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El Supremo

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11. What is the point of playing 162 regular season games?

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sat Oct 14, 2023, 04:48 PM

Oct 2023

When this happens. The season winners should be rewarded more. Or I just think there are too many teams in the postseason. When I was a kid there were only 2 out of 16 teams. Now there are 12 out of 30 teams. The math just doesn't make sense.

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Did anyone have the Diamondbacks and Phillies advancing? [View all] True Dough Oct 2023 OP

Nope! Didn't see this coming at all. Ziggysmom Oct 2023 #1

Yeah, gotta feel for Kershaw True Dough Oct 2023 #2

You can't predict baseball DeeDeeNY Oct 2023 #3

Top 4 including Tampa Bay RussBLib Oct 2023 #5

I Think The Wild Card Round.... ProfessorGAC Oct 2023 #10

No, but I love it RussBLib Oct 2023 #4

I don't bet, even informally, but when we saw Arizona usonian Oct 2023 #6

Had no idea, of course. elleng Oct 2023 #7

The Orioles had not been swept all season True Dough Oct 2023 #9

The Dodgers in the last two seasons: True Dough Oct 2023 #8

What is the point of playing 162 regular season games? El Supremo Oct 2023 #11

It's not about the math True Dough Oct 2023 #12