I must say that I truly believe this argument is in response to the Phillies going up on the Braves in game one. That being said, I’ve saturated this site with enough Red October content recently, so I will keep this about the league as a whole.
There’s a new ridiculous narrative bubbling in the sports world. This new one, is that the MLB playoffs are flawed. More specifically, MLB fans are claiming that the current format is advantageous to the teams that without a bye.
After the Braves, Dodgers, and Orioles all lost their first game of their playoffs after coming off of a bye, fans determined that the underdogs had an advantage. The argument is that the top two seeds of each league are rusty after their five-day rest period at the start of the playoffs. To me, this is convenient excuse for some teams that have underperformed to start the playoffs.
