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GoCubsGo

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5. They were beaten by a team that had one fewer win.

Reply to Auggie (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 8, 2015, 04:44 PM

Oct 2015

And, and they earned better than that, as well. There's something wrong when the teams with the second and third best records in baseball have to go through a wild card game to even get into the post season beyond that one game. I have no idea how to fix that, however.

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One game playoff- Selig's worst [View all] wilt the stilt Oct 2015 OP

It's a gimmick to keep more teams in the hunt Hokie Oct 2015 #1

Yep. The team with the second best record in baseball is eliminated in one game. Auggie Oct 2015 #2

They were beaten by a team that had one fewer win. GoCubsGo Oct 2015 #5

Balance The Schedule ProfessorGAC Oct 2015 #14

Totally agree world wide wally Oct 2015 #3

The team that has the ace wins... joeybee12 Oct 2015 #4

At Least This Time They Were Pretty Much Even ProfessorGAC Oct 2015 #16

Look at the two wild card games this year and the Pirates/Giants last year, when madinmaryland Oct 2015 #6

Now you know how TCU feels getting left out of the playoff field. El Supremo Oct 2015 #7

Uhhmm. Dude, TCU did not qualify to begin with... madinmaryland Oct 2015 #8

It was the worst decision since the Supreme Court's handing the 2000 election to the Shrub. El Supremo Oct 2015 #9

OFFS! TCU did not belong in it. You and I both know it. nt madinmaryland Oct 2015 #10

Next to last CFB rankings: El Supremo Oct 2015 #11

And who beat both the Number one and Number two teams??? madinmaryland Oct 2015 #12

TCU could have done it too. El Supremo Oct 2015 #13

I heard the argument that it would be unfair to make Div. winners wait for 3 game series Teamster Jeff Oct 2015 #15