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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3159968, member: 289"] free agency, which tedns to produce a dispora rather than hoarding of good players is a facotr. The fact that there are more teams than we used to have, (1960: 16; 1962:20; 1969: 24; 1976: 26; 1993: 28; 1998: 30), increases the competition. And the additional rounds of playoffs make it more of a minefield just to get to the World Series. if we'd just have the team with the best record in each league go right to the series it would have looked like this: 1969 Orioles vs. Mets 1970 Orioles vs. Reds 1971 Orioles vs. Pirates 1972 Athletics vs. Pirates 1973 Orioles vs. Reds 1974 Orioles vs. Dodgers 1975 Athletics vs. Reds 1976 Yankees vs. Reds 1977 Royals vs. Phillies 1978 Yankees vs. Dodgers 1979 Orioles vs. Pirates 1980 Yankees vs. Astros 1981 Athletics vs. Reds 1982 Brewers vs. Cardinals 1983 White Sox vs. Dodgers 1984 Tigers vs. Cubs 1985 Blue Jays vs. Cardinals 1986 Red Sox vs. Mets 1987 Tigers vs. Cardinals 1988 Athletics vs. Mets 1989 Athletics vs. Cubs 1990 Athletics vs. Pirates 1991 Twins vs. Pirates 1992 Blue Jays vs. Braves 1993 Blue Jays vs. Braves 1994 Yankees vs. Expos 1995 Indians vs. Braves 1996 Indians vs. Braves 1997 Orioles vs. Braves 1998 Yankees vs. Braves 1999 Yankees vs. Braves 2000 White Sox vs. Giants 2001 Mariners vs. Astros or Cardinals 2002 Yankees vs. Braves 2003 Yankees vs. Braves 2004 Yankees vs. Cardinals 2005 White Sox vs. Cardinals 2006 Yankees vs. Mets 2007 Red Sox vs. Diamondbacks 2008 Angels vs. Cubs 2009 Yankees vs. Dodgers 2010 Rays vs. Phillies 2011 Yankees vs. Phillies 2012 Yankees vs. Nationals 2013 Red Sox vs. Cardinals 2014 Angels vs. Nationals 2015 Royals vs. Cardinals 2016 Rangers vs. Cubs 2017 Indians vs. Dodgers 2018 Red Sox vs. Brewers 2019 Astros vs. Dodgers. You see a lot of the same names over and over. Those are the elite organizations and they would have been in many more World Series and thus won more of them. I'm not saying it would have been better but it would have been a better indicator of which were the elite franchises. [/QUOTE]

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