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Smizik: Fan has plan to save baseball
You read articles like this and you wonder if people can store more than five years worth of data. Yes the Yankees have won four of five World Series, but be sure to look at the ten years prior to that. The postseason was a very diverse collection of teams, and one dynasty does not change that.
From 1988-1992, the Oakland A's won 98 or more games four times and 486 total. From 1996-2000, the Yankees won 98 or more games three times and won 487 games total. Based solely on the regular season, the Oakland team was far better. They didn't have four new teams over the course their run and they made the postseason four times in a non-wildcard setting.
Did you hear any complaints about competitive imbalance back then. That the big A's were ruining things for everyone else. No you didn't. The Yankees have had the best postseason run of all time, but they are not some juggernaut of never before seen proportions. They are a very, very good short series team. In fact, over the last five years, Atlanta has won more games than the Yankees (501).
You read articles like this and you wonder if people can store more than five years worth of data. Yes the Yankees have won four of five World Series, but be sure to look at the ten years prior to that. The postseason was a very diverse collection of teams, and one dynasty does not change that.
From 1988-1992, the Oakland A's won 98 or more games four times and 486 total. From 1996-2000, the Yankees won 98 or more games three times and won 487 games total. Based solely on the regular season, the Oakland team was far better. They didn't have four new teams over the course their run and they made the postseason four times in a non-wildcard setting.
Did you hear any complaints about competitive imbalance back then. That the big A's were ruining things for everyone else. No you didn't. The Yankees have had the best postseason run of all time, but they are not some juggernaut of never before seen proportions. They are a very, very good short series team. In fact, over the last five years, Atlanta has won more games than the Yankees (501).
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