I'm Going To Give Phil Some Credit Here

For what seems like reasonable argument:

Phil Rogers, Chicago Tribune
If you love baseball, you really love playoff baseball. I remember racing home from school to watch in the early '70s, the vision still clear in my head that I was at Brian Briscoe's house, in his family's sunken living room, when Campy Campaneris fired the bat at Lerrin LaGrow in 1972.The current postseason format is working well, but this being America, more must be better. So I've bought into the idea of adding two more wild-card teams, creating a best-of-three first round. I'd be 100 percent in favor of shortening the regular season, but does anyone think owners are going to open the gates 120 fewer times as a group?So shorten spring training by a week, open the regular season earlier and let teams have bigger rosters the first two weeks, protecting pitchers.

Gotta give him something sometimes, or else I'm just a big bully.

Case Closed.