NEW YORK — With both sides expressing support for adding two playoff teams in 2012, negotiators for players and owners are considering having the new wild-card round be best-of-three or winner-take-all.
Because longer series would push playoffs deeper into cold weather, the sides are not considering have the new first round be best-of-five or best- of-seven.
“I would say we’re moving to expanding the playoffs, but there’s a myriad of details to work out,” commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday. “Ten is a fair number.”
Since 1995, eight of the 30 baseball teams have made the playoffs. In the NFL, 12-of-32 teams make the playoffs. In the NBA and NHL, 16-of-30 advance to the postseason.
In the new format, the two wild cards in each league would meet, and the winners would advance to the following round against division winners.
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Footnotes.
Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis left Boston’s game against the Angels after fouling a ball off his left shin in the first inning.
• Twins infielder Delmon Young will undergo an MRI examination today to determine the extent of a rib injury that has kept him out of the lineup since Monday.
• Yankees pitcher Carlos Silva is scheduled to throw batting practice for the first time since signing with New York this month.
• Marlins left fielder Logan Morrison could miss two to four weeks because of an injured left foot.
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