re: The Dodgers will go the way of the 2001 Mariners and not make the World Series

the expanded playoff doesnt cause the randomness of the playoffs. baseballs inherit qualities is what causes it. the dodgers have lost 34 times this year. compare that number, when the season still has a little less than 1/3 of the way to go, to the nba and nfl. the warriors lost 15 times last year and the patriots lost twice. its just the way the sport is. it relies heavily on a bounce here, a bloop there, and a bad strike call here. thats why they play 162 times. when you try to condense that into three separate series, it just leads to a crapshoot with no rhyme or reason