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Originally Posted by Westheim
What if they win the pennant?  |
What if they let 8 teams per league into the playoffs and the Cubs or Cardinals win the pennant? I didn't even like when the '03 Marlins ****ed around for 2 months, changed managers, sucked in on a wild card and won the Series and people were like "See, the Wild Card means that you can be garbage for the first 50 games and still win!" Like that's a good thing.
I mean, I didn't even particularly like the 2000 Subway Series…we choked away the pennant [losing by 1 game], proving yet again that we weren't good enough to beat Atlanta, but we got lucky when they got beat by the Cardinals and we snuck in the back door? Oh, joy.
I like my teams to actually
win stuff, not get a participation trophy and then a crap-shoot. I don't mind non-division winners in the playoffs for short-season sports…but if 162 games isn't enough to separate the wheat from the chaff, what is? JMO.