the only positive I can see from this, is to have the actual division winners mean something. Before, with the 1 wild card berth, the wild car was on the same level as a division winner, the 3rd seeded division winner. Now it makes two wild cards fight it out to get to the playoffs. I still dont like it, but its interesting to see what effects it will have in the playoffs. The last couple of years, the wild card has won the world series, i wonder if now, with them having to use/waste their #1 pitcher in the wild card game, if it will severely hamper them in the short 5 game series.