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Originally Posted by macacks
I lost to a division opponent in 3 games that I had a 19 game lead and massive run differential on...but history played out as they handed us 13 (30%) losses in the regular season as well. I have spent hours trying to figure out what tactical advantage they have.
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The Lefty Swindle Strategy beats me often unless I notice it and have the time to micromanage. The team starts all lefties and limits their pitch count to 20-30, then has all righties in the pen. My team has several right-handed hitters than do poorly against righties, and so it was in the Division Series my opponent tried this strategy. I won game 1 3-2 in 13 after Mariano Rivera blew the save, but lost game 2 3-2 after Clemens blew the save and no one bailed him out. That's when I noticed the dreaded LSS used against me. A few lineup tweaks gave me game 3 10-2, but game 4 was lost 5-4. Nothing to do, but pray for Game 5 to go my way and it did 3-2 in 15 innings. The LCS was a breeze 4 games to 1, but the finals went all the way to game 7 as Mariano Rivera blew the save in Game 6. Anyway, I was able to use my favorite postseason strategy to seal the deal: Win the Odd Numbered Games. (WONG).