Is M.L.B.’s Revamped Playoff Format Fair?

NEW YORK — It all looked kinda familiar, almost as if we’d seen it before …

There they were, that where’d-they-come-from wild-card team dancing and hugging in the infield, as fireworks popped and 44,000 people obliterated what was left of their vocal cords …

While across the field, but in another universe, those famous dudes from that latest, fallen 95-win behemoth sat frozen in their dugout, trying to process The End of their World Series dreams …

Yep, we’ve seen that one before. And we saw it again last Wednesday at Citi Field, as the Mets were sending the mighty Phillies off to the driving range, as opposed to the NLCS.

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