This was meant to be a companion piece to the Joy Of A Team Set post I did on the 1972 Topps Pirates. In fact, I thought of this post first, and I probably should have posted this one first. But life has a way of forcing you into next-best scenarios. I was thinking -- as I often do -- of MLB's issue with competition. Maybe the new playoff system will take care of this -- although that's hardly the best way to address the problem -- but the same teams keep showing up in the playoffs year after year. It's always the Dodgers (yes, I'm OK with that), Yankees, Astros, Red Sox, Braves, Cardinals, Giants and Rays. There are cameos by the Mets, Brewers, Phillies, Twins, Indians/Guardians and White Sox here or there. But mostly you can forecast who is going to be in contention early in the season. Some of the teams that I didn't mention have not been repeated playoff participants in years, even decades. A lot of those unnamed teams were very good and constant postseason...
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