Nothing Burger

I wonder how baseball fans in Milwaukee and Oakland feel right about now, after their respective teams have lost that “play-in” game baseball has touted as a remedy to declining interest.  Six months of hype, buildup and excitement leading to a one-and-out postseason.  No letdown for those folks, I’m sure.  What matters is that it’s good for baseball, right?

Let me be slightly less facetious in suggesting that today’s slate of four playoff games is neat, or would be if it didn’t come off feeling like any other NFL Sunday.  What would really set baseball off from its gridiron nemesis would be games with limited interruptions or, better yet, none at all.  This time I’m serious, guys.