Thread by @cjs3872

With the #MLBPlayoffs now upon us, let's consider the fact that the top teams, the @Dodgers and either the @astros and/or the @Yankees are more likely to lose in the LDS than they are in the LCS. Of course, if the @astros and @Yankees meet in the ALCS, one MUST lose to the other.

That is because it's more likely for the better team to lose a best-of-5 series than it is for the better team to lose a best-of-7. That means, for instance, the @Dodgers are more likely to lose to the @Nationals than they are to either the @Braves or @Cardinals. #MLBPlayoffs

That stated, should they meet in the NLCS, the @Cardinals historically have had some kind of voodoo over the @Dodgers that goes as far back as the 1940s, especially when it really counts. #MLBPlayoffs