Both lower seeds in the National League preserved their advantage in the Game 3’s played yesterday, leaving the two teams with the best records in baseball during the regular season, gazing into the chasm of elimination at their first hurdle. You can spend a billion dollars all you want, and win the division again. But it feels like there is a LOT less correlation between payroll and wins in the playoffs, than over the long-haul of a 162-game schedule. Which I’m naturally fine with. I don’t want a situation like the English Premier League, where the big six teams and their resources dominate things year after year.
Playoff Gameday Thread, #8: Final Four(-pack)
