I prefer to think it's that people are busy with holidays and year-end work stuff. I have to believe that anyone who has made it this far into the playoffs is interested enough to play their games ASAP.

I agree about the calendar. Moving the season would also move the drafts up which would have us drafting rookies and FA just as spring training starts, which is a big improvement to me. People are getting excited about baseball then and we wouldn't have as much information about who will play where, which will add an elemnet of unpredictability to the drafts. I like that idea.

As it is we basically have Jan & Feb as down months; making it Dec & Jan would get people more interested on both ends.