A team that lost their groove having to sit around for a week waiting for the lesser team to finally win their series.
I agree that Detroit was actually a "victom" of their own success, if the week layoff was actually the problem, however it seems that they should have been able to regain their groove after winning the second game.
Looking at the big picture of the playoffs, MLB is getting what they asked for by increasing the amount of teams that make the playoffs, in it's pure form as it was prior to 1969, I believe, the teams with the best records played each other in the series, which had that happened this year, the Yankees would have played the Mets, but I think, because it all comes down to "more money" teams with lessor records get to "playoff" with teams that have better records and get a chance to outplay them to qualify for the championship. It sorta takes away from the fact that they couldn't outplay them all season, but "purity" doesn't seem to have a place anymore. As is evidensed by NHRA's new system, while I agree that to me, if someone has the championship sewed up by Indy, it takes the excitement out of the "Finals", but there should be a better way, Drag Racing is the purist form of elimination, two pair off, one winner, one loser. Football is like this in the playoffs, but again, lessor teams have a chance to "knockoff" a better team in one given game. But I think sometimes that is what it is all about, like the olympics, you have one shot for the gold, everything is on the line at this one time, you could probably nail the landing a million times in practice, but you have only one chance to "nail it" when it counts, when it's your turn in front of the judges and the pressure of the moment, so with this in mind. a season long points battle where a consistant team is rewarded with a title, seems fair, but anticlimatic, so even thought, drag racing is a weekly "playoff", I would love to see a "playoff" at the finals, where the best teams only compete, maybe, the top eight cars, after the season long battle, no qualifing, just paired as they are seeded in points, like the shootouts, so even thought you have lead points all year, on this day at the "Finals", this is your one moment to perform under all the pressure. To me this would make the finals actually mean something and sorry to those who say it's not fair that you could have one bad day and lose after you lead all season, but that's the same way it is in football, you could be 16-0, but in your one chance to beat the other team, you have an off day and lose, thats when you needed to perform best, man have I rambelled on forever or what.......................goodnight............................Perry Jr.
