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Why does it take 162 games to figure out who should be in the playoffs? ?

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Football only needs 16 games.

Basketball only needs 82 games.

MLS soccer is 30 games.

NASCAR has a 36 race season

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  1. Because MLB doesnt require a lotta huslte dare I say.  You look at footbal land basketball and soccer and even racing, it requires a lot energy used.  In baseball you bat four to five times a game.  And play defense which often times is just standing around.

    And for starting pitchers, their season is only 35 games long.  For relief pitchers, its about 70.  Both less than an NBA season.  The fatigue factor in  baseball aint very high thats why.

    And its easy for teams to have fluky wins in  baseball, so with 162 games a seaosn, it leaves much less error in the standings.


  2. Really, why does football need 16 games?  Just have one game, and everyone who wins goes to the playoffs.

    The season is 162 games long because baseball (and, really, any sport) isn't all about who makes it to the playoffs.  If it was, teams would just stop playing and go home once they were eliminated from the pennant race, and most games would be forfeited by the end of September.

  3. Its money money money money.

    thats it. and i like tihs way.  longer baseball seasson is the better it is for me.  

  4. Correct

  5. the same reason they play almost every day and football plays once a week.  Its less work, perhaps not for pitchers but it doesnt take as much out of you.  But it really takes a lot of games to see who deserves to be in the playoffs.  You have to play lots of teams, and if it was 16 games,  it could be based on a simple fluke.

    Its like a survey, you want to atleast give it to over 100 people, the more people you give one to, the more accurate the results will be.  

    If the season ended now, the playoff contenders would be:

    Tampa Bay, Boston, Chicago Sox, LA Angels, NY Mets, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee, and Arizona.

    If it was 16 games long, the playoff contenders would be:

    Boston, Chicago Sox, LA Angels, a tie between Kansas City and Baltimore, Florida, St. Louis, Arizona, and the Chicago Cubs.

    Sure, not too different, but its fair to say that Tampa Bay didnt have enough time to really get going at that point, and kansas city would have been the biggest fluke ever.  16 games just isnt enough, anything under 80 would be pretty iffy.

  6. Baseball doenst have to follow the crowd. 162 is a good number. Plus second halfs really change a season. The more games the more drama and turn arounds. If they played less like 82 it be like every other sport. But Baseball is not different. Plus Baseball is americas past time and thats the sport they want to see the most.

  7. Because they want all People to get out of the House at least Once Every Summer.

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