Teams might have to play the wild-card game the day after the regular season.

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He did not cite specifics, but the Washington Redskins were heavily criticized for the condition of their field for their wild-card game against Seattle.

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According to the projected playoff odds from Baseball Prospectus, 25 of the 30 Major League teams entered the season with at least a 10% chance of either winning their division or securing one of the wild card play-in game spots.

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This season, baseball has tinkered with its playoff format a second Wild Card has been added, and the two card winners will meet each other in a one-game bake-off to determine who moves onto the next round.

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Even going to the Super Bowl every season via the wild card route, making it at most a 20-game campaign, getting to 1, 000 would require 50 years.

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As recently as September 3, the Red Sox held a nine-game lead over the Rays in the wild card race, but a 7-19 slump ultimately proved fatal to a playoff berth.

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After defeating Atlanta in the wild-card playoff, they eliminated the Nationals in five games in the division series and lost Game 7 of the NLCS to the Giants after taking a 3-1 series lead.

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