Why Is The First Round Of The MLB Playoffs Best Of 5?

To say that it makes no sense that the first round of the baseball playoffs are best of 5 instead of 7 would be one of the gross understatements of our generation. Seriously how is this possible? You play a 162 game season and then you play a best of 5? It makes no sense on any level. Is it because of the weather concerns in eastern cities? Like two extra days will make that big of a difference? It just doesn’t seem fair that you fight for so long to get in the playoffs and then you blink and it’s over. Series like SF vs. Atlanta and Tampa vs. Texas deserve to go 7. I mean what if the Sox vs. Yankees in 2004 was best of 5? The course of history would have been changed forever. Yeah I know teams from the same division can’t play in the first round, but still. All playoffs series in all sports should be Best of 7, but especially baseball. Anything else is just idiotic. Does anybody have any argument against this? It bothers the shit out of me.