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

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

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Oct 8 '15, 07:12

The Cardinals now do not have to face Arrieta twice. That's a benefit for them being better over 6 months.

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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

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