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Old 01-05-2023, 08:53 PM   #19
MathBandit
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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift View Post
I will say that even here, if you’re really and truly concerned that bad teams might win too often, you’d want to keep the series as long as possible. Even with home field advantage, it is waaaay more possible that a 4th seed gets lucky for 2 straight games than 4 out of 7. It might not even need to be 2 straight lucky games, just one outing by a better starting pitcher followed by one lucky roll of the dice.
I find the modified 2-game series works well enough for me. Especially as then they need to go into the series against the rested 1-seed having just used their two best arms.
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