Why do we hate Cinderella so much in baseball?
Why is a run by a low seed so loved in, say, the NCAA Tournament or roundly ignored in the NBA, NFL or NHL, but greeted with calls for a Congressional subcommittee investigation into the root causes in MLB.
The 1973 Mets were 13 games under .500 and last in the NL East on Aug. 17. They won the division, knocked off the mid-dynastic Big Red Machine in the NLCS and took the dynastic A’s to Game 7 before falling.USA TODAY Sports via Reuters ConMLB via Getty Images for not figuring out how to be as good as this flawed Arizona team to have a shot for at least the third wild card. But you can hold two thoughts at the same time — the Diamondbacks were lucky to get in because financial behemoths such as the Mets and Padres never got their acts together while the Cubs, Giants and Reds collapsed in the end. Yet, this is the system. And the system is not going to change in any sport. TV partners want playoff inventory.
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