Why I didn't watch the Series

I used to have season tickets (a partial plan, but still season tickets) to the Orioles. I used to go to games even after the season ticket plan just became a mass purchase of tickets (no discount, no perks, not even a shot at parking!). But not in a while. And earlier this week, a friend was wondering why I don't care about the World Series any more...

Why?

Detroit: 95-67, .586 - wild card winner. Third best in their league.
St. Louis: 83-78, .516 - actual division winner at .516! Fifth in their league. Worse than a team that never had a chance to play in the Series. They actually are the champions. .516, fifth in their league ... and they're the champions.

New York Mets - 97-65, .599. Not there. New York Yankees, ditto, ditto, and ditto.

It's unlikely, of course, but it's possible that one year we'll see the number eleven teams facing each other....

I still love baseball, but "Baseball"? Not so much.