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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 2358715, member: 289"]
The drama has been transferred from August and September to October. During that gap, people switch to football. And a lot of them don't switch back. I consider myself a baseball fan but I look at the playoffs and say "These guys are still playing?"

And more teams in the playoffs means more mediocre teams that don't really deserve a shot at the championship.

I remember having this debate with someone in 2005. The other poster, (it was when we were using the  UCONN board for baseball), said "Who wouldn't want the Yankees and the Red Sox playing a seven game series each October?" They had had two classic series the previous two years. The schedule was set up in '05 for them to meet in the last four games of the season in Fenway Park. everybody anticipated that it would be the highlight of the season. When it came time for that series, both teams were already in the playoffs and it was Scranton vs. Pawtucket for all four games. They didn't care who won the division. People said it didn't matter: they'd be playing each other for the AL pennant in two weeks. The Yankees and the Red Sox have never played each other in a post season series since.
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