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Originally Posted by Mathgod
Maybe you're right. Or maybe this is more like the Florida Panthers who barely squeaked into the playoffs, came back from 3-1 vs the heavily favored Bruins, then went to the finals and lost. Many people viewed it as a fluke run. Look what happened the next 2 years.
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As others have said here, it wasn’t a fluke. They had the talent thanks to suprises from Springer and Clement and Varsho etc, and the relentless style which allowed so many comebacks, as many as the Dodgers in the regular season.
But any good team and even winning team needs stuff to go their way a few times to get the chance to go further into the playoffs and to and within the WS. Blue Jays got that at various points and so did the Dodgers to win it all.
I guess bottom line is that the Jays to get this far next year are likely going to have to do it a much different way next year than the way they did it this year, a lot moreso than the Dodgers had to do to repeat. And even if/when they do it a different way, they will still need good fortune and a break here or there to turn a playoff game or series.