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Guess same could be said about the giants in 07. They started 0-2 but then went on to win 13 of their next 17 games. Colts started 1-5 last year and then went on to win 10 of their next 11 games yet it would have still been a huge upset if they beat the chiefs in the playoffs. I get what you are saying, Nats got red hot after that slow start but at the end of the day a 93 win team beat a team with 106 wins who went to back to back World Series. In my eyes that’s still a big upset.

Can't wait!!! GO NATS!!!

Agreed. Happens to the best of them. I think it was the same thing with Sale in the World Series season, he just seem worn down by the time playoffs came around.... Not that he was attrocious or anything but he wasn't his usual Chris Sale self. It will be interesting to see how long Scherzer goes tonight. He is drugged up to make his neck and back mobile.... But that can only last so long. Probably goes 5 innings I say.

Yup exactly, also he was good enough but to Verlanders standards... It isn't very good at all. Not going past 5, giving up 3 runs. Sure his team still had a chance but it was just an average performance in my opinion.

I love that man! Both of them!

Ya it's sad to see. One of the best to ever play the game but nerves seem to get the best of him..... He has been here before you would think he would be calm and cool.

Scherzer going to pitch tonight???? Warming up. What the hell

Wow. Not tied. Go Nats

It’s tied.

Fair enough. Well I still think MLB is a bigger crapshoot than NHL and NFL and NBA

Again.... We are talking playoffs not just the World Series in general. This year there was a ton of upsets.... Cardinals beating the Braves, and Nationals beating the Dodgers. Huge upsets. There will be some on here that will tell you they saw it coming and they weren't upsets, but those people are lying I think one person said the Nats would win.... Can't remember who the hell that was lol.

Exactly Kimmi! I feel like our points have been beaten to death. And this isn't to say it's always been like this..... Hell the Pats only recently started going to the Super Bowl nearly every year. Back in 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 2010 it was a bit of a crapshoot as well. When Peyton was in the league it was nearly a flip of a coin who would go to the Super Bowl regardless who had the better record. Since Peyton retired though it's pretty much a 100 percent chance the Pats will go to the Super Bowl lmao. NFC is a bit of a crapshoot though. Tons of competition over there. Saints Packers 49ers Seahawks Rams Vikings Anyway this is way off topic.

Well to be fair the title of this is "Are the playoffs a crapshoot" I didn't see the Cards beating the Braves, and didn't see the Nationals beating the Dodgers but here we are. Looking at the strength of schedule is getting very picky. Not many people do that, just the die hards.... I don't want to go into those stats nor do I have the time to go into each team's schedule the last 10 years. Let's just go with over all record shall we. The Patriots are undefeated and same with the 49ers for a combine 15-0 and yet the teams they have beaten have a combine win of 24 between 12 teams.... Not exactly a tough schedule, but they are legit teams who both could very well go to the Super Bowl. Same with baseball. If the Dodgers have 105 wins but had an easy schedule and lost to the Cards who has 90 wins.... It's still shocking..... Hardly anybody says "I Knew they would lose!!!!! Cards had a tougher schedule" lol. True under dogs to win it all whether you agree or not. 03 Florida beating the Yankees 06 Cards beating Tigers 11 Cards beating Rangers However I am more talking about playoffs..... Say a team like Tampa taking Houston to game 4 and maybe win it all but then lose to the Yankees. Upsets happen all the time in MLB playoffs, hence why I say it's a crap shoot. Maybe the true under dog doesn't get to the World Series all the time but they can upset the team with the better record quite often. In the 90's there was about 4 or 5 straight years where the top team lost to a lesser team 1996 Baltimore over Cleveland 1997 Florida over Atlanta 1998 San Diego over Atlanta How about 2011 when the Cards beat the Phillies oooor... How about 2014 when the Angels lost to the Royals? I could go on and on, but my head hurts.... My point is upsets happen a lot in MLB.... Not all the time do those upsets go to the World Series but underdogs come out victorious a hell of a lot more in MLB than the NFL or NHL.... or it just seems that way I dunno. Regardless nothing surprises me when it comes to baseball. Yes I am always a bit shocked if a Wild Card team goes all the way but not near as shocked as I would be in the NFL like when the Giants won it all. Sheesh I sound like a broken record. It's a crapshoot. I'm just going to start copying and pasting that lol.

Definitely the team with the best record probably has the better chance..... Granted I thought Tampa could get the upset. I still think had that gone 7 they could have but regardless. Dodgers had the best record 3 years ago and lost. But that truly did come down to the 2 best teams.

Bold prediction. Yankees miss playoffs next year and Oakland wins it all. Boston comes close but loses to Oakland in the playoffs. I’m putting money on this.

Yup, this isn't directed towards you. Some seem to think the definition of crapshoot is 50 50. However I think a crapshoot means anyone has a legit chance of going to the World Series. Yes Astros and Dodgers had the best chance but still a crapshoot hence why the Dodgers aren't in. And yes, the Astros are building something special. But once they lose Cole things change. There is a reason why they say baseball is one of the hardest in the league to repeat a World Series back to back. I still would have not put money on them to go. I'm not stunned they made it but I also wasn't surprised that Tampa took them to game 5. Yankees and Astros was a total crapshoot in my opinion.

Definition of crapshoot: a risky or uncertain matter Let's put it this way, I would never in a million friggin years put money on an MLB team to go to the World Series come playoffs. NFL I would (and I do) I also have won a lot of money in the NFL from it Largely in part because the Patriots go pretty much every friggin year. NBA same thing... Outside of last year Lebron went to what.... 8 straight finals and Golden State was in like 6 or something If the thread of this title was "Does the team with the most wins in regular season have a 50 percent chance or more of going to the World Series" then it would be a different story. But crapshoot does not mean a 50 50 chance. It just means it's risky and tough to decide.

Maybe we are.... I think that is where the confusion is coming in. I honestly didn't think to put a number beside crap shoot. If crap shoot means 50 percent (which maybe it does, I didn't know that) Then I am wrong. I would tend to agree that it isn't a 50/50 who takes it.... Granted Tampa Bay Rays I said could take Houston and I actually remember saying this series is very 50/50 in my opinion. Came down to the final game..... I guess I don't know what percent I would give it. But what I do know is Hockey and NFL I am always certain with my picks. I am not always right (hence why I am stunned in those sports) where's MLB I do find it hard to pick a clear cut fave to go to the World Series. Honestly.... the Cards were red hot I was kind of thinking they might go, but at the beginning thought the Braves were strong.... Then the Nationals go.... That is what I mean by a crapshoot You will never hear me say that with the NFL. Even with how competitive the NFC is right now.... I still see it coming down to the Saints and Packers come playoffs. 49ers, Seahawks, Vikes, Cowboys are all decent but I don't see anyone taking out the Saints or Packers. AFC it's the Patriots.... that's it.

Who cares, this thread is asking an opinion. Not stats. I think people that like Trump are in the minority and strange.... Yet stats prove otherwise.

I posted a couple pages ago a few massive upsets in the World Series..... in which the response was basically "Well ya.... but that doesn't happen often" This thread is saying Are the playoffs really a crapshoot? It does not say however "Are the playoffs statistically a crapshoot in which no they aren't.... OBVIOUSLY the team that has the most wins or wins the division has had better odds of going to the World Series..... I guess Kimmi and I should back track and say STATISTICALLY the playoffs are not a crap shoot. However what I am trying to say and her In OUR opinion baseball is by far the leading sport in which upsets happen quite often and it generally doesn't come as a massive shocker. Lets face it.... Tampa beating Houston would have surprised me but it would have been absolutely no where close to the shock of say the Blue Jackets beating the Lightning last year or the Hurricanes beating the Capitals. End of the day in my opinion I absolutely think the playoffs are a crapshoot. There have been many upsets in baseball that honestly just haven't surprised me..... But stats wise.... If you are just looking at the numbers the team with the most wins has gone on to the World Series far more than the under dog wild card team. But that is not what this thread title was asking at all.

Me predicting the Astros to win doesn't mean I don't think it's random. Having a prediction of a winner is totally irrelevant to what I said. Same with me saying I think the Pats will beat the Ravens in the playoffs. Me saying it's totally random doesn't mean I can't have a prediction of who wins the series. Before this series started I thought it would be totally random who won. Nats were on fire and won the first 2, now Houston has won 3 straight and it's looking like they will take it. I know you don't agree with me with the random thing, and that's fine..... Let's let it go.

Yup looking that way. Nats has their fun and made it a hell of a season but Houston is looking too strong now.

Nope. Red Sox would have beat anyone had they got in. Astros didn’t impress me at all. Just now their offence is getting it together. They’re lucky they made it past Tampa.

Yes I do. Upsets happen a lot more in baseball. Far and few between I get it. I don’t need stats. As I hAve said before it just doesn’t surprise me in baseball anymore when upsets happen. Once the post season hits I almost expect anyone to beat anyone. Yes there are circumstances like I expected the Yankees to Minnesota as they crushed them all regular season. And it wasn’t even close. BUT had Minnesota won I wouldn’t be sitting here as stunned as say when the giants beat the patriots in the 07 super bowl.

Astros gonna win this series