http://kcur.org en http://kcur.org/post/playoff-expansion-baseball-goes-wilder Major League Baseball expanded its playoff format to 10 teams Friday, adding a second wild-card in each league.<p>The decision establishes a new one-game, wild-card round in each league between the teams with the best records who are not division winners, meaning a third-place team could win the World Series.<p>This is the only change in baseball's playoff structure since the 1995 season, when wild-card teams were first added.<p>"This change increases the rewards of a division championship and allows two additional markets to experience playoff baseball each year," Commissioner Bud Seli Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:21:00 +0000 Associated Press 13550 at http://kcur.org With Playoff Expansion, Baseball Goes Wilder http://kcur.org/post/hulshof-defeats-steelman-gop-gubernatorial-primary <p>Kansas City, MO – Congressman Kenny Hulshof defeated state Treasurer Sarah Steelman in the Missouri Republican gubernatorial primary.</p> Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:07:46 +0000 Associated Press 4412 at http://kcur.org http://kcur.org/post/koster-declares-victory-democratic-ag-race <p>Kansas City, MO – Missouri State Senator Chris Koster declared a victory in the Democratic attorney general primary on Tuesday. His opponent state Rep. Margaret Donnelly may ask for a recount. Koster leads by 854 votes.</p> Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:16:33 +0000 Associated Press 4414 at http://kcur.org http://kcur.org/post/kline-loses-primary-race-johnson-county-da <p>Kansas City, MO – Phill Kline lost the Johnson County district attorney's office in the Republican primary Tuesday night.</p> Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:18:41 +0000 Associated Press 4411 at http://kcur.org