriano, the fourth Tampa Bay reliever, pitched the ninth to break Roberto Hernandez's franchise save record set in 1999.
"I'm happy with all that's happening this year," Soriano said.
Rays third baseman Evan Longoria is scheduled to miss the three-game series because of a left quadriceps strain and will be evaluated on Monday. He underwent an MRI exam that showed no tear.
