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Except this guy:

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

It is a postseason game that determines the team that advances versus the team that does not advance. I won't argue that it isn't a series as that would ignore the very definition of the word. But it is a round within the postseason. "Game 163" was not.

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Pretty much sums up the discussion.

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Why are you even trying to act like a one game playoff tiebreaker is different than a wildcard one game playoff? It was created specifically because of those games.

This shows you guys are no better than Frank in terms of bias.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

So you admit Frank's an idiot?

The very definition of "post season" means game(s) that are played after the regular season is completed. Game 163 and the Wild Card game both qualify as this.

The Wild Card Game is not a "round" within the postseason, it is one single game.

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There is no bias. This is a fact.

Game 163 was not a postseason game. It did not count toward postseason statistics. The loser never made the MLB playoffs.

The Wild Card round is a postseason game that determines the team that gets to advance to the Division Series.

Do you want to call all of the teams that just missed the playoffs before the Wild Card era postseason teams as well?

Game 163 was considered a regular season game. The game's result was added to the team's season W-L records and statistics compiled during the game were regular season statistics.

How foolish do you want to look? I feel you got at least three more posts on this subject. Keep them coming.

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It too place after(post) the season(season). It clearly was a playoff game. They modeled the wild card playoff DIRECTLY on it and because of it.

Why even fight this?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Foolish? I am not the one counting a Wild Card game as a playoff series victory.

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Wow. How do you come up with this stuff?

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It's merely natural God-given talent, Double F!

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You had better pray hard and ask for a serious upgrade.

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Sarley is fishing for Sox Trolls and Francis(like always) quickly took the bait!

Good God... you too?

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Huh? It undeniably was a playoff by any definition. The "post-season" is a little bit more of an arguable thing but once again, why do you care?

The Cubs have been better the last 10 years. If you are going to hold the wild card one game playoff over them though then expect the one game playoff the Sox played to also be brought up.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

IMU's argument is correct, but it doesn't matter. The results for the last ten years speak for themselves.

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just when you think you've seen it all around here...

From a guy who quotes Onion articles as fact.

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I think you are confused, Panther.

for the record books, "Game 163" is considered part of the regular season. but, the argument of which is post season after that is futile. the loser of the wild card game doesn't make it into the playoffs just like the loser of "Game 163" didn't. it just becomes semantics at that point. but i think it definitely spawned the creation of that second wild card team. and *now* it's considered part of the post season.

just like the "play in" games of the NCAA tournament are now considered part of the tournament.

As does the rest of MLB.

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So did the Cubs win the series again the Nationals? Did the Yankees win the Series vs the Sox?

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I can say you've lost this series of posts.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

I might have lost a single post. But according to Cubs fans, losing or winning one game is a series so...yeah I don't know what the fuck you guys are talking about.

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Maybe one person called the Wild Card game a series?

But it is a round and that isn't debated. A round doesn't have to be multiple games per team. A round of drinks is one drink per patron.

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