I see so many comments on here like, "They might beat the Padres, but they can't beat the Mets," or others like that. Do the people making the predictions not understand the amount of plain old chance involved with winning in a short series? Any team can beat another in a 3-of-5 series. It's a fact of probability, and it happens all the time (Houston over St. Louis last year, the Marlins in 2003, the Giants over the Braves/Cards in 2002), so why do people insist on still saying things like this when they're obviously untrue?
Predicting the order of finish over a 162-game schedule makes some sense, but a best-of-5 or best-of-7? I know matchups can be important in the playoffs (eg. young, tired Tigers pitchers against the powerful Yankees), but do you think the best team always wins?
Sorry for the rant!
2006-10-02
05:03:10
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Craig S
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