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Originally Posted by Whynotnow
I don’t really get why that would be an issue in baseball. You could easily get a 5 game series done and and be ready to play the next in 6 or 7 days. The team resting would have an advantage in terms of bullpen health. In hockey you can get that break between rounds if you sweep and the other series goes long.
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Its about the pitchers. They are absolutely creatures of habit.
Using your scenario, the "ace" of the staff would not play for as long as 10 days and that is if you used him in a meaningless game at the end of the year.
Not doable.