Mr. December?

Baseball Omissioner Bud Selig is talking about expanding the playoffs next season.
Dumb idea. The season is too long already.
Why would he want baseball to start resembling the NBA or NHL with their 16-teams on the playoffs approach?
Baseball is fine the way it is.
I'm sure Selig is looking at poor TV ratings as a reason why he would want expanded playoffs. More teams in, more markets interested in watching their team in the post-season. Sort of makes sense.
But what would make more sense is playing the World Series in early to mid-October, not late October into November. Throw in some weekend day games. With the NFL perhaps shutting down over a labor dispute next year, day games will draw huge ratings.
Start the MLB season sooner, play early April games in warm weather cities or those places with domes. End the regular season earlier but don't expand the playoffs, just get them over with sooner.
I'm afraid with Selig in charge, we will soon be gearing up for the World Series in December.