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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
here's my problem. I stay glued to the TV watching the Tigers, pennant race!!! but then I look at standings and realize the first place tigs would be 4th in the east and third in the west- and I'm down to "of course it matters- if we get to a series our superior top 3 starters trump it all!
but i can't really buy into it   |
Why not? That, combined with whoever is the hottest team going into the playoffs (often the wildcard team) is the new formula for winning in the post-season. Given the fact that TV stretches these series out way too long, making your first 2-3 starters that much more important, isn't that exactly what you want? If they played a 7 game series in 9 days, doesn't that give the big market teams with a deep starting staff a much bigger advantage?
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