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Originally Posted by tysok
What league doesn't?
No one crowns the best team, they crown the most consistent team in a minimal stretch.
The NFL crowns the best consistent team in their 6 week (?) playoff tournament. Not the undefeated team through the other 16 games.
College basketball crowns the best team through their limited playoff set.
College football crowns the better team of the two chosen by some bunch of talking heads.
The NBA crowns who was the best through their limited playoff tournament (even if it does take 5 months to play that tournament).
Baseball has never crowned the best team any more than the other sports.
The World Series was created to bring in revenue, best of 9 game series in 1903, 1919, 1920, and 1921. When the entire post season was begun in order to bring in more money, can anyone be surprised when the only reason for expanding the post season tournament is to bring in more money?
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I would love it (although I know it will never happen) if baseball used a soccer model. Have the single table to decide the league champs. Then, have a cup comp where teams will play 3 game knockout series every month or so with the winner being Cup champ. Also, the two league champs would meet at the end of the season for the North American Championship. Its inaccurate to call it the World Series,
