Teams who "rest" in baseball have historically performed poorly. Baseball is about momentum and consistency - especially late in the season - and if you have guys who are used to having only one day off ever week or so and suddenly give them six-eight days off at the end of the season they will be more likely to fail instead of less likely.
Look at recent history (since the inception of the Division Series) and see how many examples there are of teams advancing when having significant rest.
+1 on this. You look at when they started adding all the extra off days for TV in the mid 2000s. The Tigers were the first team to sit for about a week before the World Series while the other league's LCS went long, then the Rockies had to the next year. Both of those teams had their momentum killed. The Tigers series especially was error prone by the Tigers pitchers. The one idea Boz had about removign the off days in the LCS is a must. 2 - 3- 2, with only an off day when you switch towns. That's more like regular season. Time the divison series so game 5 would be on Monday or Tuesday, start the LCS Wednesday and Thursday, and have games 3- 4-5 either Friday -Sun or Sat - Mon. Yes, there is a bit of conflict with college and pro football, but it is only one weekend early in the year. If Monday is Columbus Day, then you can shift the Sunday game 5 to afternoon on Monday.
