In this writer’s mind, the biggest news coming out of this week’s general managers meeting is that GMs will recommend the elimination of the coin flip to decide the location of division and wild-card tiebreakers.

An executive in the commissioner’s office announced that MLB staff is drafting a proposal for the GMs to consider during the winter meetings next month in Las Vegas. Reportedly head-to-head record between the tied clubs is likely to be the first tiebreaker.

The proposed change follows a Twins-White Sox tiebreaker to determine the winner of the American League Central. The Twins, who finished the regular season with a 10-8 record against the White Sox, had to play Game 163 in Chicago because they lost a coin flip. The Twins posted the majors’ fifth-highest winning percentage at home in 2008, but they had to go on the road to play the club with the fourth-highest home mark.

If there ever was a matchup in which home-field advantage meant something, this one was it -- particularly in 2008. The Twins were 8-1 at home facing the White Sox. On Chicago’s South Side, the White Sox were 7-2 versus Minnesota going into the Sept. 30 tiebreaker.

Over the last two seasons facing each other, the Twins are 13-5 and the Sox are 13-6 at home.

The coin flip compromises the importance of six months of baseball. The same is true of the best-of-five Division Series, but it’s good to see MLB is ready to correct one of the flaws of the playoff system.

This writer, who indulges in annual rants against the best-of-five Division Series and the All-Star Game determining home-field advantage in the World Series, will be able to put the coin-flip matter to rest.