Why I Hate the Playoffs
A season proves who you are. The playoffs decide what you are remembered for.
Baseball is an organizational game. You build depth. You manage fatigue. You celebrate converting 81–81 seasons into 90–72 seasons and then 92–70. You believe that over enough time quality shows. In that realm I feel at home.
Yet when the calendar flips to October everything changes.
It becomes a game of snap judgments, high leverage, and momentum. A cold…
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