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Originally Posted by struggles_mightily
There's no reason, a priori, why "plausible" should be defined as "resembling real-life events." Many events have occurred in baseball history that appeared unlikely before unfolding ; many situations seen as plausible or even likely have failed to come to pass (cf. recently -- the 'can't miss' Tigers of last season). Indeed, how many events at the macro level would have seemed 'implausible' before the season began? Washington Nationals, 2009 World Champions? Very unlikely, sure. But "not plausible"? I'd hesitate before using those words.
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The Washington Nationals of 2009 winning the World Series is implausible, unlikely, far-fetched, inconceivable, doubtful, unthinkable, dubious, and fantastic. Furthermore, it ain't gonna happen. (thank you thesaurus.com).