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Yet another reason to never have one game decide a "series". No team plays just one game against another the entire season but

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Oct 8 '15, 07:08

it's somehow okay to do it in the playoffs. One game is not enough to decide which team is better. I don't like it but even a three game series would be better. Shorten the regular season if you have to but after playing 162 games there should be more than one game decide on which team moves on.

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It's not about determining who's better. it's about determining that the #1 seed should have an advantage over the team they were better than all yea - Will Hunting Oct 8, 07:12 12
- Re-seeding based on record instead of division is something all sports need to do. -- nm - David Oct 8, 07:14 1
  - I would go as far as putting the WC team as either seed #3 or 4 depending on where they fall...but I can't give them homefield. - Will Hunting Oct 8, 07:17
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  - And here's the argument for re-seeding in the playoffs...which I happen to agree with. -- nm - Jim Oct 8, 07:15 8
    - Which makes the divisions meaningless. Not sure I'm okay with that either. I know I'm not okay with a one game playoff. -- nm - Krusty Oct 8, 07:17 7
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      - Dodgers: 92 wins. Mets: 90 wins. Pirates: 98 wins. The Mets and Dodgers get to lose three (or four) times as much before being eliminated. - David Oct 8, 07:18 5
        
        Yes but they play an unbalanced schedule with more games against your division. They need to have a balanced schedule with equal teams in each league. - Krusty Oct 8, 07:23 4
        
        Only 7 NL teams won 83+ games this season. So, the balance isn't there across the league. -- nm - David Oct 8, 07:26
        
        This year even flies in the face of that as the Pirates and Cubs are in the best division...so - Jim Oct 8, 07:25 2
        
        Yeah, I would expect the Mets or Dodgers to run up a huge total given how awful the bottom of their divisions were. - Will Hunting Oct 8, 07:41
        
        It's just one year. I would need to see the numbers from multiple years to see if it does matter. - Krusty Oct 8, 07:29
I'm still livid about that infield fly bullshit against Atlanta in 2012. -- (link) - David Oct 8, 07:09 8
- What in the goddamned hell? -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 08:18
- I think we all need to stop dwelling on the past here and should really be focused on the future. :) -- nm - Jim Oct 8, 07:56
- wow -- nm - psilotum Oct 8, 07:39
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- See? That one was just good solid quality umpiring. nm - Jim Oct 8, 07:13 3
  - I'll just root for the Cubbies. -- nm - David Oct 8, 07:15 2
    - Oooh, how many hours will YOU get for that though? :) -- nm - Jim Oct 8, 07:16 1
      - Like she could ever stay mad at me. -- nm - David Oct 8, 07:17

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