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Originally Posted by Cappy
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They lost because they ran into a very hot team. A team that knocked off two of the best offensive teams in baseball with some of the better pitching staffs.
Then, they took the BEST team in baseball to the brink of elimination before losing.
It's the anti-Billy Beane argument all over again. "The Jays can't win in the playoffs because of X"
Nevermind that the season comes down to the winner of a 5-7 game series that can turn on a timely/lucky base hit or bad pitch.
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Yeah, they knocked off offensive teams that were built to hit for big time power and couldn't adjust. The cubs were able to change their approach and viola they won the world series. The jays had an amazing rotation that should have taken them all the way. The big bats let the team down in a serious way. The Cubs had a marginal advantage in the avg and obp department all year compared to the Jays but it was enough to make them much more effective against the Indians.
You talk about a lucky base hit being the difference in the playoffs....well how do you get that hit when your best hitters are literally swinging for the fences and striking/flying out on every decent pitch? It's all the approach.
Even from an entertainment perspective, baseball is way more entertaining to watch when your team isn't tossing up several sub .250 power hitters that are either on or off with no in between game by game.