Baseball: Proposal to change playoffs is voted down

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A proposal to create a double-elimination post-season baseball tournament in the Southern Section beginning in 2013 was rejected on Thursday by a vote of 46-26 at the Southern Section Council meeting.

Coaches have wanted to replace the single-elimination playoffs with a double-elimination tournament for Divisions 1 through 4. The San Diego Section has had a double-elimination tournament.

Concerns about travel costs and adding up to seven additional games for teams in the playoffs won out.

-- Eric Sondheimer