Those variables account, in part, for conflicting estimates of New Yorkâs land area since the city was consolidated in 1898. At that time, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island joined Manhattan and the Bronx to form Greater New York, and the city ballooned to a trumpeted 360 square miles from 60 or so.
Confidence votes 162. Two wild card teams from each league makes the MLB playoff each year. As of 2012 there is a one game wild card playoff between the two best records in each league who didn't win their division. + 134 others found this useful.
The Four Major Sports Leagues Have Very Different Ideas On Geography. Major League Baseball and the National Football League are similar in that both leagues have two major conferences that span from one coast to the other (NL/AL in MLB, AFC/NFC in NFL). But when it comes to dividing the teams, the two leagues have very different ideas on geography. With the Houston Astros moving to the American League West, MLB's 30 teams now form three natural clusters based on how their divisions are defined (East, Central, West)... Wikimedia Commons