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Originally Posted by Spartak
djtestudo, as a somewhat expert on baseball (I think  ) could you explain to me why theres only a 5 game series in the DL? I think it skews a lot of matchups and tends to produce lopsided results, if a team is down 0-2 in the DL they face a very uphill task, but in a best of 7 they could split the next two and live another day.
Anyway, is there a concrete reason why the DL is only 5 games? Is it due to time issues? Or just tradition? |
I think it's time, because you don't want to draw the playoffs out TOO far. The LCS used to be five until sometime in the mid-eighties, when they changed to seven. I agree that seven provides a better judge of two teams.
Personally, I would go seven in every series.