Is the media this stupid ? Or do they just not give a shit ?
Evey talking head from Boston to Boise is marveling at the fact that the Cubs and Cardinals have NEVER met in the playoffs before this year ? Over a hundred years in the league together......wow.
Maybe, just maybe because for the first 70 odd years there were NO divisions.... And they were both on the National League..... No playoffs unless you end tied for first..... Something that only happened once or twice between the Dodgers & Giants.... Then in 1969 they added an east vs west NLCS............but the Cubs and Cards were both in the East......same rare probability..... Then in 95 they went to 3 divisions and 1 wild card.......but a division winner couldn't play a wild card from their own division in the first round........so they would both have to qualify for postseason and then win their first round series to meet.
It's only been the past 3 years in this bastardized extended double wil card nonsense that they could meet before the LCS.
Add in the fact that the Cubs have sucked 98% of the past 107 years and it's really no surprise at all........hell....for all their history the Yanks and Redsox only finished tied for first once; in 1978..........and did not meet for a playoff round until 1999.
Can anyone believe that the Astros and Rangers have never met in the postseason either ?
Happy note......Nice win Metsies..... Stay focused......gotta close it out tonite.
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