But still no commemorative gamers

MLB has scrapped the Triple-A Championship Weekend that debuted last year and revamped the MiLB post-season landscape yet again.

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Instead of division winners meeting in a single playoff game, each league will name a first-half winner and a second-half winner. Those two teams will meet for a best-of-three series to be hosted by the first-half winner. The two victors will then meet for one Championship Game in Las Vegas.

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The lower leagues will also divide their seasons into halves, with the two half winners meeting in a best-of-three Division Series, followed by a best-of-three Championship Series. The lone exception is the Northwest League which, consisting of only six teams, will play a single, best-of-five Championship Series between the two half-season winners.

It’s nice to see post-season series again rather than single-game eliminations; too bad the Triple-A Championship is still one game. That’s about the only nice thing I have to say about it. As has become a hallmark of the MLB hostile takeover, there will be no commemorative gamers produced for these series nor for the Triple-A Championship Game. Rob Manfred continues to pay minor attention to fans of the minor leagues.

-Tony Baseballs