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Originally Posted by monkeyman576
The Reds closest competition was the Dodgers at 88 wins. There were no other .500 teams in that division. The Red Sox had two teams 88 wins or higher besides them in their division, and had fewer teams in the division, I think strength of division is pretty favorable towards the Red Sox. Yeah, the Reds have more hall of famers, most likely, but there were fewer players in the league back then and thus it was easier to distinguish yourself.
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If the O's win their last 4 games of the year, they would still finish 14 games behind 1975's cellar dweller Houston. It balances out. The 2018 AL East, minus the Sox, do have a slightly better winning percentage than the '75 NL West, sans the Reds. But IDK if a statistician factored in the differences in scheduling (Boston playing vs the weakest division in the NL, the 2018 AL as a whole being top heavy, the 1975 NL w/o CIncy as a whole looking much like it does today. Parity) whether that small advantage would stand up. And as I said before, we have to give it time.
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