"Let's switch to best-of-seven Division Series"...Dodgers are on the verge of elimination for the third consecutive year, and Roberts is blamed
"Let's switch to best-of-seven Division Series"...Dodgers are on the verge of elimination for the third consecutive year, and Roberts is blamed
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The Los Angeles Dodgers` fall pattern is repeated every year. The team wins the championship in the National League West. However, the team failed to take advantage of the championship and was eliminated after it came on a first-come, first-served basis in the Division Series.토토사이트
The Dodgers have been scapegoats for the past two years. Both of them had been waiting for the division series with wins in the Western Division, but they were held back by the San Diego Padres with one win and three losses in 2022. In 2023, they lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks in all three games, failing to advance to the championship series.
In particular, the jinx of the National League's district championship team is terrible. The 2022 National League Championship Series was a showdown between the fifth-seeded San Diego Padres and the sixth-seeded Philadelphia Phillies, and 2023 was also a game between the fifth-seeded Philadelphia and the sixth-seeded Arizona. If the Dodgers fail to advance to the championship series this year, all of the district championships will be eliminated from the division series for the third consecutive year.
Since the number of participating teams in the postseason of the two major leagues has increased from eight to 12 from 2022, the first-come-first-served teams of the Division Series have struggled since winning the district championship. Dodgers is only a representative scapegoat, and other teams have similar situations.
Under the current post-season system, a total of four teams, including the top three wild-card teams and the one with the lowest winning percentage among the district winners, will play the best-of-three wild-card series. All three games will be held at the home stadium of the top seed teams with high winning percentage. The winner of the wild-card series will play the best-of-five series with the other two teams that won the district championship.
In the process, first-come-first-served teams of the Division Series will have about five days off. It's okay to welcome them after the regular season, but it's not bad to play a wild card series to maintain a sense of play and post-season tension, and the data is proving that it's not bad to come up.
The sixth-seeded New York Mets, who were on board as the last National League wild card this year, beat No. 3 Seas Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 in the wild card series and then beat the East Division winner Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 in the division series, waiting for the league championship series.
"Spotico," a U.S. sports business media outlet, said on the 11th (Korea Standard Time), "Under the current Major League playoff method, the district championship continues to be eliminated like numerous foul balls. Philadelphia and Milwaukee have already disappeared from the National League, and the Houston Astros (ranked first in the American League West) have also been eliminated. Cleveland (ranked first in the American League Central) is also lagging behind the Detroit Tigers."
"As a result of applying this method over the past three years, it became clear that the district championship team would advance to the division series and have to sit down for five days when the wild card teams play. It is not just a pattern but a fact. Under the current playoff structure, the National League division winners have not advanced to the League Championship Series."
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts pointed out problems with the current system, in which the division series ends before the top-seeded teams take a break but regain the sense of play. The team had been waiting after winning the National League West title again this year, but it is in a tight race with the San Diego Padres. The team is struggling with two wins and two losses overall in the series, and has to play elimination once again. There is no rightful starting pitcher for Game 5 to be held on June 12.
In an interview with "Spotico," Roberts said, "I wish we could play seven games of the Division Series. A seven-game series can provide better tests against opponents. We will see if we can make an effort. I like the seven-game series," stressing that the best-of-seven rule is better.
The media explained, "The Dodgers have recorded 3-8 wins in the Division Series since 2022. If we change the Division Series to the best-of-five series instead of the best-of-seven series, the Earth's winning teams will have more time to sharpen themselves."