If you listen to Hank Steinbrenner you would know that the Yankees did not make the playoffs because of the unfair playoff system in Major League Baseball:
“Baseball went to a multidivision setup to create more races, rivalries and excitement,” Steinbrenner wrote. “But it isn’t fair. You see it this season, with plenty of people in the media pointing out that Joe Torre and the Dodgers are going to the playoffs while we’re not. This is by no means a knock on Torre — let me make that clear — but look at the division they’re in. If L.A. were in the AL East, it wouldn’t be in the playoff discussion.”
And if the Yankees played in Japan they might have won 4 more games, and if the Yankees got to use metal bats they could hit more home runs. Funny, I don’t remember the Yankees complaining about the playoff system until this year.
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