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  1. Jul 3, 2020 · Potential World Series contenders in shortened season. 5 teams that are now World Series contenders. July 3rd, 2020. Will Leitch. @ williamfleitch. No sane general manager would ever build a team to thrive over a 60-game stretch.

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  2. Mar 13, 2020 · By July an average of 15 players per team were either drafted or enlisted, ravaging rosters. The season was, in mid-stride, cut short by another two weeks, resulting in about 126-28 games being played per team. The regular season ended on September 2. The World Series was played from September 5-11.

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    • Would you consider the champion of a 78- to 82-game season a legitimate World Series winner? Hannah Keyser: It’s absolutely legitimate. Baseball is perpetually evolving and has changed in radical ways periodically throughout its history and yet part of what we love about the game is the (incorrect!)
    • If things changed, as they are prone to do in an unpredictable pandemic, how many games would each team need to play for you to consider this a "real" baseball season?
    • What's the best team that could win the World Series but still lead you to question the rigor of the season's attempt to identify a champion? Crizer: There are scenarios in which I can envision accepting even projected .500-ish teams like the upwardly mobile San Diego Padres or Chicago White Sox as fathomable champions.
  3. Jan 26, 2024 · By Chad Jennings. Jan 26, 2024. For many baseball players and fans, Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon was simply saying what they were already thinking. “We gotta shorten the...

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  5. Oct 24, 2023 · 4: 1989 Giants, 1995 Cleveland, 2016 Cubs, 2017 Astros. 5: 1944 St. Louis Browns, 1950 Phillies, 1987 Twins. Teams to achieve the turnaround in just two years have seen mixed results. While the 1967 Red Sox and 2008 Rays both lost, the 1914 Braves swept the Philadelphia A’s in the World Series and the 1969 Mets beat the Orioles for the title.

  6. Aug 4, 2021 · Due to the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the sport industry in 2020, the MLB season was shortened from its usual 162 games to a 6-game season. During a May 2020 survey in the United States, 44...

  7. Jul 23, 2020 · Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Major League Baseball will play a shortened season. It's not the first time in the league's 117-year history that has happened.

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