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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 1, 2018 17:27:20 GMT
I love the one game playoff. These wildcard teams did not even win the division. They should not even have business to be in the playoff. This one do-or-die game gives incentive for a team to fight for the division lead, and to give a good team that did not win a division a second chance. Otherwise, the teams just try to get into the playoff like the pathetic NBA and NHL format that basically render the regular season meaningless. Interesting. They didn't 'win the division'; however what if they have better records than 3/4 of other division leaders in the MLB? That is the point for the wild card game. If a good team did not win the division, they have a second chance. This year is a rare exception that a 100 win team, Yankees, did not win a division, and this 100 team is only better than only 2/4 other playoff teams. In the pre-wild card days, the team would not even make the playoff. Without the premium of winning the division with a one game do-or-die wild card game, the regular season becomes just is a fight for the playoff instead of winning the division, the drama of being a wildcard is lost, and we won't have two exciting one-game playoff games today. |
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