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Originally Posted by Amazin69
Inferior teams are teams which played the same schedule as other teams and had fewer wins. The 1978 Red Sox won 99 games…but Bucky ****ing Dent gave the Yankees their 100th. The fact that the Sawx won more games than the Royals did is irrelevant. Kansas City beat an entire Western Division, playing the same games that the Angels and Twins and so forth did.
Boston did not beat the Yankees. Boston was inferior. Boston did not deserve to be in the post-season. And, as this was before Bud Selig defiled the sport, they were not.
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I know I'm the one that brought up the 87 Twins, but I actually agree with your post. I don't think the setup you describe is as perfect as the no divisions method of selecting the best teams, but it's better than what we've had since the wild card was introduced.
One of the things that drives me nuts with the wild card is teams in the same division having to meet up. The Orioles have to battle the Rays all season to win the AL East. To then have to beat them again to earn a trip to the World Series seems like a slap in the face.