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Why do the Yankee's have only to beat 3 teams to win the division and the St. Louis Cardinals have to beat 5 teams to win the division?
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Clearly, the New York Yankees and Major League Baseball aligned themselves together long ago. With the money behind the Yankee's club, the money in New York city itself, the commission and officials of MLB have structured the leagues to protect the numbers of World Series wins, American League Championship's and Division Titles won by the New York Yankees. To have any team let alone a "small town" team such as St. Louis eclipse the Yankees numbers will not be accepted by the officials of MLB. Why else are the leagues restructured as follows: American League's 3 Divisions 5, 4, 4. National Leagues 3 Divisions 5, 5, 6? So by placing the St. Louis Cardinals in a 6-team Division, the New York Yankees in a 4-team Division it breaks down as follows: the Yankees have to beat "only" 3 other teams. The Cardinalshave to beat 5 teams to win the Division. In a game of numbers I doubt a math lesson needs to be explained here and now! Food for thought? When was the last time anyone ever saw the Yankees play the Cardinals in "Inter-league Play"? MLB will have none of that so there can be no comparison of stats between the 2 teams. Leaving it to chance that the Yankees could come up short against the Cardinals is not a chance MLB is willing to take.
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