*** ALDS Game 2: Yankees vs. Indians (Pettite/Carmona)

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they may be a good team, but they are not a good playoff built team, and in the end, thats what matters right?

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It shouldn't. I think we're talking about who would win the most if we played 100,000 games using these rosters.

EDIT: Also, it's not that they aren't built for the playoffs, but a strong offense tends to have a higher standard deviation than strong pitching in a short series.

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100,000 games? So in essence, the opinion that the Yankees are the best team in baseball is not based in reality? Honest question.

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It has nothing to do with actual reality, more of projecting things over a massive sample where flukes basically disappear (much like playing a billion hands of poker). A 162 game sample is okay, but you will still find a lot of flukes that would just disappear over a larger sample. Think Aaron Small.