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There is a reason baseball schedules run 154-162 games.
The game's balance is fragile. One pitch can turn the trajectory of a game on it's head. One hit can do the same, and one error can do it as well.
154+ games and 6 months is a solid foundation to tell the difference between good and bad. A ~15 game playoff run tells us only who was hot and who was cold during that stretch.
Playoff and Championship series are a terrible measurement of talent differences and SHOULD be seen only as entertainment. Personally, I think the "World Champions" label is absurd. Play those championship teams against each other 100 times and there likely wouldn't be more than 5 games difference between them.
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