# Baseball: Is this postseason an indictment of the five-game series?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-this-postseason-an-indictment-of-the-five-game-series/131559>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 9, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-this-postseason-an-indictment-of-the-five-game-series/131559 "2002-10-09T16:46:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-this-postseason-an-indictment-of-the-five-game-series/131559/21 "2002-10-11T03:23:26Z")

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What’s next, best of 99 playoff series? 5 games is more than generous. In any reasonable playoff, you get one shot and you’re out. If you’re lucky, maybe you get a loser’s bracket. Do or die. Two second chances is _too_ generous.

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