[Runscott]

There's something I love about your idea - the playoff changes that would be needed.

Perhaps let the 2nd and 3rd place team from each division play a best of three for the right to meet the 1st place team in a best-of-seven. Then you end up with 12 teams making the playoffs and you still have some great battles at the division level to get one of the top three spots.

Also, I would put Cincinnati and Houston in the NL West and move Milwaukee back over to the AL. Then you would have things the way they were pre-69, plus new franchises. You know - back in the days when Houston could have cheated all they wanted and the other teams would have thought it was only fair.