...so after one round of the MLB playoffs, if you still don't think they're a lottery, it's time to send for the men in white coats.
Teams with three of the four best records, including the top team in each circuit, are gone, winning two games among them. The fourth team was an underdog. They swept.
Both Wild Cards moved forward, dropping one game between them.
The clubs that executed brilliant trade-deadline deals to score several of the best pitchers in baseball, stacking their starting rotations and inducing favorite status come post-season, won a grand total of zero playoff games.
The pair of AL squads with the worst records since 2000 will square off for the pennant. Neither has been to the World Series since Barak Obama was in law school.
It makes for a fun October, but it gives credence to the complaint that April through September doesn't matter.
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