Layoffs Haven’t Hindered Playoff Teams Historically
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On Saturday, three of the 4 house playoff groups misplaced the opener of their respective Division Series. The losses ranged from 3-2 dramas to 11-2 laughers. Sunday, the American League groups performed their second video games, and the house groups went 0-2. Now that we’ve seen six video games and the house groups are 1-5, it’s time to ask the plain query: Is this format irrevocably damaged?
Okay, superb, that’s probably not a good query. But there’s been plenty of hue and cry in regards to the playoff system just lately, headlined by an article by the estimable Ken Rosenthal that got here out this morning in The Athletic, and because the resident “I don’t see what all the fuss is about” man at FanGraphs, I don’t see what all of the fu...










