One Game Is Too Short for Baseball Wild Card Playoffs

Monday night the Tampa Bay Rays will play against the Texas Rangers in "game 163" to decide who gets to turn around and play Cleveland for another one-game series in the playoffs.  I think that, given the way baseball teams are composed with their rotations of four to five regularly starting pitchers, not to mention that they play a 162-game regular season to sort out who's the best, it's ludicrous to think that ONE game should ever decide who gets to advance in the playoffs.  I get it regarding the Rays/Ranger game tonight: they finished with identical 91-71 records, tied for the final playoff spot.  But within the playoffs, part of what determines a team's greatness is the potency of its pitching rotation...and not just the best "star" pitcher.  I remember one year, back in 1972 in a strike-shortened season, when the Philadelphia Phillies had an awful team, finishing with around 59 wins and more than 90 losses...in dead last place.  But they also had an ace starting pitcher in their generally pathetic rotation by the name of Steve Carlton, who went on to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.  In spite of the rest of the team's poor performance, he went 27-10 that year and won the Cy Young Award for best pitcher (one of four he collected over his career).  Had the Phillies engaged with ANY team in a "one game playoff", even the best, they most likely would have prevailed with Carlton pitching.  But there was much more to them than just their star pitcher.  The same applies to the upcoming game between Cleveland and the Texas/Tampa Bay winner.  They could at least have a best-of-three series between them.  I don't think the current format will last anyway, and perhaps my idea might be adopted...