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Originally Posted by Afino
I must say I'm a huge fan of this dynasty, if only for the team names.
As a big hockey guy, it's good to see the Hartford Whalers.
As a Packers fan, it's good to see them playing baseball too! 
And of course, as a Rochester resident, it was pretty awesome to see Rochester win it all a few years back  |
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was good to see Rochester win it all, finally(and Washington the year before). Both Rochester and Hartford have had the misfortune of playing in a division dominated by Pittsburgh, and even in years when they played well, it was too often not enough to win the division. One of the reasons that I eventually expanded the playoffs, was because I was tired of seeing quality teams finish second fiddle in their own division, while an inferior team won the other division in the league. Rochester has probably been one of the prime beneficiaries of that change. In the 21 years that the playoffs have been expanded, Rochester has made the postseason 10 times, and Hartford has made it 8 times. Ironically, though, Rochester won its division the year that it won the championship.