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Originally Posted by Gander
If the teams that play at such a high % all year long (like the Mets and Yankees) cant beat a team like Houston or St. Louis in the playoffs, they arent for real. Wildcard teams have won how many of the world series since the inception of the rule? I personally like the rule. It provides another late season race and gives us some reason to watch the last few weeks when most of the divisions are all wrapped up.
I cant see how you cant like the Astros to be competitive in the palyoffs with their 1-2-3 starters, all coming in hot, and their offense coming in hot too.
Please explain how you cant take them as a threat.
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Well Tim in a short series(which is where I have the biggest problem with the current playoff format) any team with a hot 1-2 starting pitching staff can beat a superior team. Baseball isn't played like that all year long, with only 3 guys needing to be good ptchers, if it isn't played like that all year long, why should it be played like that in the playoffs?
The least they could do is make it a 7 game series where its inherently much more fair.