Over the Monster · Jul 24, 2020
60-game season champion? Boston’s done that already.
Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty ImagesThere’s been a lot of talk about how the Washington Nationals would not have made the playoffs in 2019 based on their first 60 games. Of course, with 162 they not only made the postseason but won the World Series. 2020 brings much less room for a slow start, since, well, 60 game is the season. And now we know that the 16...uh...best assemblage of first, second, and third place teams will play in October. Which seems...fine.
