1.   An expanded playoff format, and the re-emergence of the New York Yankees as a possible World Series draw, went down the drain.

2.   An expanded playoff format prevents a Houston-Phoenix finals rematch.

3.   And perhaps one of those teams would have emerged as national champion in a traditional playoff format.

4.   And this time maybe the season will be completed, the new playoff format used and the World Series played.

5.   Baseball owners yesterday approved two changes in the playoff format.

6.   Every year the BCS works is another year removed from a much-needed playoff format.

7.   Forget about the playoff format.

8.   Home-field advantage has been a subject of some controversy in the two years the new playoff format has existed.

9.   I told you that new playoff format in baseball would never work.

10.   If you are going to play an extra game, play it at the end of the season in a playoff format, rather than in August.